What are the benefits of eating mango for babies? Can babies eat mango if they have indigestion?

Contents of this article

1. Can babies eat mangoes?

2. What are the benefits of eating mango for babies?

3. Can babies with indigestion eat mangoes?

4. What should babies pay attention to when eating mangoes?

Can babies eat mango?

When adding complementary foods to your baby, you should start with fruit juice and then slowly move on to fruit puree. You can add fruit juice to your baby after 4 months, and mixed juice after 6 months.

Mango is rich in nutrition, containing sugar, protein, crude fiber, and high content of provitamin A (carotene), which is rare among all fruits. However, mango contains a large amount of fruit acid that is prone to allergies, so it is not recommended to add mango to the complementary food menu for one-year-old babies. It is best to add fruits that are not prone to allergies, such as apples and bananas.

After the baby is one year old, you can feed a small amount of mango. The mother needs to observe the baby's reaction first, and then eat more when the baby gradually adapts and does not have indigestion, allergies, etc. However, it is best to control it within 50 grams a day, and it is not advisable to eat too much, so as not to affect the intake of other foods.

What are the benefits of eating mango for babies

1. Beneficial to growth and development

Mango has high nutritional value, especially high carotene content, which is beneficial to the baby's vision development. It is very beneficial for the baby's growth and development to let the baby take in sufficient vitamin C, carotene, calcium and other trace elements.

2. Protect brain neurons

Mango also contains a substance called mangiferin, which has obvious effects of anti-lipid peroxidation and protecting brain neurons, delaying cell aging and improving brain function.

3. Eliminate diseases and relieve cough

The mangiferin contained in mango has the effect of curing diseases and relieving coughs, and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on babies' coughs, excessive sputum, asthma and other symptoms.

4. Benefit the stomach, stop vomiting and stop dizziness

Mango is effective for vertigo, Meniere's syndrome, high blood pressure, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, etc.

5. Moisturizes the skin

Since mangoes contain a lot of vitamins, eating mangoes regularly can help moisturize your baby's skin.

6. Prevent and treat hypertension and arteriosclerosis

Mango contains nutrients, vitamin C, minerals, etc. In addition to its anti-cancer effect, it also has therapeutic effects of preventing arteriosclerosis and hypertension.

Can babies eat mangoes if they have indigestion?

It is best not to feed mangoes to children with indigestion, because children with indigestion may have symptoms such as indigestion and diarrhea. Mangoes are very likely to cause allergies in children, and may also cause allergic diarrhea in children. Therefore, before the child's indigestion is cured, it is best not to feed mangoes to children. It is best to feed children some fruits that are mild in nature and not easy to cause allergies in children, such as apples and bananas, which can also relieve the symptoms of children's indigestion. If the baby has indigestion, that is, indigestion, then in this case, special attention should be paid to the following points when eating fruits:

1. First of all, you should avoid eating tropical fruits that are prone to allergies, such as mango, durian, avocado, etc.

2. Secondly, you should eat more fruits rich in crude fiber, such as pears, red dates, kiwis, apples, etc.

3. Finally, be careful not to eat too much fruit. Just eat the right amount. Otherwise, it will increase the burden on the digestive tract and cause abdominal distension, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.

What should babies pay attention to when eating mango

1. Do not eat too much. The baby's intestines are still in the development stage and are not yet fully mature, so the baby should not eat too much. 50 grams of mango a day is enough.

2. It is not advisable to let babies eat mangoes directly. Mango peel and juice contain a lot of allergic irritants. If babies eat mangoes directly with the skin, it is easy to irritate the skin at the corners of the mouth, causing allergies, itchy skin and other uncomfortable symptoms.

3. Babies with damp-heat constitution should eat less mango. Mango has moisture in nature. Babies with damp-heat constitution will easily aggravate damp-heat symptoms if they eat mango, which will affect their normal growth and development.