Breast milk continue to increase your list of benefits with each new study that is done to know its properties better. In Babies and more we always promote it and talk about the discoveries that are made about it because it is undoubtedly the best for your baby.
A recent study yielded results that will certainly delight nursing mothers, and that is when breastfeeding your baby, this will accept food better when they start ablactation, making the introduction of new flavors that complement breastfeeding somewhat less stressful or complicated.
Undoubtedly, many parents fight for our children to try certain foods, what seemed to be a quiet meal ends up becoming a food war when our children throw us the plate or spit the bite they had half chewed. This situation leaves us equally astonished as discouraged, without understanding why our children reject the food we prepare for them.
This new study reveals one of the reasons why this happens with some children and not with others: Children who were fed breast milk tend to accept a greater variety of foods in their meals.
The study: babies fed with breast milk and babies fed with formula
In the study led by Dr. Benoist Schaal and conducted by the Center for Smell, Taste and Food Science in France, researchers identified a number of key moments in the lives of children that seem to determine how risky they will be with food when are older
This was followed up to 53 children since they were babies and the results were measured. Babies' mothers were asked to give their children a variety of vegetables when they began ablactation for 10 days, regardless of whether their babies were fed with breast milk or formula.
Some were only given a diet of porridge or carrot puree, while others were given a more varied list that included carrot porridge, artichokes, peas and squash. It was found that Children who were fed breast milk tend to eat more vegetables in the ablactation than those who were fed artificial milk.
Upon reaching six years of age, those who had been breastfed and fed a wider variety of vegetables had a more varied dietalso that they were more willing to try new vegetables. In comparison, those who had been fed formula and had only given them carrot porridge, had a tendency to be more fussy.
It was found that those children who were breastfed they were more willing to try new foods and they had a greater likelihood that they would like such foods when they reach age six, compared to children who received formula or artificial milk when they were babies. Similarly, feeding babies with a wide variety of vegetables when they begin ablactation also helps them get used to eating more of these when they are older.
The scientists also discovered that if a baby refuses a food the first time they offer it during ablactation, offer it again at the next 8 meals It makes her more likely to like it when she reaches six years of age.
Dr. Schaal commented that "exposing children from babies to healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables can have long-term effects", and added that"this exposure to a variety of foods helps increase the acceptance of new flavors".
How does breastfeeding influence the acceptance of new foods?
The role of breastfeeding in the acceptance of the baby with those of introducing new foods is simple, since breast milk carries hints of the food that mothers consume. This helps children to be exposed since they are infants to new flavors, such as vegetables, in a safe way.
Some of these flavors are transferred in the milk of their mothers and the babies detect them, so that they are exposed to clues of what their mother has consumed in their diet and they know new flavors, even in small quantities. That is why it is important that during breastfeeding try to take a healthy and varied diet, which allows babies to adapt or get used to the flavors of new foods.
Balanced diet during pregnancy and lactation
A balanced and varied diet during pregnancy is important for a healthy pregnancy. Not only is it important to take care of what we eat so as not to gain weight or feel good, but so that our baby begins to become familiar with a wide range of flavors since it is in our belly.
It is important to remember that during pregnancy and lactation it is not about eating for two, it is about eat better. Of course we can occasionally give in to a craving in pregnancy, but it is important to remember that everything we eat, our babies also eat while we are pregnant.
During breastfeeding although it is important Eat a balanced diet for health reasons, what we eat does not come in such a direct way because it is milk composed by our body choosing what is best for the baby. So there is no need to make special diets unless there is a food allergy in your baby, it is simply feeding better to feel better.
Many mothers feel that they should limit themselves to eating a lot of things during breastfeeding, however it has been proven that breast milk, regardless of the mother's feeding quality, will always be good and better than artificial milks. That's how wonderful the woman's body is.
Although this study shows that breast milk is still the best option to feed the baby, it is not a reason for mothers who could not breastfeed. Dr. Schaal added that although breast milk helps the good acceptance of new foods, mothers who gave formula can help their children like vegetables introducing them from the beginning of the ablactation, trying to provide their children with a wide variety of flavors so that they know them and become familiar with them.
