Dried fruits in goat milk for a child. When can you give your child goat's milk, at what age, how to give instead of a mixture

The introduction of complementary foods to a baby inevitably raises many questions. In an effort to give their child all the best, caring mothers, having heard about the miraculous benefits of goat's milk, begin to add it to cereals. Others introduce the baby to this product much earlier, when they face the problem of a lack of their own milk. What do pediatricians say about this? At what age can a child be given goat milk?

Features and benefits for the child's body

The properties of goat's milk are determined, first of all, by its composition, which is somewhat close to cow's milk, and in some ways differs, approaching breast milk.

1. Goat's and cow's milk, compared to human milk, have a high content of casein, but the composition of their protein fractions is different.
2. The main advantage of goat milk is its low allergenicity due to the absence or low content of αs1-casein, γ-casein and β-lactoglobulin. In this regard, 10% of children with an allergy to cow's milk protein do not have an allergic reaction to goat's milk protein. In addition, when heated above 70°C, goat milk proteins are partially denatured, losing their allergenic potential.
3. According to the amount of α-lactoalbumin, goat's milk approaches breast milk. This protein fraction, under the influence of enzymes, is split into separate pieces - peptides with antibacterial properties.
4. Goat milk has great advantage in front of the cow. Cow's milk casein turns into a dense clot in the stomach cavity, which leads to difficulties with its digestion. The density of goat milk casein clot is much less due to the large number of pores into which digestive enzymes quickly penetrate, so the product is easily digested.
5. According to the set of amino acids, goat and human milk are very similar.
6. There is little lactose in goat's milk, in comparison, but this gives it a great advantage in the nutrition of people with.
7. The content of arachidonic and linoleic acids, especially important in childhood more than in cow's milk.
8. Goat milk contains vitamins and minerals that are necessary for the proper development and growth of the child. Compared to the same cow's milk, in goat there is much more calcium, iron, copper, manganese, vitamin A, ascorbic acid, niacin, biotin.

Main benefits of goat milk:

• fat is well absorbed by small children and children with digestive disorders;
• contains growth factors that promote cell growth and the formation of immunity;
• protects and restores the intestinal mucosa due to special biologically active substances;
• protein substances are well digested, providing prevention and constipation;
• reduces the risk of functional disorders intestines;
• minerals in goat's milk are absorbed most fully compared to cow's;
• contains oligosaccharides - natural prebiotic components that contribute to the formation of healthy microflora.

Product Disadvantages

Despite the many useful properties and advantages, goat's milk also has disadvantages. What harm can it cause to infants?

1. Very fatty, which can cause difficulty in digestion due to lack of enzymes in the infant. In addition, it does not contain lipase, which, being in women's milk, helps break down fats.
2. Possesses a high degree mineralization (especially a lot of sodium and chlorine), and even more than cow's milk. As a result, the load on the child's kidneys increases, and hypernatremia may occur, caused by a lack of water in relation to solutes. In this state, the child experiences a strong thirst, disturbances of consciousness occur.
3. Feeding goat milk instead of breast milk can lead to the development of anemia due to a lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid, which is responsible for blood formation.
4. The ratio of calcium and phosphorus adversely affects the absorption of calcium by the child's body.

It is worth noting that the milk produced by animals is intended for feeding their cubs. For a human child who feeds on her mother's breast, this is a foreign product.

Comparison of the composition of breast milk with goat and cow milk(Based on the materials of the book "Chemistry and Physics of Milk and Dairy Products", K. K. Gorbatov, P. I. Gunkov)

At what age can a child be given goat's milk

Despite the high biological value, goat's milk is not recommended as the main type of nutrition for children in early age especially up to a year. After a year, according to WHO recommendations, it can be given to children in moderation, provided that microbiological safety is observed, and the child receives enough minerals and vitamins. You should also not replace whole goat's milk with skim milk. (WHO recommendations "Feeding and nutrition of infants and young children", p. 200, p. 242). Milk porridge for children under one year old is also not recommended to cook with goat's milk, it is best to use an adapted milk mixture for this purpose or breast milk.

