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started by Nisha Joshi on 09 Dec 13
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    We cannot imagine world without rice. Rice is used commonly as a staple food over the half of the world's population. It is most common to introduce rice as a first cereal to your newly born baby. And this is the most recommended first food for newly born.


    You can make different rice baby food. Depending on your recipe, you can select from short grain rice, medium grain rice and long grain rice varieties if rice. There are basically two types of rice, brown rice and white rice. Brown rice is healthy as it is not processed. White rice is the processed form of grain. White rice is also good and healthy and is easily digestible. It is good as first food for baby because rice is non allergic food or we can say that many few people have an allergy to rice.


    Rice can be introduced to baby of age 4 to 6 months. WHO recommends introducing solids to baby at 6 months and one new food at a time. And rice is the best to introduce as the first food.


    But there is one thing you should take care of is that if you are introducing it to your baby for first time, then do not make your own rice cereal because it would not iron fortified. It should not be used as a first solid food to your baby if baby is not getting iron supplementation. You can try with readymade rice baby food as a first food.


    All forms of brown rice of contain many nutrients. It contains Iron, fiber, thiamine, niacin and magnesium. Some white rice is fortified with nutrients during processing.


    There are many rice baby recipes you can find on internet. And also you can introduce rice food to your baby after some time of giving readymade baby foods. Rice is easy to digest do your baby will be all right with his/her first solid food.

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