What snacks are good for 2-year-old babies?

Snacks are very familiar to us. We all like to eat various snacks. Eating snacks is also a habit of many people in daily life. Adults need to pay attention to some things when eating snacks, so for a 2-year-old baby, there are even more things to pay attention to when eating snacks. Although eating snacks has some benefits to the body and mind, snacks are not to be eaten casually.

What snacks are good for 2-year-old babies?

1. Babies have poor self-control and can easily eat too much delicious food at one time. Therefore, while allowing babies to eat snacks, there should be certain restrictions. A basic principle is not to affect their appetite and food intake for the main meal. If the baby does not want to eat or reduces his food intake during the main meal due to eating snacks, then the snacks are excessive.

2. Foods with too high sugar content, such as candied plums, candy chocolate, Chinese pastries, and various ice creams and popsicles, can easily cause a feeling of fullness after eating, thus affecting the main meal, causing nutritional imbalance, and leading to tooth decay in babies.

3. In addition, pickled, smoked, and fried foods, such as lamb skewers, salted beef jerky, and various puffed foods, are not suitable as snacks for babies. During the processing and production process, most of the nutrients contained in this type of food are destroyed, and some carcinogenic or toxic substances are also produced. For example, the toxicity contained in a roasted chicken leg is approximately equivalent to that of 60 cigarettes.

4. As for foods such as biscuits and instant noodles, they are not suitable as snacks for babies because they contain too many calories and have very low nutritional value. Fresh fruit is rich in nutrients and is perfect as a snack for your baby. Various dairy products, such as milk, cheese, etc. are rich in calcium and more than 100 other ingredients that are beneficial to the human body. They can promote the physical and intellectual development of babies and are also excellent snack choices for babies.

5. In addition, soy milk and other soy products, various nuts, such as peanuts, almonds, pine nuts, chestnuts, etc., are natural health foods and can also be used as snacks for babies.

The benefits of snacks for babies

Benefits 1.

After extensive investigation and research, American experts believe that snacks can better meet the baby's body's needs for multiple vitamins and minerals. The survey found that children who eat snacks between meals are more likely to achieve nutritional balance than children of the same age who only eat three meals. Babies can get 20% of their total calories from snacks and 15% of their total food intake from vitamins. Minerals account for 20% and iron accounts for 15%. This shows that snacks have become one of the important ways for babies to obtain the nutrients needed for growth and development.

Benefit 2.

However, snacks are only a secondary channel for children to obtain nutrition and cannot replace staple foods. They should be limited in quantity and selected in variety. Parents can give their babies a small amount of high-calorie food in the morning, such as 2-3 pieces of chocolate, 1 piece of cake or 2-3 biscuits; let them drink some hot water after a nap, and eat some fruit in the afternoon; do not give snacks after dinner, and it is appropriate to drink a glass of milk before going to bed. Pay attention to food hygiene, wash your hands before eating snacks, and brush your teeth or rinse your mouth after eating.