You should start giving goat's milk with half a teaspoon of the product, previously diluted in boiled water (1: 4). If during the day no negative reactions from the body will be noted, then the next day you can give a little more. Every day the dose increases by 2 times. For 2-3 years, it is better to constantly dilute the product with water at the rate of 50 ml of milk per 200 ml of boiled water. It is possible to fully give a child goat's milk only after reaching the age of 5.

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Don't forget about boiling milk. Of course, half of the useful properties of this product will be lost, but the mother can be completely sure that the baby will not catch encephalitis, extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis, brucellosis, anthrax and other no less dangerous infectious diseases.

Adapted mixtures based on goat's milk

Goat milk is an excellent basis for creating.

There are two varieties of such mixtures - based on whole goat milk () and its whey ("Kabrita", "Mamako"). They are intended for feeding healthy children in the following cases.

1. As an alternative .
2. Healthy children who are allergic to cow's milk proteins.
3. If the baby has digestive problems - constipation.

Attention! You can not give the baby a mixture based on goat's milk with lactase deficiency.

And why are such mixtures better than goat's milk itself?

1. They contain 2-3 times less protein.
2. Albumin in mixtures prevails over casein.
3. The mixture contains more lactose, which provides the baby with energy and helps the formation of beneficial intestinal microflora.
4. Mixtures are balanced in terms of vitamin and mineral composition.

That is why it is preferable to give mixtures baby, and whole goat's milk is best left until better times.

Goat milk is not the best food for babies. However, there are situations when giving goat milk to newborns - the only way don't starve them to death. The product has features and requires competent breeding.

Unfortunately, we have to state that today the unhealthy tendency to feed babies with products that are little or not suitable for feeding them is gaining momentum again.

Under the pretext of returning a person to natural conditions survival, relying on the experience of great-grandmothers, numerous champions of these trends convince the young and inexperienced moms follow questionable guidelines.

It is worth noting that from the point of view of Russian pediatrics, which, fortunately, has absorbed most of the scientific baggage of Soviet medicine, the tendency to feed children left for one reason or another without mother's milk, with unadapted milk mixtures, but with anything, including whole cow, goat, mare's milk, as well as meat soup and store bifidok, is considered not just carelessness, but criminal negligence on the part of parents.

To date, it is known for certain that goat's milk for infants, as well as cow's, is fraught not only with lesions of the pancreas and gallbladder, but also early development diabetes in predisposed children, which is a formidable disease and significantly shortens life. Children's endocrinologists have written quite a sufficient number of well-founded scientific papers on this subject.

Goat milk is intended primarily for feeding goats, not babies, whose enzymatic system is not ready to digest and absorb normally. milk product, the main protein of which is casein, and not albumin, as in human milk. If albumin protein curdles quickly enough, forming a tender food lump, then casein is a coarser protein, and the clot that it forms is denser and poorly digested by the baby.

However, goat milk is high in taurine, an amino acid that plays a role in brain development. The second point is the ratio of phosphorus and calcium, which determines the absorption of these important trace elements and prevent rickets. Human milk has a ratio of 2.2.

Adapted milk mixture - 1.6-1.8. But goat's milk for newborns is too saturated with calcium and it has the same coefficient approaching three, that is, there is a clear imbalance. High calcium content overloads the baby's urinary system. Fat-soluble vitamins D and A are less absorbed from goat's milk.

Although in practice, children who were actively fed goat's milk have stronger tooth enamel than those who were fed physiologically. The most unpleasant moment is microbleeding from the intestines of a child who is fed with this product. With many minerals, including iron, the protein of such milk forms insoluble salts. Therefore, the absorption of iron in the baby is inhibited, and the child receives less of it, which leads to the development of anemia. The absorption of folic acid is also difficult, as a result of which folic acid deficiency anemia is added to iron deficiency.

However, can a situation arise in which a mother suffering from hypogalactia is faced with the choice of feeding her child with goat's milk or letting him die in peace of hunger? Modern realities turn “yes” into a definitive answer.

