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Myth: you have to eat nuts, halva, condensed milk and so on to make your milk fattier A mother’s diet does not affect the amount of fat or the calorie content of breast milk – these stay almost unchanged in human milk. However, the type of fat really can change depending on which fats dominate […]

How do we perceive taste? When we eat, our taste receptors pick up 5 basic tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. However, for the full perception of food we also involve the smell receptors, which pick up odors. That is why, when our nose is blocked, food seems bland — we cannot fully sense […]

What your child experiences while eating To better understand how tactile experience affects your child’s eating behavior, it is important to look at exactly how your child perceives food — that is, how their brain processes the sensory signals that arise as they interact with food. After all, foods differ in appearance, texture, taste and […]

Why 100 first foods? The idea of offering your baby 100 different foods before 1 year has been spreading widely among parents and professionals lately. This approach can be useful as a source of inspiration for expanding the diet and building a varied food experience. At the same time, the number 100 is not a […]

What do we need water for? Water is a key component of the human body and makes up 75% of a baby’s body weight and 50-60% of the body weight of children, teenagers and adults. It regulates body temperature, protects vital organs, helps nutrients be absorbed, is the medium for biochemical reactions and supports blood […]

Children who don’t eat: how common is it? Various studies suggest that, on average, between ¼ and ⅓ of children run into some kind of feeding or growth problem at some point during the first 10 years of life. Only about ⅓ to ½ of children “grow out of” these problems within 2-3 years. It […]

What is baby-led weaning (BLW) Self-feeding, or BLW (from the English baby-led weaning) is a method of introducing solid foods in which the traditional stage of spoon-feeding puréed food is skipped. Instead, your baby is given adapted foods from the family table right away, and decides for themselves what and how much to eat, and […]

What food allergy is In general, an allergy is an immune response to certain agents, substances or particles that by their nature do no harm to the body. But the body decides to attack them just as it would fight a bacterium or, for example, a coronavirus. The same thing happens with food allergy — […]

What are solid foods and why does your baby need them Starting solids is the process of introducing your baby to new food, other than breast milk or infant formula. It usually begins at around 6 months, when milk alone is no longer enough to meet all of your baby’s nutritional needs. Solid foods should […]