Posts Tagged ‘Nutritional’
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The components in mother’s milk changes every 24 hours to respond to the needs of infants. A new research showing how breast milk may help babies newborn to sleep.
Breast milk contains various elements, such as nucleotides, which performs a very important role in regulating the babies to sleep on a regular basis. The findings, published recently in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, states that breast milk composition changed in certain times throughout the day.
The scientists found three nucleotides in breast milk (adenosine, guanosine and uridene) that plays driving or resting the central nervous system, making the baby calm and sleeping.
Breast milk collected from 30 women who lived in Extremadura, was declared on 24-hour period, with six to eight samples per day. Concentrate, concentrate the highest nucleotide found in samples at night (8 pm to 8 am). “It made us realize that breastfeeding effect on babies sleep”, Cristina L. Sánchez, chief author of the article and a researcher at the Laboratory at the University of Extremadura Chrononutrition.
While breast milk produced during the day has a special component that can stimulate the baby’s activity, in contrast component of breast milk at night helps your baby to sleep and rest.
To ensure proper nutrition, the baby should be fed at the same time when milk was removed. For mothers who do not work outside the home, surely this is not a problem because usually the baby nursing directly. But for working mothers who took his mother’s milk during the day, then it should be given breast milk during the day also (the following day or on subsequent days)
Because breast milk is milked in the day contains the components that are useful to make an active baby (help him learn new skills). While breast milk is removed at night usually are taken directly by the baby because the mother was at home working, or if the mother’s milk mother’s milk at night, the allotment is to be given to babies at night, too, since breast milk night contains components to make babies sleep rested.
Therefore, it is important for a mother to include the date with hours when they take breast milk to help the mother remember mother’s milk is breast milk taken in the daytime or breast milk taken at night.
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Although the content of breast milk changes in the overall development of the child, there are basically three types of milk. It is colostrum, foremilk and hindmilk.
- Colostrum is the milk is yellowish in the first days after the baby is born and begins to produce breastfeeding earlier than usual. Colostrum is rich in nutrients and antibodies, and is the ideal food for a newborn. Even if you choose the formula instead of breast milk, you can feed your baby, at least a few days after birth, so he or she may be protected by antibodies and provided nutritional benefits of colostrum available.
- Foremilk is the milk which is first drawn during a feeding. It is generally thin and lower in fat content, satisfying the baby’s thirst and liquid needs.
- Hindmilk is the milk which follows foremilk during a feeding. Is richer in fat and calories. The high fat and calorie content of breast milk is important for your baby’s health and growth. Make sure your baby drain one breast before switching to the other leave to ensure you get all the advantages of both foremilk and hind milk.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Organic baby food is increasingly recognized in recent years. The trend of consuming these foods increased along with awareness about the importance of dietary factors for health. Even some people are willing to pay more to get their fruit or organic vegetables that are rarely spelled out in the market.
Eating organic food regularly are believed to protect the body from various diseases. Organic food is an agricultural product that is free of chemical fertilizers, chemicals and elements of preservatives, coloring, and sweeteners, ranging from planting to packing and processing of organic food penyimpanan.Memang actually not really free of additives, but the levels are regulated very strict to be in tolerable limits.
And now, not just adults who consume organic foods, the baby began to be kept invested early on his health with a healthy diet. It would be difficult for parents to control children or teenagers who have known food “junk food.” Fear of dependence on the type of fast food might be overcome by introducing early on a healthy diet.
In terms of taste, some mention of organic baby food is less tasty, but some also said any better than non-organic baby food. Delicious organic food or not this still have an advantage over non-organic, which do not contain extra sugar and salt.
Organic baby food is generally the effect of natural sweetness from the juice of corn or wheat starch. Reviewed in terms of price, organic food is pretty draining the pouch. Manufacturing process required special treatment and be careful who because it was expensive.
In the processing of any organic baby food you should be careful not to lose their nutritional content. You have to find out how the right temperature for cooking so that nutritional value is not lost. How organic broccoli and carrots cooked, whether the color is not to fade? How to maintain the mineral elements and vitamins in organic food does not quickly disappear? How mature organic food storage to keep it sterile? And others so forth.
To get all the information on this organic baby food, you’ll want to ask a nutritionist.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Properly, a mother must always be patient in feeding their children, because of eating not only makes children fulfilled their nutritional needs, but these activities can also be used as a learning experience for toddlers. At the time the child starts talking, eating activities can be used as a means for mothers to teach the concept of taste, expression of taste, color concepts, the concept of texture, the concept of number, and size concepts.
