Healthy Food & Snacks

Vitamins for the baby’s needs is often a confusing topic. If you are wondering whether your baby need vitamin or not, of course the answer is yes. Your baby may need vitamins to grow well and healthy. He needs it in order to have strong bones, healthy teeth and also to “build” the blood, so to avoid anemia.

Well, almost all babies get all the necessary vitamins and minerals (like vitamin A, calcium, iron, etc.) through the intake of foods they consume. So, even if your baby really need the vitamins and minerals, but they do not really need the supplement every day, except when he was born premature or have certain health problems.

Overview of Vitamins and Minerals

Many parents think that the vitamins will be met in full only by consuming vegetables and fruits. This opinion is not right. Actually, vegetables and fruits contain only some kinds of vitamins, like vitamin C, E, K and some types of vitamin B.

For vitamin A, B6, B12 and D, can usually be obtained through animal sources such as liver, milk, and various processed products.

While the minerals needed by the body can be obtained from foods such as salt, fish, shrimp, squid, and milk and other dairy products.

Conclusion

Basically, until the age of 6 months, babies who receive exclusive breast feeding does not require supplements. To note precisely the mother’s diet. Ensure that breastfeeding mothers consume enough foods containing vitamin B12 (to prevent anemia in children), iron (also associated with anemia), zinc, and calcium. If any is required, then the mother may consume a multivitamin-mineral supplements. Of course with a doctor referral.

After age 6 months if your baby is not having difficulty eating different kinds of food with sufficient quantity for his age, then vitamin supplements are not necessary. New supplements to be an alternative when your child really hard to eat or have a chronic health problem. Please consult with your pediatrician.

Be careful, do not consume a multivitamin-mineral supplements without a physician referral, because it could be your baby receives the excess of vitamin A and zinc (zinc).

Since childhood we are already home with the so-called tomato, or popularly known in Latin as ‘solamun licopersium’ because our mothers must have frequently used it for instance as chili paste, sour soup spice as well as a daily dish of raw vegetables.

Tomato is of course very easy to get and it costs chief enough, therefore it is no wonder if many people consume it in various ways one of which is to process it into juice whose taste is delicious typical and utterly fresh, let alone if it is drunk in hot weather.

In addition to its delicious taste, this fruit is also quite good for skin health now that it can soften and grease face. The specialty of tomato is its having a high content of lycopen that gives red and is effective as antioxidant so that it is commonly made use of in industries as masker.

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Myth : Peanuts cause wight

Fact : Actually, it will not happen in short time. Peanuts contain high protein. So, be careful if you eat peanuts, don’t eat peanuts continually.

Another Health Fact about Peanut :

* Once you saw facts, now see advantages of peanut
* Peanut contains Vitamin E, good for health and our skin
* Peanut is sort of plant, so it doesn’t consist of cholesterol
* Well done peanut’s seeds are good for teeth’s health
* Peanuts also contain minerals and fibers quickening digest

Peanut Myth

Are you afraid of eating peanuts? is eating peanuts not good for your health? Hey, not all those myths are correct, in order you are not curious, lets see some healthy facts about peanuts…

Myth: Eating much peanuts causes pimples

Fact: Pimples in face can be caused by dust stick out, Puberty can also causes pimples. So, if you eat peanuts much, then you get many pimples in your face, don’t stop eating peanuts forever…it will make your pimples increase. read more »