Dv8 - on the side it says carbohydrates - 9 g/10 g maizena ...
Sorry gorgon did not mean to dislike your post :/
Umm.. look for harina negrito, none of them come with sugar inside if I can remember... It's the same thing as cream of wheat for 1/4 of the cost. Your child will be much healthier here since products are so much higher quality, I'm referring to produce and meat products in general. My 7 month old is breastfed but we also add purees of different types of fruits that are available locally, her favorites so far are mango, papaya (lechosa), apple (not local), and pineapple.
If you are really hell-bent on the ground corn type breakfast (arguably quite unhealthy), there is polenta/grits is most major supermarkets , both the white and yellow varieties, which are both ground corn preparations.
Regarding Rica orange juice, don't drink that JUNK, it's just orange juice made from concentrate. Buy your own wonderful oranges from the supermarket for 50 pesos for a huge bag and make your own.. Rica is the same thing as tropicana, both overprocessed junk.
Bravo sells fresh squeezed orange juice but unless you really have no way to squeeze your own I HIGHLY suggest it.
Milk : This is a weird subject because honest to God Listamilk is my favorite milk on the planet.. i absolutely love it but I think that's because I grew up on the powdered UHT milk.. Fresh milk is much easier to find here than in the US but it's too creamy for my taste.. Good luck and have fun raising that baby!
This is the polenta I was referring to .. Roland Food Online Store
Not to mention sometimes I wish I lived in the capital for the availability of products you have there.. Have a sandwich at barra payan for me!
Dv8 - on the side it says carbohydrates - 9 g/10 g maizena ...
Sorry gorgon did not mean to dislike your post :/
Ok Chennifer now I see your confusion, in North America on nutritional facts all carbohydrates are listed on the package.. this does not mean that the product contains additional sugar.. Any corn based product contains natural carbohydrates that are in the corn.. same goes for flour, rice, and basically almost everything except for pure protein (chicken breast for example) or pure fat (vegetable oil).
In your opinion does an apple contain sugar? Well nutritionally it contains a ton but the sugar is pure fructose so it is not processed the same as something like corn syrup.. it's actually quite healthy in my opinion.
Sorry about this confusion but a friend from Finland had the same issue, carbohydrates does not mean added sugar, it means naturally occuring sugars which are healthy.
Giving your baby different healthy foods & flavours means they're more likely to eat well laterIf you give babies very salty or sweet food and drink when they are little, then they will get used to these tastes and are likely to find healthier food bland in comparison.
The fructose in an apple is exactly the same as in a soda. But there is much less of it and the fiber in the apple helps offset the sugar content by slowing down digestion.
If you have an hour and half to kill and want to know about sugars, check out this lecture:
Sugar: The Bitter Truth - YouTube
It's a bit dense at times with the biochemistry, but the bottom line is too much of any sugar, including from fruit juices is bad for you.
Salts and sugars occur naturally in most foods. The standard advice in the UK is zero added sugar or salt for the first year - it's not a faddy thing.
It's about training the palate as well as nutrition:
Giving your baby different healthy foods & flavours means they're more likely to eat well later
This page also says no cow's milk or honey until after the child's first birthday.
I followed that advice and my son never had any problems. He was in the DR from the age of four months onwards, by which time he was on formula, not breast milk.I haven't advocated adding sugar of any kind.
That's quite a difference from the American pediatric diet, which has baby formulas that are essentially milk shakes. I would be less concerned over sodium in Britain, but the heat in the DR kind of puts it on the table. I got salt depleted once working in a 110? factory and it's like getting a bad hangover along with dry heaves and nausea. A bag of corn chips and I was feeling fine again in half an hour.