Patience by mothers in performing this activity can facilitate the process of eating and toddlers to develop their insight and knowledge. In terms of eating, the mother or caregiver to act as mediators to introduce various concepts and facts which met the child in his environment. An example is when feeding, the mother can provide information about what to eat, what it’s like, what color, how much, and so forth. Feeding techniques while learning can be done through a few tips:
- Arouse the attention and wants the child to react. Mother took the child to eat and give a sign that the meal has arrived. To attract the attention of children, maternal use of verbal and nonverbal expression, to enable the sensing of children. Mom then took the plate and let the kids hold eating utensils, food, and imitate what the mother said. She was also the name given food, taste, shape, texture, and tightens up with an expression of voice or expression. Repeat this several times.
- Giving praise and raise confidence and competence in children if the child is eating properly. Mothers should not be stingy praise for his son. For example, if he had spent one tablespoon of food, just the mother’s praise of their versatility. Especially when the food can be spent with the neat.
- Get children to plan all activities shall be taken, all actions have demonstrated that patterns of activity in preparing meals, children should also be involved, such as washing hands, preparing food, telling stories about what was done the mother, to clear the table after dinner activity is over. This is done many times, in order to form habits and a healthy diet.
- In order for the learning process becomes much easier and pleasant situation, the mother should also make eye contact with toddlers. In addition, mothers are advised to have a sense of empathy, would give the baby a chance to speak, trying to share a pleasant feeling, and follow what the initiatives and responses of children. Mother or child interactions during feeding intensively this remedy can be used as a means to improve the cognitive abilities of children.
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
We all know that milk good for growth and development of a person, including for our children. Various kinds of milk on the market have content in different content. As a parent who always wanted to give the best for the child, parents demanded to know the content of milk and choose which is best for him. Should consider before buying milk composition written on the packaging. Do not get stuck packaging or attractive prizes are offered.
Here are the types of milk on the market:
This is the best type of milk consumed. Because the milk is still new and the content of any natural sweetness without sugar supplement. However, so parents should consider how to cook them not to break so it remains delicious.
Powdered milk contains little water vapor. Milk is usually already equipped with this type of fat, protein and little sugar. Because the sugar content is usually not too many parents like to add sugar. Just add a little sugar to your baby likes to drink it.
From the name alone we can already see that it implies more sugar, about 30-40%. Fat and protein content is not too much. Milk of this kind can be said as to improve the energy-producing calories during activity.
Milk UHT (Ultra High Temperature) milk that is processed with high temperature 135 ° C or 275 ° F for 1-2 seconds to kill microorganisms in the milk so the taste and its contents are not damaged. A child over one year was allowed to consume this milk is recommended but not excessive. If you want to enjoy warm, do not be heated enough to be soaked in warm water.
For additional information, a sense that there are variations role in various types of milk did not reduce the nutrient content in it. So when is little to choose flavor according to taste go ahead.
Tips:
- If your son or daughter of obesity could provide a little more fluid milk so that not too much fat, especially for condensed milk.
- For children who have milk allergies, you should consult your doctor to choose what was right for her milk.
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Parents should be wary of overweight (obesity) on their children. If the child’s food consumption patterns are not controlled, as he entered the age of 30-40 years is likely these children will suffer from coronary heart disease. The pattern of eating fast food (junk food) that kids love it triggers obesity in children. In addition to store fat, these foods can also interfere with metabolism and increase cholesterol levels.
One type of junk food should be reduced is the popcorn and sodas. Both types of snacks can lead to obesity in children, and calorie content equivalent to 3 / 4 burgers. Research data shows the small size of popcorn to consume the same as a personal size pizza. Medium-sized popcorn and consume the same by spending 3 / 4 burgers.
Noted, if the size of popcorn combo contains 1160 calories and store fat weighing 60 grams in three days. For small size contains 670 calories or the same as spending a personal size pizza.
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
By the time children grow and develop from infants to toddlers, we often face the dilemma. Their nutritional needs increase, but instead decrease appetite. Obviously this is worrying, because we all know that food is essential for growth and development.
Hard time eating is normal part infancy. At this age, their growth is not as fast as a baby. Added weight also decreased. Plus, they also started to become active. They often can not be silent, let alone to eat. Ways to help them eat can vary but give them a “snack” healthy throughout the day is better than forcing them to eat three times a day on a regular basis with large portions.
