What can’t babies eat before they are one year old? Remember these taboos

Parents should not feed their children foods that look very good just because they love them. For example, some seafood and fruit products may be good for adults, but difficult for babies to digest, which is actually bad for the children's health.

1. Protein

Eggs are rich in high-quality protein, as well as minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various vitamins. However, the digestive ability of babies before one year old cannot afford such rich nutrients, and the ingredients in protein can easily cause allergic reactions. Therefore, babies who start eating complementary foods must eat egg yolks first.

The protein molecules in egg whites are small and can sometimes pass through the intestinal wall directly into the baby's blood, causing the baby's body to have an allergic reaction to foreign protein molecules, leading to eczema, urticaria, etc.

Prohibition: Babies can only eat it after they are one year old.

2. Fish with high mercury content

Fish is a very good ingredient for baby food. It has a soft texture and is easy to digest. It is a high-quality complete protein and a good source of DHA, which helps brain development. However, some fish, especially marine fish, contain higher levels of mercury. Mercury accumulates in the fish body in the form of methylmercury, which can affect the nervous system of infants and young children.

Taboo: When choosing fish as a complementary food, avoid choosing large fish or fish with particularly high mercury content, such as shark, swordfish, tilapia, catfish, and especially tuna.

3. Seafood

Shellfish such as crabs and shrimps are most likely to cause allergies in babies.

Prohibition: Do not give to babies under 1 year old.

Vegetables with high oxalic acid content: Spinach, amaranth, etc. contain a large amount of oxalic acid, which is not easily absorbed by the human body, and easily combines with calcium to form large molecular calcium carbonate, which affects the baby's calcium absorption and easily leads to poor development of the baby's bones and teeth.

Prohibition: It is best to add an appropriate amount to the baby after 1 year old, and do not consume it with high-calcium foods or calcium preparations.

4. Beans

Some beans contain factors that can cause goiter, and babies are more vulnerable to harm during their growth and development period. Moreover, beans are difficult to cook, difficult to digest, and can easily cause allergic and poisoning reactions.

5. Fruits

Fruit is a huge resource of vitamin C. It is hydrating, appetizing and easy to digest, making it suitable as a complementary food or snack for babies. However, some fruits contain allergenic factors and can easily cause allergies, so it is best not for babies under 3 years old to eat them.

Common fruits that are prone to allergies: mango, pineapple, hairy fruits (such as peaches and kiwis)

6. Peanut butter

Danger points: Ingredients can easily cause allergic reactions; storage is prone to aflatoxin contamination

Peanuts themselves contain arachidonic acid, an essential fatty acid needed by the human body. Human cells use this acid to synthesize prostaglandins, which are significant natural inflammatory substances in the human body and can easily cause allergies and inflammatory reactions. If there is a family history of food allergies, it is best to avoid feeding peanut products before one year old.

7. Fresh milk

Danger point: Ingredients are not easily absorbed

Fresh milk is rich in nutrients, but it is not suitable for babies under one year old. The main reason is that the casein molecules in fresh milk are large and difficult to decompose, and cannot be absorbed by babies under one year old. Moreover, if some babies' intestines do not have enough lactase to break down lactose, it will cause intestinal irritation and affect bowel function; certain minerals may increase the burden on the baby's kidneys, causing the child to have symptoms such as chronic dehydration and dry stools.

8. Honey

Danger: Ingredients may contain botulinum toxin spores

Although drinking honey water has its benefits, honey is not sterilized at high temperatures during the manufacturing process to avoid destroying its ingredients. Therefore, it may contain botulinum spores. If consumed, it may cause botulism poisoning in infants under one year old. Therefore, it is recommended that infants under one year old should not consume honey.

9. Mineral water, purified water

The baby's digestive system is not fully developed and has poor filtration function. The high mineral content in mineral water can easily cause increased osmotic pressure and increase the burden on the kidneys. Long-term drinking of purified water can also cause children to lack certain minerals, and some industrial raw materials used in the purification process of purified water may have adverse effects on the liver function of infants and young children. Water dispensers can easily cause secondary pollution and should not be used.

10. Energy Drinks

Most functional drinks are rich in electrolytes, which can appropriately replenish the sodium, potassium and other trace elements lost by the human body during sweating. However, because the baby's body is not fully developed and its metabolic and excretion functions are not yet sound, too many electrolytes will cause the baby's liver, kidneys and heart to be unable to bear it, increasing the child's chances of suffering from high blood pressure, arrhythmia, or damage to liver and kidney function.