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Effective Nutrition in Childhood

nutrition in childhoodBreastfeeding allows children to develop an adequate tolerability to food, but when you can not provide it, we must find an effective alternative to feed the children.

Dr. Ricardo Rueda, Associate Director of Research and Development Division, Abbott Nutrition, said that a proper selection of infant formula is essential, especially to avoid those that use palm olein oil in its composition.

Consumption of this is inconvenient in many cases, because when the intestine is processed form insoluble salts that prevent the infant to absorb fat, energy and calcium properly. Furthermore, these formulas can cause constipation when taken in high proportion.

Effective nutrition in childhood
“A gut level, when these salts are formed, harder stools occur. This process causes constipation, which is related to the tolerability or intolerable foods during the first three years of life, which are key to the development of children, “the specialist.

Parents should read labels and choose those products infant formulas containing vitamins and minerals that help strengthen the immune system and help to form strong bones and teeth.