Yam Apple Puree

When parents choose complementary foods for their babies, they usually choose foods that help digestion, such as yam puree and apple puree, both of which help digestion. If yam and apple are mixed together to make yam apple puree, the substances in them can be effectively neutralized and it can play a more obvious nutritional supplement role for the baby's health. Moms and dads must learn how to make yam applesauce and prepare it for their children.

Yam Apple Puree

Prepare ingredients: 100g yam, 50g apple.

1. Peel the fresh yam (yam) and cut into small pieces. Peel the apple and cut into small pieces.

2. Steam all the ingredients in a food processor or steamer.

3. Put the steamed ingredients into a food processor or use a blender to blend them into a paste.

What are the benefits of eating yam for babies

Strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote digestion

Yam is a food that can be used as both medicine and food. It can be safely eaten by people with spleen deficiency and stomach deficiency, and by men, women, young and old. Yam is very good in treating and preventing spleen deficiency, diarrhea, cough, lung deficiency and other conditions. Therefore, yam is one of the good choices for baby food ingredients. Giving it to babies in moderation can help them digest and absorb.

Enhances immunity

Yam is rich in various vitamins and protein nutrients, which are indispensable nutrients needed by the human body and are very effective in strengthening the physical fitness. Especially in the hot summer, babies with no appetite can eat yam in appropriate amounts, which can not only increase appetite but also promote healthy physical development.

Improve baby's memory

The amylase contained in yam can hydrolyze starch into glucose to supply the brain, which has the effect of strengthening the brain. In addition, the cholecalciferol and lecithin contained in yam can help the body improve memory.

Care for baby's skin

Adults can eat more yam on a daily basis to help moisturize their skin and have anti-aging effects. Baby's skin is naturally tender and smooth. If you eat a moderate amount of yam, it will not only nourish the skin, but also keep the skin smooth and not dry.

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Yam is very nutritious. The copper ions and connective tissue it contains are very beneficial to body development and help treat vascular system diseases. At the same time, the calcium nutrients contained in yam can treat baby diarrhea, frostbite, enuresis, indigestion and other symptoms, and have good effects on calcium deficiency, tooth loss and osteoporosis.

Precautions for adding yam to baby food

1. When feeding yam to babies, make sure to cook it thoroughly before eating, because raw yam contains certain toxins, which are not only difficult for babies to digest, but may also cause physical discomfort.

2. When adding yam to baby food, it is best to steam it rather than fry it. It can easily affect the appetite of babies with immature stomachs and intestines, and can also cause symptoms of getting angry and indigestion.

3. It is not advisable to eat yam when the baby has dry stool, because yam itself has an astringent effect, and eating it when the stool is dry is more likely to cause the baby to get angry.

4. When adding yam to baby’s complementary food, it should be done in moderation. It is not advisable to eat too much, so as to avoid feeling full due to excessive consumption, which may cause the baby to feel bloating and uncomfortable.