Can a 1-year-old baby eat bird's nest?

Children’s health is often what parents are most concerned about. Only when they are in good physical condition can they be qualified to grow up healthily. Therefore, many parents are very concerned about their children’s food choices, hoping to supplement their children’s physical needs and enhance their physical fitness through food. However, the human body has limited tolerance. For young children, eating too much tonic food may have the opposite effect. So can a one-year-old baby eat bird's nest?

1. Can a one-year-old baby eat bird's nest?

Babies can eat bird's nests after they are 4 months old, and they can only eat a little bit each time, usually about 2 grams. Bird's nest contains up to 10% of a biologically active ingredient - sialic acid, also known as "neuraminic acid", which can promote the speed of information transmission in brain nerve cells).

2. Benefits of bird's nest for babies

1. Bird's nest can help babies supplement high-quality protein

The protein content in the human body accounts for 30%-35% of the total weight of the brain stem. Bird's nests are rich in high-quality protein ingredients. The content of high-quality protein in bird's nests is above 50%, which is much higher than eggs, milk, meat, fish and other ingredients used to supplement protein in traditional regular diets.

2. Bird’s nest can help babies supplement essential amino acids

Bird’s nest contains a variety of amino acids, 8 of which are essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body. In addition, the sialic acid unique to bird's nests is a key substance for the baby's brain development and is currently the only way for humans to obtain a large amount of sialic acid from food. The level of sialic acid is related to the baby's early nutrition and learning ability.

3. Who should not eat bird’s nest?

Newborns under 4 months old cannot directly absorb the nutrients of bird's nests; if you have symptoms such as fever during a cold, it is best to stop taking supplements such as bird's nests to avoid affecting the evacuation of external evils of the cold. After the peak of the acute disease and the cold is cured, you can then start to take food supplements such as bird's nests. People with allergic constitutions who are allergic to protein foods can take 1 gram of dry bird's nest each time, once every other day. If there are no allergic symptoms, the dosage can be adjusted to 2-3 grams/day/time.