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Both babies in my family are breastfeeding. The eldest baby is naturally breast-free when he is two and a half years old, and the second baby is naturally breast-free when he is three and a half years old. Although the two children quit milk late, after they turned one year old, I gradually drank pure milk and never drank formula milk.
So, after the baby is one year old, should he drink formula or pure milk? After watching the popular science video of Ma Xuemei, deputy chief physician of pediatrics at Northern Theater Command General Hospital, I found that many mothers chose the wrong choice.
Views from pediatricians
I am a mother of two children and I am quite concerned about the growth of my child. I dare not be careless at all for the health of my child, so I have always insisted on breastfeeding and then I have always insisted on drinking pure milk.
If the baby doesn’t drink breast milk after he is one year old, it has been very controversial whether to choose formula or pure milk. Many parenting bloggers on short video platforms are about choosing formula milk, and some bloggers’ certification information is still a pediatrician.
However, Ma Xuemei, deputy chief physician of pediatrics from the Northern Theater Command General Hospital, advocated that babies over one year old should choose to drink pure milk. Her popular science video comes from the official account of a short video platform "Northern Health", which still has medical authority.
I summarized the popular science video of this pediatrician. There are two points in total:
The first point is that milk is reduced from staple food to complementary food. Director Ma Xuemei said that the baby starts adding complementary foods at around six months of age, and milk is still the staple food for the child at this time. However, after is one year old, nutritional intake mainly depends on three meals a day, and milk is just a kind of complementary foods .
Why do you have to be six months old before you can add complementary food to your baby? It’s not that breast milk is no longer nutritious, but as the child grows, the nutritional components of breast milk can no longer fully meet the needs of physical development, so nutrition needs to be supplemented from food.
Second point, pure milk is better than formula milk. Director Ma Xuemei advocates that the child drinks pure milk after he is one year old, and there are two reasons: First, the sugar content of formula milk is higher than that of ; second, the price of formula milk is also higher than that of milk.
formula milk is to meet the nutritional needs of babies. It is composed of milk cow or the milk of other animals. Various nutrients are appropriately added to achieve the effect close to breast milk. , whether it is breast milk or formula milk, contains , lactose, .
Sugar is an indispensable nutrient in the human body. Babies need to consume enough calories from sugar to meet the needs of physical activities and rapid growth and development. However, formula milk with high sugar content in is not good for the healthy growth of the baby.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a new UK study found that children who grew up eating infant formula are more likely to have obesity problems at the age of 5.
The reason is that is at a critical stage in the child's growth stage. intakes too much calories and gains weight rapidly. If you gain too fast weight during infancy, it will affect your health in the future.
Parents with children at home know that the cost of raising a child in today's society is too high, and part of the expense is the cost of formula milk. A can of 900 grams of formula milk can cost several hundred yuan, and a month-on-month milk powder costs thousands of yuan.
Compared with formula milk, pure milk is much more "friendly", not expensive, and has low sugar content. For many ordinary families, it can reduce economic pressure and do not have to worry about children consuming too much sugar to cause obesity.
In general, milk mainly provides the human body with protein and calcium. The calcium and protein of pure milk are higher than that of milk powder, and the sugar content of milk powder is high. It is easy for children to damage their teeth when they drink it, and it is easy to cause obesity, and the price is also expensive.
These three types of "fake milk" should not let your children drink
Every time you take your children to the supermarket, there are a wide variety of different types of dairy products! My favorite thing to buy is pure milk, and I have to stock up a lot every time. On the contrary, except for pure milk, children don’t like it, they want to move all other dairy products home.
In fact, three types of these dairy products belong to the "fake milk" disclosed by CCTV. They are not only expensive but also not nutritious, especially the sugar content is particularly high. Drinking children for a long time will ruin their appetite and cause great harm to the body, such as obesity.
- (1) milk-containing beverage
milk-containing beverage is actually a beverage made of fresh milk or dairy products, adding water, white sugar, sweetener, sour taste, juice, tea, coffee, plant extract, etc.
You can check the ingredient list of the bottle to see what the ingredients are at the forefront. If it is water, white sugar, or sweetener, it is no different from drinking sugar water. It has a high sugar content without nutrition, which is harmful to the health of children and has no benefits.
- (2) Milk preparation
Milk preparation is a product made from canned based on no less than 80% of raw milk or reconstituted milk , adding food additives, nutritional enhancers or other raw materials, and making it into cans, which is better than milk-containing beverages.
However, although 80% of the raw milk is raw milk or reconstituted milk, in order to make the taste better, merchants often add sugar, cream and flavor to improve it. It is recommended that children drink less, or even not drink it.
- (3) Raw milk
Compared with milk-containing beverages and milk-made, raw milk can be said to be real milk, but if disinfection is improperly treated, it is easy to get bacteria. If the child drinks it for a long time, it will not only not be able to obtain nutrition, but it may destroy the child's intestinal bacterial flora .
Generally speaking, pure milk is a product with strict supervision, and is rich in many trace elements. The most abundant calcium element is calcium. Drinking more pure milk can supplement calcium for the human body, and it is easier to absorb, making it a good choice for calcium supplementation.
Whether children or the elderly, drink less of these three "fake milk". Drink more pure milk. In addition to promoting the growth and development of children's bones, drinking pure milk can also prevent osteoporosis and maintain the balance of pH in the body.
ending with thoughts
The main purpose of our drinking milk is to supplement calcium. Other key nutrients are mainly supplemented by food, not formula milk. Just like we cannot say that we should eat vitamin tablets without eating vegetables, protein powder without eating meat and iron agent .
If the child does not eat well, don’t expect the child to solve the problem by drinking formula milk for children. Even if the formula milk really has some effect, it is undoubtedly a hidden danger if the cultivation of good eating habits since childhood is ignored.
After the child turns one year old, whether he chooses to drink formula or pure milk, eating well three meals a day is the bottom line. Therefore, parents must help their children develop good eating habits from an early age, have a balanced diet, are not picky or partial to their diet.
[Topic Discussion] Will your baby choose to drink formula or pure milk after he turns one year old?
