At what age can you give the child pork and how to enter it into the diet?

Meat is a necessary product in the diet of each person.Daily meat consumption contributes to the maintenance of tone, the accumulation of important elements for a healthy life. Children, like no other, need a lot of trace elements and vitamins. Many parents from the very birth of their offspring think about whether pork is good for children, how to cook it and put it into the diet.

Pork is very popular among many nations of the world. It is used in various forms: boiled, stewed, fried. Meat must necessarily be subjected to heat treatment, prepare as much time as is necessary for full readiness.

Compared to other types of meat, pork has many advantages.

• Availability. In almost every grocery store you can find pork meat. Its cost is quite acceptable.
• The speed of cooking. If the pork is fresh, then you will need some time to cook it. After a short period, the meat becomes soft and easy to chew.
• Fatty layers. The presence of fat allows the meat to retain its juiciness even after prolonged heat treatment.

Pork is rich in the presence of nutrients that help the body to exist correctly. Among such vital elements stand out:

• B vitamins;
• useful chemical elements: zinc, iron, potassium, magnesium, iodine;
• arachidonic acid, which helps the human body to cope with stress and reduce the negative impact of the environment;
• unsaturated fatty acids that improve brain activity, help fight fatigue.

Along with a large number of useful substances, in pork meat there are also some disadvantages, able to harm the child’s body.

• Large amounts of growth hormone. With the frequent use of meat can develop cancerous tumors and various hypertrophic processes occur.
• Histamine content. If pork is consumed excessively, histamine accumulates in the body and, over time, can cause allergies. Be careful and watch the reaction after each use of meat by a child.
• Favorable environment for the development of bacteria and E. coli. Pork should be subjected to a thorough heat treatment, you can not eat meat with blood, not fried.

Like most products, pork contains components that can cause allergic reactions. Pork allergy is often very difficult to diagnose, as it appears only after 5–6 hours and resembles food poisoning. An allergic person may experience vomiting and diarrhea, stomach pain, malaise and fever.

Often in children there is intolerance to animal protein, which also makes itself felt after eating pork. This is the difficulty of diagnosing allergies.

If the baby is allergic to any of the components of pork, then the skin may appear reddened or peeling. In any case, the use of meat should be limited to the onset of older age. Otherwise, diarrhea and vomiting can cause dehydration or even anaphylactic shock.

All parents want their baby to get the maximum amount of nutrients with food. But at the same time, mothers and fathers do not want to load the child's stomach ahead of time. This raises the question when it is possible and necessary to give the child pork meat.

Pediatricians are quite loyal to this issue and are allowed to introduce such a supplement in the form of mashed potatoes at the age of 8-10 months. But do not forget that each person is individual - you must take into account the characteristics of the child. In the event that the baby has an iron deficiency, the meat just needs to be given as early as possible. In any case, each parent himself determines from what age their child will eat pork.

The first meat lure should be in the form of mashed potatoes, which contains lean pork, providing minimal stress on a small stomach. Starting to enter the meat costs from 5 grams per day, gradually increasing portions to 30 grams. Every time, be sure to follow the reaction of the child’s body, its chair.

Before you decide to introduce into the diet of your offspring exactly pork meat, introduce the child to turkey and veal. These types of meat have less stress on the stomach, but do not have in their composition of those substances that are in pork.

For a long time, the child’s stomach digested only breast milk or adapted milk formula. That is why the introduction of such a heavy product like pork, should be correct and gradual. If you eat meat fried in butter, then the child cannot be given it for sure. There are simple and tasty recipes for children's dishes that will appeal to the baby and will only bring benefit to the body.

Such a beautiful and seemingly complex dish like pudding harbors a fairly simple recipe, and every mom will be able to cook it. The minimum composition of products makes the dish easy and promotes good digestion.

For cooking, you will need to scroll the boiled meat through a meat grinder along with white bread. Bread provides tenderness to the future pudding. To the resulting mass add a pinch of salt and egg yolk, mix everything thoroughly, pour in 125 ml of milk and mix again.

Whisk the separated egg white in a separate bowl and then add to the total mass. The consistency should resemble liquid porridge. Pour the billet in molds and send to bake in the oven.

The finished dish resembles a cake, has a beautiful golden crust, so the children eat it with pleasure. This option of serving pork is suitable for children 2 years and older.

Soup - one of the most useful and necessary dishes in the children's diet. This dish is considered universal, suitable for both children and adults. The soup will help you out in any situation when there is no time to cook several dishes.

At the heart of soup pork broth from lean meat. For complete readiness and softness, pork must be cooked for at least 1.5 hours. During this time, you will have time to prepare all the other ingredients, including potatoes, carrots, a little onion.

Potatoes are cut into small cubes, onions and carrots are finely chopped. Optionally, you can sauté onions and carrots for a bit. After the meat is cooked, it must be removed and cooled. In the resulting broth, drop all the other ingredients. Finely chopped vegetables are cooked very quickly, just boil them for 15 minutes.

Chopped meat cut into small pieces. If the child is 4 years old or more, then the pieces may be larger. Dip the sliced ​​meat in the soup and enjoy the great taste without the extra additives and chemistry.

Pork meatballs can be introduced into the children's diet from the age of 5, when the child is able to chew well, his stomach is already sufficiently adapted to adult food.

For cooking delicious meatballs, you will need minced meat, some al dente rice, onions and salt. For better gluing of the ingredients, you can add one egg to the total weight.

It is better to cook ground beef yourself, and not to buy already twisted meat in a store. The process does not take you much time, but you will be sure that the meatballs are made from high-quality and fresh products. All ingredients must be mixed in one bowl and rolled up small balls. Put the resulting dough balls in a pre-cooked sauce: tomato or creamy.

Pork goulash - a dish from kindergarten. Probably, all parents associate this dish. A simple and very tasty recipe will appeal even to the most fastidious gourmet, especially if served with mashed potatoes. Goulash and crushed potatoes are considered the classic and most successful combination of dishes.

For pork goulash you will need pork pulp, which must be cut into pieces. The size of the pieces you determine yourself, depending on the age of the child. In any case, remember that finely chopped meat is cooked much faster.

For goulash, tomato sauce or pasta is used. Be sure to pay attention to the composition of tomato sauces, if you buy them in the store. The composition should not contain anything except tomatoes and a small amount of water.

Simmer the meat in the sauce for 30-40 minutes. This time is enough to make the dish soft and juicy.

For more on how to make baby pork meatballs, see below.