Marie wrote:
>In general, large quantities of beets, carrots, and spinach should
not be given to infants under 6 months of age because of the high
content of nitrate in these vegetables.<

In the 70s this statement was used by the baby food industry as a
scare tactic against those mothers who wanted to make their own baby
food.  Of course they did not mention the *under 6 months of age*part
because they were pushing solids MUCH earlier than that. Their
argument was that only their own, highly processed foods were safe for
babies to eat.

norma, lactasaurus

Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
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