Infants and children from ages 1-3 years old require about 1000-1300 calories per day. To meet this need, it’s better if we let them choose their own way of eating. What is important is that we prepare a healthy diet and appropriate for them. They often prefer to eat only one food a lot, and because this is normal, we better have a goal to give them a balanced nutritional meals per-week rather than per-day.
Another way is to give them something to eat at a table and chairs for children, where their feet do not have to rely on a chair hanging like an adult. Maybe sitting at a table and chairs for children are not comfortable for us, but for the small, they would prefer to eat if their feet could hit the floor and they felt they could control their dinner table.
Also, give them food with small portions. At the age of the children, they have not been able to eat normal portions like we are adults. We can also ask his brother, or older friends to eat with them. Toddlers want to imitate the older kids and when he saw a friend or sister to eat, he would be interested in eating well.
They can also be asked to menyicipi at least one or two bites of food. In this way, without forcing, they can try on different types of food so we know what food they prefer. However, make sure the foods that we provide is healthy food, like vegetables and fruits instead of sugary snacks that high can damage their body organ development.
And of course, to ensure adequate nutritional needs of children in times of trouble eat this, complete with giving them two to three glasses of milk a nutritious complete and balanced. With this, we meet nutritional needs but without making them increasingly refusing food because it felt too forced.
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Preparing food with a different way of cooking is one way to prevent boredom eating in children. Steaming is the way to cook with indirect heat so food remains tender and not dry. In order for the higher nutritional value, see to include a variety of vegetables in your cooking menu.
Ingredients:
3 potatoes, rinse
Contents:
1 pc onion, finely chopped
150 grams of tuna, chopped pieces
75 grams of fresh tomatoes, cut into small boxes
15 ounces grated cheddar cheese
Salt
Oregano
Direction:
1. Peel the potatoes that have been cleaned in two parts. Steam for 15 minutes.
2. Removing the inside of the steamed potatoes with a spoon so that the remaining forms such as bowls.
3. Mix the inside of potato with a little salt and then mashed up into mashed potatoes.
4. Prepare: onions, tuna, fresh tomatoes and brokolli already been cut.
5. Mix mashed potatoes with tuna, tomatoes and broccoli pieces. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and oregano.
6. Potatoes that have been filled with a mixture of mashed potatoes, tuna, tomatoes and broccoli into a steamer. Steamed again for approximately 15 minutes.
7. Steamed Potatoes Mix tuna & veggies ready to be served.
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
The World Cup has entered the final round between the Dutch and Spanish teams. The final match was certainly exciting entertainment for your family, including your children. Especially when your childs favorite team into a winner. It was a fun moment for the whole family.
And to better equip you and your family happiness for watching the World Cup finals match, you can create a healthy snack menu and use the theme of the World Cup for snack food creations that you make. Snack food that you make should be adequate for the nutritional needs of all members of your family for watching World Cup games.
Chocolate can be material for your snacks that you create. One recipe made from chocolate is chocolate balls. Ingredients and direction are similar with Generally chocolate balls. Just need to add white to white chocolate on the ball. And black colors on the ball can be replaced with a brown color of chocolate milk. And Good luck
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
Nutrients have an important role to encourage the process of developing a child’s brain grows. Good nutrition is like fuel for the brain. The development of brain circuits rely heavily on the quality of nutrition and stimulation given to infants in the womb to the age since the first three years, or so called golden period of growth (the golden age period).
Rapid growth in human brain cells taken place since the age of the baby until the age of three years. And reached perfection at the age of five years. This makes the fulfillment of nutritional factors as a vital factor in sufficient nutrients for brain development.
Until the age of one year, 60% of energy from breast milk and foods consumed by infants used for brain growth. Therefore, infants and toddlers need lots of protein, carbohydrates and fats.
In addition babies and toddlers need vitamin B1, B6, folic acid, iodine, iron, zinc, AA, DHA, sphyngomyelin (complex lipid content of fat in the brain), sialic acid, and amino acids like tyrosine and tryptophan.
Breast milk contains all these nutrients.
With balanced nutrition, it will add to growth and development of cells and branches on the baby’s brain. And the more the number of branching of brain cells, then the better is also a function of synapses (nerve cell edge) between brain cells. And finally the child is also more intelligent.
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