It is likely that there are women who have only goat's milk at their disposal, with no way to provide their baby with an adapted milk formula or other more suitable substitute for human milk. IN similar situation any sane mother will do her best to feed her child until brighter times come and normal food can be obtained.

However, if you choose between rice water, which is good only during the period of soldering with diarrhea and milk containing complete animal protein, it is worth stopping at the latter. The main enzyme of infant digestion is lactase, created to utilize milk sugar. Let her work, breaking down the product from which the baby, at the very least, can synthesize its own protein.

Protein in goat's milk is four times more than in women's. Goat milk casein consists of a beta fraction and is more gentle and less allergenic than cow milk, but still more difficult to digest than breast milk albumin. But milk sugar is less in it than in cow's, therefore, with a lack of enzymes, it is easier to digest.

Fats in goat's milk are more easily emulsified than in cow's milk, but there are forty-four grams of them per liter, while in women's and cow's milk there are only thirty-five grams. All this makes goat milk for babies dilute with water. How to breed? Four times. Unfortunately, at the same time, only the protein content per hundred grams of the product is somewhat leveled out, but the fat content and caloric content of the food decreases.

Milk is diluted with boiled water. Milk is boiled separately before dilution. Then pour into a sterilized bottle and pour in water at a ratio of one part milk to four parts water. The feeding regimen is the same as in the usual artificial feeding. Breaks should not be less than three and a half hours, because otherwise the casein will not have time to digest.

It is better to feed the baby with equal intervals between meals, without taking too long a night's break and giving small portions of food. This will allow the enzymatic system to quickly adapt to the heavy product. If you start to drink to the baby immediately the same amount of milk that is recommended for adapted mixtures, it is easy to get indigestion in the early days.

For those whose situation is not extremely disastrous, and who are not convinced by the warnings of pediatricians about the inappropriateness of feeding human children with animal milk, there is an alternative to food extreme. To date, the market baby food is ready to offer a range of adapted milk formulas based on goat milk protein. Their main advantage is the fact that instead of pure casein, its hydrolyzate is used. Also in mixtures, the imbalance of natural milk in terms of mineral, vitamin and fat composition is equalized.

An example of such a mixture is "Nanny". There are several product options: from birth, from six months and with the addition of probiotics. The mixture is fully adapted, that is, it can be used as a complete breast milk substitute. Naturally, the mixture does not contain those immune bodies that the mother provides the child with natural feeding.

But at the same time, "Nanny" is devoid of the shortcomings of whole goat's milk. The product is packaged in cans four hundred grams each, which ensure tightness and aseptic storage, the period of which is two years from the date of manufacture. The jar comes with a measuring spoon. The mixture is diluted as standard in boiled water, cooled to forty degrees.

After dilution, the mixture must be cooled to thirty-six degrees Celsius. The volumes and modes of feeding also correspond to the standard ones, however, before you start giving the mixture to the baby, you need to consult a pediatrician. The amount of milk per dose is calculated individually based not only on the age, but also on the actual weight of the child.

The price tags for the mixture are not cheap, as it is positioned by manufacturers and distributors as a specialized one, intended for children with an allergy to cow's milk protein.

In conclusion, it is worth repeating that goat's milk should only be given to infants in the form of adapted mixtures based on it. Whole milk should not be used unless absolutely necessary for feeding children.

Pediatricians do not recommend giving goat's milk in pure form up to a year. At first, it is advisable to feed the baby only with breast milk. However, if this is not possible, mothers switch to mixed or artificial feeding.

IN this case it is better to use special adapted milk mixtures. Goat milk formulas are an excellent solution if a child is allergic to cow protein. However, only a doctor can prescribe such nutrition. Let's find out in more detail whether it is possible to feed children with goat's milk and from how many months you can give it.

Features of goat milk

The main advantage of goat's milk is that it almost never causes food allergies. Therefore, it and mixtures based on it become a real salvation for allergic children. What to do if the baby has a food allergy, see.

