The article presents the latest recommendations for the nutrition of healthy infants, issued by Polish experts and the current rules of supplementation of vitamins D and K and omega 3 acids. Forming...
This article presents the latest recommendations for infant nutrition and the current rules for vitamin D and K supplementation. Proper expansion of the diet of the youngest children, ensuring...
After giving birth, learning to feed your baby is a very important stage. Ideally, of course, the baby should be fed with breast milk from the very beginning. This is beneficial not only for the baby...
Natural breastfeeding plays a very important role in the healthy physical and mental development of the baby. Scientific studies show that a woman should feed her baby with breast milk for as long as...
Adequate nutrition is very important, particularly during the neonatal and childhood periods, providing opportunities for the young body to develop. When the diet is incorrect, it can lead to damage...
Feeding in the first months of life plays a very important role. Ideally, the mother should feed her baby with breast milk for about six months. However, paediatricians recommend feeding for as long...
Obesity in children is a common problem. More and more children in the pre-school and early school years are struggling with the problem of excessive body weight. Scientists and doctors believe that...
Recent studies and observations show that young mothers are breastfeeding for shorter and shorter periods. They are switching very quickly to bottle-feeding in order to be able to return to work, to...
It can happen that a baby is allergic to cow's milk. Initially, when the baby is breastfed, there may be no symptoms, but over time, when the baby is weaned and begins to eat a variety of products,...
Jaundice is a condition in which there is a yellowing of the skin due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood and tissues.
Constipation is a common ailment in infants. Constipation is said to occur when an infant has excessively solid stools, passes stools less frequently than once in 2 to 3 days, grows poorly in weight,...
Intestinal obstruction, or constipation, can occur in babies and children. It is said to occur when a newborn does not have a bowel movement for up to four days or when the stool is very dry and...
A dairy-free diet is one of the elimination diets, i.e. a diet involving the temporary or permanent removal from the diet of an intolerable nutrient - in this case milk.
Sometimes children try to eat things - sand, dirt from the floor, paper, etc., but they soon learn that it doesn't taste good and they stop this practice. In young children this is a natural way of...
We often wonder why actually wash fruit if it looks clean? Unfortunately, they only look that way.
Breastfeeding is the best way of feeding newborns and babies. A woman's milk fully meets the infant's needs for all the essential nutrients, ensuring its proper development. According to the World...
Gluten, a protein found in many cereals (wheat, rye, barley, gluten), can cause coeliac disease in predisposed individuals. When is the best time to introduce gluten into a child's diet to minimise...
Many people even love to eat crisps and fatty foods, despite their adverse health effects. Why are crisps 'addictive'?