Mother’s milk constitutes nature best food. It is considered as the most suitable food for newborn infants since time immemorial. It is the natural security provided for the survival of the infants. Although majorities of Indian babies are breast-fed during the first 6-8 month of life [1], not everybody is fortunately in having a healthy mother who could provide adequate nutrition. Thus arises ...

Weaning food is given as a complement to breast milk which helpful for babies in the process of baby led weaning. At six months, baby's digestive tract able digest some such flour so can be introduced solid food. Purple sweet potato has good nutrition carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water. Ultrasound modification considered easier, simpler, safer because it does not use che...

A weaning food commonly used in Nigeria was simulated by mixing processed sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) with skim-milk powder (830: 170, w/w). Replacing 310 g/kg sorghum with processed cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) resulted in an increase in protein content from 96 to 113 g/kg and an increase in biological value of the protein from 0.74 to 0.87. The two mixtures were compared with an established comm...

BACKGROUND The recommended age of introduction of solids food to the diet of infants (weaning) has recently been increased in the UK to 6 months, but most babies are still weaned before the age of 4 months. AIMS To examine what predicts the age of weaning and how this relates to weight gain and morbidity using data from a population based cohort. METHODS Parents of 923 term infants born in ...

Objective: Evaluate if a two-day course for parents on nutrition and applied baby food preparation had an effect on child's intake of home-made foods, lipid concentration, and vitamin D status. Design: Randomized controlled trial at age 6 months and follow-up at ages 15 and 24 months. Setting: Four health care clinics in Kristiansand, Norway. Subjects: Thirty-nine pairs of 6-month-old children ...

In many countries, baby cereals are the first solid food given to 3-4-month-old babies after weaning and to infants aged 6-12 months. Various simple technologies are traditionally used in the processing of cereals, including toasting, hydrolysis, and drying. In this study color and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) assays have been used to evaluate heat effects induced during the manufacture of these...