Goat milk contains less casein than cow milk. Casein forms in the stomach into a dense clot, which is difficult to digest and takes a long time. And goat's milk is a more homogeneous and soft mixture, which is easily and quickly digested and absorbed by 100%. In the stomach, it turns into a tender loose clot that does not irritate digestion. Goat milk is closer in composition to breast milk than cow milk. This also simplifies the adaptation of the child's digestion to a new product.

Goat milk does not contain the dangerous cow protein that often causes babies to atopic dermatitis. The composition of the product includes big number vitamins and calcium, which provides normal development and breast growth. In addition, it improves digestion and restores the intestinal microflora, helps with constipation and.

Despite beneficial features and composition, goat's milk carries and danger. First of all, it is much fatter than cow's. At the same time, the product does not contain lipase, which breaks down fats. Such a composition causes problems in the work of the baby's digestion and greatly strengthens the stomach, so for children under one year old, goat's milk must be diluted with water.

When and how to give goat milk

Goat milk is unacceptable in the nutrition of babies in the first six months, goat milk mixtures at this age are possible only according to the testimony of a pediatrician. A newborn and an infant up to six months old simply cannot cope with the high fat content of goat's milk, since the baby's body is not yet adapted to such food. In addition, folic acid is very important for children in the first months of life, and which are not enough in goat's milk.

Infants should not be given this product until 9-12 months of age. At nine months, you can cook porridge and cottage cheese with goat's milk. Formula-fed babies can begin to give such products as early as 6-7 months. Great importance plays and how to give goat's milk to babies.

To avoid a negative reaction, be sure to dilute the product with water for at least the first month. It is better to start the introduction with goat cheese. Follow the rules for including new products in the diet of infants, recommendations for choosing and storing milk, and for preparing dishes with this component.

Rules for introducing into the diet

• Take only natural fresh goat's milk, it is desirable that it be a homemade product;
• If you use a purchased product, be sure to check the composition and expiration date, the integrity of the package;
• Before introducing the product, it is better to consult a pediatrician;
• At first, dilute the milk with boiled water (three parts of water to one part of milk);
• For the first time, give your baby a teaspoon of cottage cheese prepared with diluted milk. Observe the reaction of the child in two days. If there is no negative reaction, goat milk products can be given. If the stool worsens and problems with the stomach, postpone the introduction for at least a month;
• At first, give the diluted product as a component of porridge or cottage cheese;
• Be sure to boil milk before serving or cooking!;
• When the child gets used to the new product a little, the amount of water during breeding is gradually reduced. After 4-5 weeks, you can switch to pure milk, but pediatricians do not recommend doing this earlier than a year;
• Milk can be stored in glass, enamel or ceramic containers for no more than two days when room temperature and up to one week in the refrigerator.

How to make goat milk curd

The recipe for cottage cheese for feeding babies includes a liter of goat's milk and 700 grams of natural low-fat yogurt. Milk is poured into a saucepan and heated to 40 degrees. Then pour in yogurt and mix thoroughly. You can dilute the yogurt with a little milk in advance to make the cottage cheese soft and tender.

Wrap the pan in something warm and leave the mass overnight. In the morning, stir the mixture and cook over low heat, stirring regularly. Bring the mass to 80 degrees and cool, placing in a large container with cold water. Update cold water until the curd mixture cools down. Transfer the mass to a colander with gauze. Tie gauze and put the cottage cheese together with a colander for a day in the refrigerator. The drained serum can be poured out or used as a face mask.

Goat milk mixes

This is an alternative adapted food for babies with cow protein allergy and digestive problems. This mixture is given according to the testimony of a doctor. It can be prescribed for food allergies, lactose intolerance, constipation and frequent regurgitation, .

