Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Children: nutrition affects the health of the early days of the first 3 years

Let's talk about children and nutrition, in particular, that of the first few weeks of life. Apparently, in fact, what the baby eats during the first days, triggering the metabolic processes in your body such that the effects persist for at least the first three years of age. The first food of the newborn, of course, is always and only the milk, as we know, but there are different answers depending on who is suckled by its mother, or infant formula take more or less rich in protein.

Not that the second hurt his health, but what emerged from a French research, the growth parameters are a bit 'different, even if normal. Specifically, the researchers conducted an experiment on three groups of premature infants and all in good health. The first group was fed exclusively with breast milk for 4 months, the second infant formula with low protein content, and the third with milk high in protein.

After three years, children were examined by pediatricians at the University of Lyon, and while not highlighting in particular differences in growth or health, they noted that babies who were formula-fed high protein had blood pressure levels higher than the others, however even the norm.

"The formula seems to make a difference in the levels of certain hormones - said one of the French researchers, Guy Putet - It 's possible that this has an effect in the long term, but we need further studies to verify this." Basically, this involves defining whether and how much bottle-feeding is interchangeable with the mother's womb.

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