We’ve talked about Understanding Food Labels, and how they can be utilized to help you make good food choices for your family. Another critical component for those with food allergies or celiac disease is making sure the food does not contain any allergens or ingredients that cause a reaction in your child. Here is a guideline for hidden food allergens:
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As part of our Understanding Food Labels series, we’ve delved into the significance of the listed ingredients, calories, and % Daily Values on a food label. This third installment digs into some less obvious components of a food label, particularly front of label claims.
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In our first installment of Understanding Food Labels we started at the top, and will work our way through the rest of the label in part 2.
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All of this discussion about choosing foods for babies and toddlers has this dietitian thinking that a little discussion about reading a food label can go a long way. We all have to eat, and navigating through the grocery store is no easy task these days, especially if your child has food allergies or is gluten intolerant. Reading food labels is critical for both choosing healthy foods and avoiding allergens. This is the first in a 3 part series for understanding food labels.
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More and more studies have found several foods marketed to kids that are loaded with fat, salt, and sugar. It was assumed that baby and toddler foods were immune to the over-processing of many adult oriented foods but alas this is not the case. If you have recently started your baby on solids, you probably have also embarked on more food label reading. This leaves many mums wondering: how can we choose healthy baby and toddler foods?
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Our most common question here at Mum Mum’s is when (and what) to start feeding your baby solid foods. Mum Mum’s provides an Infant and Toddler Feeding Guide, as well as Teething Tips as a permanent feature on our website under the ‘Nutrition Resources’ tab. Here are some general guidelines for food introduction but keep in mind all babies are different and any food has the potential to be an allergen or intolerant so follow the 3 day rule: offer one food at a time and wait 3 days to see if a reaction occurs. Also be mindful of the size and shape of the foods. Pureed and or jarred versions of the foods listed below should be offered but not raw or uncooked because they can present a choking hazard as they are difficult for babies to chew. You can steam and puree these foods yourself if desired and ripe fruits can be mashed easily. Babies are often ready for solid foods between 4-6 months of age, and at this time a teething biscuit may be offered. Be sure to read our ‘Signs of Readiness’ resource if you are unsure of when to start feeding your baby solids.
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Oh, the age old arguments that occur at the dinner table. Mums urge their child to at least try a bite of what she prepared for dinner, and child refuses. While some kids will try anything, others are picky eaters no matter what tactics parents employ. A recent study offers another option for parents to employ- the use of color.
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The holidays have come and gone, but the chilly weather is here for a while. Unfortunately, so are coughs and colds. Children’s immune systems need extra special care, especially when it seems you are surrounded by folks with the sniffles. Children’s exposure to bacteria is often significantly higher than that of adults, especially children in daycare or preschool, yet their ability to fight off a cold or flu is not quite as strong as a grownup’s. Here are a few ways to help keep kids healthy this winter.
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The 9 months of waiting during pregnancy can feel like forever, especially if you haven’t found out the baby’s gender. Even for mum’s who do want to know the sex of their baby before delivery, there are still several weeks to wait until an ultrasound can reveal the news. That might be changing, as a new study discovered a simple way to find out a baby’s gender as early as the first trimester.
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A few months ago, Mum Mum’s reported that one answer to childhood allergies could be found in the dirt. Mum Mum’s also reported recently an interesting study examining sleep patterns and baby’s level of cortisol. Now, a new study points to an interesting link between cortisol levels and allergies.
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