THREE Problems with Introducing Cereal as a First Food
Melina Roberts
Naturopathic Doctor | International Best-Selling, Award-winning Author | International Speaker | TEDx Speaker | Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre | Biological Medicine Expert
The advice to introduce cereal as a first food is one of the reasons I decided to write my book, because this advice is causing a cycle of ill health. It is actually one the most problematic foods we could be introducing to our children. This recommendation is not based on science or tradition.
1. Cereals are processed, man-made foods with very little nutritional value.
2. Our bodies do not have the enzymes (pancreatic amylase) to effectively breakdown grains until age 2 when the pancreas reaches full maturation. This can cause problems because we are feeding our children food that it cannot effectively breakdown and metabolize (indigestible food), which will sit in the digestive tract, not allowing them to absorb nutrients that they need for proper growth and development.
3. Many cereals are contaminated with toxins and heavy metals.
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Naturopathic Doctor | International Best-Selling, Award-winning Author | International Speaker | TEDx Speaker | Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre | Biological Medicine Expert
7yThanks Rita Popovics! If we want to improve the health of our adult population we need to start raising healthy kids!
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7yif one thing I could change about raising a child, is to never introduce cereal, no vaccine and no buying into so called nutritious and convenient school lunch program, even if it was once a week.... how awful for schools to teach kids the Fast food, and Bad food way of life... no wonder we have a sick society...