Flipped duck eggs contain many vitamins and minerals, is a "golden" food every mother wants to add to the diet for her baby. However, it is not certain that your baby is old enough to try this, mom!
It is a light, popular snack, but the nutritional value of flipped duck eggs is extremely great. On average, a single flipped duck egg provides about 182kcal of weight, 13.6g of protein, 12.4g of lipids, 82mg of calcium, 212mg of phosphorus, 600mg of cholesterol, and lots of vitamins that are good for your baby's health like vitamin A, B1, C… However, according to nutrition experts, children under 5 years old who eat mixed duck eggs will cause many negative effects on the baby's health.
Contains high nutritional content, but not everyone can eat flipped duck eggs
Possible Harms
- Excess vitamin A: Vitamin A content in flipped duck eggs is quite high. For children under 5 years old, with just 100 grams of duck, it provides vitamin A that exceeds 2-3 times the daily vitamin A requirement of the child. Excess vitamin A is the cause of jaundice , sloughing of the skin epidermis, even affecting the formation of the child's skeletal system.
- Causing digestive system problems: Children under 5 years old when eating upside down duck eggs easily have difficulty in metabolizing substances, because their digestive system is not yet complete. Your baby is at risk of stomach upset, digestive disorders when eating.
- Increasing the amount of cholesterol in the blood: Cholesterol in the eggs is necessary for the process of forming nerve cells of the child. However, if too much loaded, the opposite will cause adverse reactions. Regular accumulation of cholesterol leads to a high amount of fat in the liver, blood, and cardiovascular diseases.
How to feed the baby eggs? Eggs are a great source of food for your baby's health, even when your baby is just starting to wean. However, not all mothers know all the nutritional value of eggs as well as the correct way to eat eggs. With MarryBaby refer to the following things!
How to eat properly?
In order not to ignore the benefits of flipped duck eggs, but also not to adversely affect the health of your baby , for babies under 5 years old, mothers should only eat half an egg at a time. And don't eat more than twice a week, mom! If you feed your baby upside down quail eggs, mothers should also limit 4-5 fruits per serving.
Do not feed your baby eggs in the afternoon or evening because at this time the body's digestive ability is also less active, so it is easy to cause bloating and discomfort. Instead, babies should eat eggs in the morning so that the stomach has enough time to metabolize all the nutrients in the eggs.
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