Can babies eat persimmons? Can babies eat persimmons?

There was news that babies may be poisoned if they eat persimmons. Many people were surprised to hear this terrible news. So, can babies eat persimmons? Is it good for babies to eat persimmons? Let me give you some scientific knowledge in advance.

Can babies eat persimmons?

Persimmons contain protein, fat, sugar, starch, pectin, tannic acid, multiple vitamins and minerals, etc. The vitamin C and sugar content in persimmons are 1-2 times higher than that of ordinary fruits. In addition, persimmons are not only delicious fruits, but also can be used as food. They are known as "iron crops" and "the sweetest golden fruits". There is a special thing about eating persimmons, that is, you should not eat too much at one time, especially children should not eat too much. Eating too much will reduce the baby's digestive ability and cause abdominal discomfort.

How old can babies eat persimmons?

If the baby is very young, eating persimmons can easily cause indigestion. Persimmons are cold foods and are not suitable for young babies. You should wait until the baby is at least 6 months old before considering eating persimmons.

How to eat persimmon for babies

When babies of young age eat persimmons, the skin of the persimmon is easy to get stuck in the throat, which will make the baby very uncomfortable, cough, and even vomit the food they have eaten. Therefore, when eating persimmons, you should peel the skin for the baby, or use a spoon to dig out the flesh inside the persimmon and eat it directly. The skin of the persimmon is not easy to peel off, you can scald the persimmon with boiling water first, so that the skin of the persimmon will be easy to peel off. Babies must eat persimmons at room temperature, and they cannot eat persimmons that have just been taken out of the refrigerator. And when buying persimmons, it is best to buy local persimmons. These persimmons are picked when they are ripe. Those shipped from afar are overripe and have a bad taste.

Precautions for babies to eat persimmons

First, children with iron deficiency anemia should not eat persimmons. Persimmons contain tannins, tannic acid and other substances, which are easy to combine with iron in children's bodies, hindering the absorption of iron by the human intestine. Eating persimmons will make children with anemia more anemic and aggravate their condition.

Second, it is not suitable to eat persimmons on an empty stomach. When the stomach is empty, the human body has more gastric acid, and persimmons contain 14% phenol, 7% pectin and tannins, etc., which condense into small pieces after meeting gastric acid, and the small pieces can gradually condense into large hard objects, forming "gastric persimmon stones". Small ones are like apricot kernels, and large ones are like duck eggs. Gastric persimmon stones accumulate with food residues, and the more they accumulate, the bigger they get, and the harder they roll, causing stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia in children. In severe cases, it can cause gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric perforation, and intestinal obstruction.

Third, it is not suitable to eat persimmons with sweet potatoes. It is not suitable to eat sweet potatoes at the same time as eating persimmons, because sweet potatoes contain "gasification enzymes" and crude fiber, which produce carbon dioxide gas in the human gastrointestinal tract, stimulate gastric acid secretion, increase gastric acid and promote the formation of gastric persimmon stones.

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