Since goat's milk is not entirely suitable for feeding children under one year old, the product contains only 45-46% of this component. The rest of the composition includes additives and components, including probiotics and nucleotides, vitamins and minerals. The food contains half as much lactose as standard infant formula. It does not cause allergies and performs a number of important functions:

• Reduces the burden on digestion;
• Improves the work of the digestive tract;
• Reduces regurgitation;
• Relieves constipation;
• Strengthens and develops the bone skeleton;
• Increases immunity;
• Prevents set extra pounds and childhood obesity.

With the advent of a baby in the family, the mother seriously thinks about how to organize his nutrition in order to maximize health promotion and reduce the risk of allergic reactions. These issues are especially acute in situations where there are problems with breastfeeding, and you need to take extra care of the nutrition of the newborn.

Dairy products have a noticeable effect on the baby's body, and their introduction into complementary foods requires special care. Because cow protein is a fairly strong allergen, many moms choose to feed their babies goat milk first. What are its benefits and harms, and at what age is goat's milk safe for babies? This will be discussed further.

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When to start feeding?

There are cases when mothers, having problems with breastfeeding, began to give goat's milk to their babies almost from birth. But modern pediatricians approach the issue with caution and do not recommend including this product in the diet of children under 1 year old. It contains a large number of protein (much more than in breast milk), so too early use of it can adversely affect the digestive system of the child.

In the nutrition of formula-fed children, goat's milk can be carefully included from 9 months.

First, it is diluted with water, carefully observing their reaction. Dairy products, prepared on its basis, are introduced a little earlier: cottage cheese - from 7 months, yogurt - from 8.



How to introduce milk?

The fat content of the product should be 3-4%. It must be boiled. It is better to use enamelware for this. First, it is recommended to dilute it with warm boiled water in a ratio of 1: 3 (in three parts water). You should carefully monitor the reaction of the baby: has he become restless, are there any skin rashes, has the consistency of the stool changed? If no allergy symptoms are detected, then gradually the amount of diluted water decreases (to a ratio of 1: 2), then it is completely removed, and milk is given in its pure form.



How to give goat's milk to a baby? Like any other complementary food, it should be started with ½ teaspoon, gradually increasing the volume every day. After about 3 weeks, it will be 100 ml. And at the age of 1 to 3 years, the norm is the use of 200 ml per day.

It is desirable to start the introduction of the product by adding it to the porridge so that the child gradually gets used to it. specific smell and taste. You can also make cottage cheese from it and feed in small portions.

If the baby is breastfed, then the mother should also regularly include a goat product in the diet in order to enrich her milk with useful substances and enhance its beneficial effect on the health of the crumbs.





Positive properties

Goat milk for babies is useful because:

• contains substances valuable for growth and development: vitamins (A, B6, B12), trace elements (potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, copper);
• is not an allergenic product;
• the casein included in its composition is absorbed quite easily, since it does not form such a dense clot in the child's stomach, which is contained, for example, in cow's milk;
• helps to strengthen bones, teeth and prevents the development of rickets;
• favorably affects the process of hematopoiesis and improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system;
• well suited for children with lactase deficiency, because it contains very little lactose;
• reduces the likelihood of regurgitation due to the complete breakdown in the body of fat globules contained in milk;
• strengthens immunity with the help of taurine, the content of which is almost the same as in breast milk;
• reduces the risk of diathesis and accelerates the healing process if it has already been identified.





Bad influence

Reasons why goat milk infants it is not recommended to give:

• it is quite fatty, and there is no lipase enzyme that breaks down fats;
• it contains little iron and vitamin D, so goat's milk is not suitable as the main food;
• the amount of folic acid needed for full development newborn, it is also small;
• phosphorus contained in excess creates a high load on the kidneys of the baby.

How to choose a quality product?

