"While most mainstream recommendations focus exclusively on grains and legumes for infants, there is perhaps a small glimmer of hope."
by CaltonNutrition on Friday, October 5, 2012
Ask most new mothers what the best first introductory foods are to give
her baby when weaning off breast milk and they will most likely go into a regurgitated
diatribe, often facilitated by their pediatrician, about the benefits of
feeding their babies a combination of grains, legumes and vegetables, most
commonly initiated with the introduction of rice cereals. However, if you look
at traditional cultures around the world, the first foods are invariably animal
products, such as meat, fish and eggs.While most mainstream recommendations focus exclusively on grains and
legumes for infants, there is perhaps a small glimmer of hope.
At least one Western government agency, in
the form of Health Canada, may be helping lead things back in the right
direction.
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