08/04/2024
Tiny Tummies and Starch: Is Starch a Hidden Threat for Babies?
Parents usually begin feeding their babies four months after the baby is born. Typically, foods like rice, bread, potatoes, crackers, cereals supplemented with iron, etc. But is it okay for a newborn to eat starch?
The ptyalin enzyme is absent or produced in minor amounts in newborns. The enzyme helps break down starch into sugar so that the body may absorb it more readily.
Babies get unwell when we give them starch because their bodies are unable to process the complicated starch components. Babies are particularly vulnerable to stomach illnesses because undigested starch damages their developing stomachs and ferments in the colon, fostering the growth of pathogenic bacteria and killing beneficial ones. This weakens the infant's immune system and causes recurrent illnesses.
Imagine if our infants had weakened immune systems as they grew older, which would eventually affect their ability to survive and flourish.
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