YOGYAKARTA Did you know that baby digestive problems often occur, mainly due to certain foods. There are many foods that trigger baby digestive disorders. When the food is consumed by children, especially those under one year old, the baby will experience digestive problems such as diarrhea, constipation, bloating, nausea, and vomiting.
As a provision of parenting, parents must know what foods cause baby digestive disorders because avoiding these foods is one way to maintain the health of the child's stomach and digestion.
Pediatrician as well as gastrohepatology consultant, Frieda Handayani Kawanto explained that in the first year of baayi, cerna channel disruptions occurred a lot. This condition is caused because the baby's digestive tract is not ripe and develops perfectly.
In the media gathering for Digestive Week 2024 in Jakarta which was held on Friday, May 24, Frieda explained that one of the causes of problems with the baby's digestion is certain types of food, namely as follows.
This type of food has the potential to interfere with the baby's digestion because there are many ingredients added, such as salt, fat, sugar, and even synthetic preservatives. Examples of ultra-process food types are sausages, cornets, biscuits, meatballs, and so on.
This packaged food contains nutrients but is mixed with quite high sodium. It is not recommended to give this food to the baby.
Foods that are processed by frying are highly advised not to be given to babies aged one year. This is because food that is fried or soaked in oil is able to produce carcinogenic substances, namely the trigger for the growth of cancer cells, inflammation or intestinal inflammation.
It is recommended to parents not to provide food containing saturated lemma, sugar, and high salt to babies aged one year.
There are also parents who provide spicy food to their children to introduce the taste of the food. To do so, avoid giving a direct source of spicy food so that digestive problems do not occur. Instead, parents can provide food with a mild spicy taste such as cinnamon spices when the child is 10 months old.
Foods that contain trans fat are not recommended to be given to babies. This type of fat is the worst and is not even needed by the body. Usually foods with trans fat content are fried ones. To avoid this, try replacing cooking oil with oil oil, coconut oil, and so on.
Sugar consumed by babies is too much will actually remove healthy intestinal bacteria. As a result, babies will experience inflammation until they end up in serious digestive problems. In addition, excessive sugar intake will also make babies susceptible to illness such as diarrhea, constipation, prevention, and so on.
Parents must also know what digestive disorders children often experience so that they can be anticipated. The following is a list of children's digestive disorders that often occur, reported by AI Care.
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