But mothers will worry that if the baby eats the "detoxification organ" of the liver, it will eat toxins, which is not good for the health. So, how should we treat food such as animal liver? How to eat liver healthily?
Animal liver is rich in iron: liver is rich in iron and is the most commonly used blood-enriching food. Especially pig liver, its nutritional components are more than ten times that of pork, and the absorption and utilization rate of iron is very high. This is also the truth of folk sayings such as "pig liver enriching blood". Eating liver can prevent iron deficiency anemia in infants.
Rich in vitamins: the liver contains many vitamins needed by the human body. Among them, the content of vitamin A far exceeds that of milk, egg meat, fish and other foods. It has a good effect on preventing and treating night blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency in infants. Vitamin Bz plays an important role in supplementing important coenzyme and detoxifying some toxic components.
Protein is rich: the protein content of dirty meat is similar to the protein content of lean meat, and it is a high-quality protein source for infants. The liver is also rich in lecithin, which is beneficial to the baby's intellectual development and physical development.
Rich in minerals: the liver is rich in trace elements such as iron, zinc, copper and manganese. It also contains selenium, a trace element that is not contained in general meat food, which can enhance the immune response of the baby's body, resist oxidation and inhibit the generation of tumor cells.
How to eat animal livers healthily When choosing livers, you must choose fresh and healthy ones. When purchasing, livestock livers that have passed quarantine inspection should be selected. Livestock livers that have died or the cause of death is unknown are inedible. The liver of healthy animals is reddish brown, smooth, shiny, soft and tender. Fingers can be inserted into the incision with a little force, and the taste is fresh and tender after cooking.
Wash thoroughly before cooking. First, wash the animal liver in tap water for a few minutes, then soak it in cold water for 30 minutes, and then take it out and wash it in clean water. If you need to eat immediately, you can cut the liver into small pieces, put it in clean water and scratch it gently with your hands, then take it out and put it in a plastic or metal leaky basin and rinse it under tap water.
It must be cooked, not tender. When cooking, it should be cooked thoroughly and fried thoroughly, so that the pig liver will completely turn grayish brown and no bloodshot can be seen, so as to ensure food safety. Do not eat with vitamin C. Animal liver should not eat with vitamin C tablets. Animal liver is rich in trace elements such as zinc, manganese and copper. If you take it with vitamin C tablets, a chemical reaction will occur, which will lead to the oxidation of vitamin C and the production of dehydroascorbic acid, which will lose its normal efficacy.
It is not advisable to eat more. Pay attention to eating animal liver. Taking pig liver as an example, if supplementary food is added to older infants (about 7 months), only one spoonful of liver mud can effectively supplement iron and prevent iron deficiency anemia in infants. Besides pig liver, chicken liver, duck liver, goose liver and sheep liver are equally good. It is generally recommended to give the baby 1 ~ 2 times a week.
Re-nutrition of animal liver can not meet all the needs of baby's growth. Therefore, in order to obtain balanced nutrition, it is necessary to let the baby taste more new foods, not partial eclipse, not picky eaters, and not lose meat, fruit, vegetables, grain and milk.