Is it healthy to drink milk powder?

Nowadays, many mothers do not have enough milk to feed their babies due to physical reasons after giving birth. In this case, they can only use other methods to supplement the nutrients needed for the baby's growth and development. Generally speaking, milk powder is used instead of breast milk to provide babies with nutrition and promote development. However, the different quality of milk powder may have different consequences on the baby's growth and development. There may even be some toxic milk powder, such as the Sanlu milk powder in previous years, which may harm the baby's health. Therefore, you must be careful when choosing to feed your baby with powder.

Formula milk has many components, and understanding the functions of these ingredients is very helpful for mothers to make rational choices. But it doesn't mean that the higher the ingredients, the more suitable it is for your baby. Blindly pursuing milk powder with high ingredients is not necessarily suitable. For example, Friso milk powder. Many mothers say that its ingredients are relatively low, but it is a milk powder with high sales! And many babies are white and fat after eating it. So, the ingredients are not about the high content, but about the baby's absorption. If the high ingredients cannot be absorbed, it is useless! The following is an introduction to the main ingredients...

DHA

It is an ingredient added mainly for the baby's brain development. The baby's brain begins to develop in the early morning fetal period, and the brain capacity continues to gradually expand from birth to 6 months, and this expansion is achieved through the action of brain cells. DHA is mainly attached to the cell membrane. It can increase the value and multiply many brain cells. The more brain cells there are, the better the baby's brain development will be, so everyone calls DHA "brain gold". DHA is generally stored in seafood products such as egg yolks, deep-sea fish, and seaweed. Babies aged 0-6 months mainly get their nutrition from breast milk and formula.

Iron and zinc

Iron and zinc can promote transmission between nerve endings and enhance the baby's memory and learning ability. Please note that if the baby is iron deficient in childhood, he may show emotional indifference when he grows up.

Sulfuric acid

Sulfur acid is very beneficial to vision and brain development. It can promote the transmission of information from the optic nerve to the brain.

Oligosaccharides

Babies aged 6 months have already started to eat complementary foods. Due to changes in dietary structure, the child’s gastrointestinal function may be affected, resulting in symptoms such as diarrhea. There are two kinds of bacteria living in the gastrointestinal tract. One is harmful bacteria that can cause diarrhea and other discomforts; the other is beneficial bacteria that specializes in devouring harmful bacteria. Oligosaccharides are called "beneficial bacteria proliferation factors" that can multiply a large number of bifidobacteria and help eliminate harmful bacteria in the baby's intestines. In addition, after the baby is six months old, the immune ability from the mother's body gradually weakens, the baby's resistance drops sharply, and oligosaccharides will also play a role in increasing resistance. Therefore, babies aged 6-12 months should drink formula milk with added oligosaccharides.

In fact, no matter how nutritious milk powder is, it cannot be as nutritious as breast milk, because breast milk not only contains various nutrients, but also can provide the baby with some maternal antibodies, which are very helpful in resisting the invasion of some diseases. These are things that milk powder cannot replace, so if you have breast milk, try to breastfeed as much as possible, and your baby can grow up healthy and happy.