1. 1. The best option is to get it from your own goat. But at present, only a few can boast of keeping such animals on the farm. Therefore, quite often the product is bought from friends, in a store, in the market, in villages or through advertisements.
2. 2. When purchasing milk in a store or on the market, you must carefully study the information on the package or find it out from the seller. It is important to make sure you have a veterinary certificate to prevent the risk of infection dangerous disease brucellosis. You also need to pay attention to the date of manufacture, expiration date and quality of packaging. If the term is about to end, then such a product should not be given to the child.
3. 3. If possible, smell the milk. Bad smell should not be. If it is present, then this is evidence of improper storage or keeping the goat in not the best conditions.
4. 4. Be sure to try the product yourself first. Do not give it to your baby if you find a foreign taste, rancidity, which indicate that the milk is spoiled.
5. 5. Milk should be consumed immediately after boiling, after cooling it to desired temperature. It is not reheated again so as not to lose the valuable substances contained in the product.
6. 6. Milk is stored in the refrigerator for three days. After pasteurization, the shelf life increases to ten days. You can also freeze it. At the same time, it does not lose useful trace elements, and after defrosting it looks like fresh. Metal storage containers are not used. The most suitable would be glass, ceramic or enamelware.



Goat milk mixes

For infants on artificial or mixed diet, at present it is easy to choose a high-quality mixture, which is close in composition to mother's milk. Moreover, the choice is so great that you can easily buy a product made on the basis of goat's milk, for example, "Nanny" or "Cabrita". These mixtures are allowed from any age, it is only advisable to consult with a pediatrician who has a baby. To select the most suitable mixture, it is necessary to carefully monitor the mood of the child during and after feeding, his condition skin, the nature of the chair.

Among the positive nuances of the use of infant formula, the following can be noted:

• easy assimilation nutrients included in the mixture;
• the quality of production is strictly controlled, undergo regular certification;
• the mixture does not overload the work of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract child;
• helps to strengthen the immune system;
• a mixture prepared on the basis of goat's milk helps to cope with constipation, improves digestion of the baby, reduces the likelihood of colic and frequent regurgitation;
• mixtures are divided into several "steps", each of which corresponds to a certain age in composition: "0" - for premature babies and newborns with low weight, "1" - from birth to 6 months, "2" - from 6 months to 1 year , "3" - for babies older than 1 year.

Curd preparation

Many mothers prefer not to buy store-bought complementary foods for their children, but cook them themselves at home. For example, goat's milk cottage cheese is very useful and is perfect for feeding a baby from 7-8 months.

To prepare cottage cheese, you need 1 liter of goat's milk and 700 g of yogurt (preferably low-fat).

• Milk must be heated to 40 C.
• Then add yogurt to it and mix.
• Remove the resulting mass from the fire, wrap in a warm blanket (blanket), leave overnight.
• In the morning, the container with a dense mass must again be put on fire, heated, stirring constantly for 20 minutes.
• Then the container must be removed from the heat and placed in a larger bowl with cold water. The water will have to be changed several times until the mass has completely cooled.
• The mass must be filtered through a colander lined with a cloth that can let the liquid through.
• The tissue with the mass is tied and placed in a colander in the refrigerator on a dish to collect the whey.
• During the day, it is necessary to regularly drain the separating serum.
• The curd is ready to use. Bon appetit!



The considered properties of goat's milk allow us to state that it can and should be included in the nutrition of children. Key moment- the timeliness of this, because any food that the baby gets acquainted with should bring the necessary useful material and contribute to its development, and not to take away the body's strength to fight against backfire improperly introduced complementary foods.

Therefore, for children who are breastfed, the first step in getting to know the goat product should be its inclusion in the mother's diet, and then its independent use from the age of 1. Artificial children must first be accustomed to a mixture based on goat's milk, then gradually introduce the product itself from 9 months. And, of course, the most important thing is to constantly monitor the reaction of a growing organism in order to take timely measures, prevent undesirable health consequences and adjust nutrition.

Dairy products should without fail present in the diet of any person. Babies can't do without them. Of course, the mother's breast milk is the best food, but sometimes, due to various circumstances it is impossible to continue breastfeeding. Moms start looking equivalent replacement and quite often opt for goat's milk. But is this product safe? At what age can children be given goat's milk? Feeding is a delicate matter, we will understand all the nuances.

