The importance of bananas:
Bananas are one of the most beloved foods for children and one of the first foods that infants begin to eat because of its easy chewing and digestion, in addition to its many health benefits, which the infant needs during the first months after starting to eat solid food.
Nutritional benefits of banana:
- Easy to take with you when you go out or travel.
- It contains potassium, which is useful in cases of diarrhea in infants.
- It strengthens bones and teeth because it is rich in calcium.
- Helps to strengthen the immune system because it contains beneficial bacteria.
- Hemoglobin is in blood cells and treats anemia.
- It can be prepared in many ways, such as mashing it and adding it with oatmeal and cinnamon, making pancakes with bananas, or giving it to the infant during the first months pureed and mixed with milk.
- Facilitates digestion for infants. Increases infant activity, because it contains fiber.
Recent studies have found it to be an essential source of folic acid and minerals. It is an alternative to milk, because it is rich in calcium, so if the infant refuses milk, it can be replaced with calcium through bananas.
