[On additional food for young infants on commercially prepared milk formulae before the age of four months (author's transl)].
Infants often get extra food ("Beikost") in addition to their milk formula at an earlier time than recommended in text-books of pediatrics. The dangers connected with such feeding practices, i.e. insufficient protein and calcium supply and an overnutrition with carbohydrates, are pointed out. Gluten sensibilisation as a result of early feeding with milk-pap, the high content of sugar in fruit preparations, the addition of salt and the nitrate content of vegetables are discussed. A better label of the composition for industrially prepared "Beikost" is recommended. There exists no nutritional or psychological reason to start with "Beikost" before the 4th month of life for infants fed on industrially prepared milk formulae with added vitamines and minerals.
D000367:Age Factors; D002241:Carbohydrates; D002523:Edible Grain; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014675:Vegetables
D002241:Carbohydrates; D012965:Sodium Chloride
"Beikost" für Säuglinge im 1. Lebenshalbjahr bei Ernährung mit industriell hergestellten Milchnahrungen.