Before giving goat milk to a child, it is worthwhile to figure out what benefits it will bring to a small body. The product contains the following necessary for proper development baby vitamins and minerals:

• Manganese;
• Iron;
• Phosphorus;
• Vitamin B12;
• Potassium;
• Unsaturated acids, causing high fat content.

If we compare it with cow's milk, which is more popular among the population, then goat's mother's liquid will be much more useful. The point is not at all in the substances that make up these products, but in their balance.

Goat milk can be drunk even for those children who have been diagnosed with lactose intolerance from birth: there is much less milk sugar in this liquid than in other similar products obtained from other animals.

But first of all, you should know at what age can goat milk be given to children - the body is ready to assimilate the product as early as 9 months, When digestive system fully formed.

The product is not classified as hypoallergenic, but is close to this indicator: the content of alpha fractions of casein, which can cause a negative reaction of the body, is much less in it than in the bovine analogue.

White liquid, in addition to direct feeding, performs a number of other functions: it protects against rickets, normalizes the digestive tract, raises immunity, and improves heart function.

Possible harm and contraindications

A balanced composition suitable for children does not mean at all that goat's milk can be given to children in the first year of life. It will be quite difficult for a newborn to cope with such heavy food for him. The disadvantages of such food are:

1. Large percentage of fat.
2. Absence folic acids in the composition, which creates conditions for the appearance of a disease such as anemia.
3. Additional burden on the kidneys due to the high content of phosphorus.

But before you treat the baby with a milk treat, you need to boil the liquid. An alternative to boiling is industrial pasteurization.

It is important to know! Raw milk is not recommended for adults or children.

It may contain microbes that provoke the following diseases:

• Tick-borne encephalitis;
• Brucellosis;
• Tuberculosis.

Important! Boiling evaporates not only harmful microorganisms, but also some useful substances. The nutritional value of a product that has undergone heat treatment becomes lower.

Goat milk mixtures

It is best for a child up to a year to offer breast milk as the main type of food. If it is impossible breastfeeding it is worth using not an alternative product of animal origin, but special baby formulas based on it. most popular artificial substitutes made with the addition of goat's milk are:

1. Nanny. Casein blend with no added whey. In the production, whole goat's milk is used in dry form. There are 4 types of mixture of this brand: "Classic" and "Nanny-1" (enriched with prebiotics) can be given to children from birth, "Nanny-2" is suitable for 6 month old baby, and "Nanny-3" is enjoyed by one-year-old babies.
2. Kabrita. Whey infant formula, the composition is as close as possible to mother's milk. Prebiotics and probiotics are artificially introduced into the composition of the mixture;
3. Mamako. The mixture contains the same amount of whey and casein components, which makes it difficult to classify. In addition, the composition contains nucleotides that have immunomodulatory properties.

Important! Hypoallergenic mixtures based on goat's milk do not apply. They are mainly used in case of intolerance to lactose, which is found in large quantities in the maternal fluid of cows.

Goat milk can be given to babies at nine months of age. However, the liquid is first boiled and diluted with water: pure product too fatty and can cause digestive problems. Fresh undiluted milk can be given to babies from 4 years of age.

How to give your baby an unusual treat? The introduction to the diet begins with a teaspoon. With special care, milk should be offered to children who have previously had lactose intolerance. Up to a year, the dose of consumption can be increased to 100 ml per day.

For older children, drink in an amount of 400 ml per day, provided there are no negative manifestations from the body. A rather fatty product should no longer be diluted with water at this age - the digestive system contains enough enzymes to digest the product in its pure form.

Goat milk is pure protein, plus a lot of fat. At an early age, it is difficult to understand whether a child has problems with digestion, in particular with the work of the pancreas. This is worth watching. If the child has a stool disorder, frequent bloating stomach, acetone in the blood rises, then dairy products should be excluded from the diet, or given in very small quantities, observing the reaction of the baby. Goat milk is many times fatter and more satisfying than cow's milk, you need to be especially careful here. It's better not to take risks so that there are no problems in the future. Goat cheese is another matter. It contains beneficial bacteria for the digestive tract and is easily digested.

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