Complementary Feeding
Eating well helps to fight infections. Therefore the mother must make sure that the child eats well during illnesses. Furthermore, additional food and water are needed to replace the food and water lost during diarrhoea and vomiting. The food also helps the gut to recover and absorb water.
Rice soup
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
4 cups water
2 tablespoons pounded groundnuts 2-4 teaspoons shredded/ pounded green leafy vegetables 1 light two-finger pinch of salt a. Put the rice and water in the pot and cook
b. Cover the pot and cook until soft.
c. Options: add pounded groundnuts, grated carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato and finely chopped garlic.
NB: Good for coping with lack of appetite, nausea / vomiting, diarrhoea and digestive problems
Sweet potato soup
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped sweet potatoes ¾ cup water
¼ cup pounded groundnuts
1 light two-finger pinch of salt a. Peel sweet potatoes, cut them and cook in little water until soft.
b. Mash sweet potatoes and add more water to make soup.
c. Add pounded groundnuts and bring soup to boil, stirring often and serve.
NB: Good for coping with lack of appetite, nausea / vomiting. Sweet potatoes can be replaced with pumpkins
Rice is a high-carbohydrate food with 85percent of the energy from carbohydrate, 7 percent from fat , and 8 percent from protein . However, rice also has a considerable amount of protein, with an excellent spectrum of amino acids . The protein quality of rice (66%) is higher than that of whole wheat (53%) or corn (49%). Of the small amount of fat in brown rice, much is polyunsaturated . White rice is extremely low in fat content.
A cup of cooked rice has approximately 5 grams of protein, which is sufficient for growth and maintenance, provided that a person receives adequate calories to maintain body weight or to increase it, if full growth has not yet occurred.
The Importance Of Vitamin A
Vitamin A is vital for baby's normal vision development and promotes the
Rice soup
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
4 cups water
2 tablespoons pounded groundnuts 2-4 teaspoons shredded/ pounded green leafy vegetables 1 light two-finger pinch of salt a. Put the rice and water in the pot and cook
b. Cover the pot and cook until soft.
c. Options: add pounded groundnuts, grated carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato and finely chopped garlic.
NB: Good for coping with lack of appetite, nausea / vomiting, diarrhoea and digestive problems
Sweet potato soup
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped sweet potatoes ¾ cup water
¼ cup pounded groundnuts
1 light two-finger pinch of salt a. Peel sweet potatoes, cut them and cook in little water until soft.
b. Mash sweet potatoes and add more water to make soup.
c. Add pounded groundnuts and bring soup to boil, stirring often and serve.
NB: Good for coping with lack of appetite, nausea / vomiting. Sweet potatoes can be replaced with pumpkins
Rice is a high-carbohydrate food with 85percent of the energy from carbohydrate, 7 percent from fat , and 8 percent from protein . However, rice also has a considerable amount of protein, with an excellent spectrum of amino acids . The protein quality of rice (66%) is higher than that of whole wheat (53%) or corn (49%). Of the small amount of fat in brown rice, much is polyunsaturated . White rice is extremely low in fat content.
A cup of cooked rice has approximately 5 grams of protein, which is sufficient for growth and maintenance, provided that a person receives adequate calories to maintain body weight or to increase it, if full growth has not yet occurred.
The Importance Of Vitamin A
Vitamin A is vital for baby's normal vision development and promotes the