January 21, 2014

Who have many taste buds? Adult or child?

Do you know what is the taste buds?
We sense taste by the taste buds on the surface of the tongue.

The answer of title is child!!

The peak of taste buds amount is after 3 months of giving birth and 3 months baby have the taste buds 1.3 times than adult.

It is told that there are 5 types of taste, and these are Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty, and Umami.
The breast milk or formula milk include 3 kinds of taste,Sweet, Salty, and Umami.
The baby love these 3 tastes instinctively.

Sweet: Energy (carbohydrate)
Umami: Protein (amino acid)
Salty: Mineral (natrium)

The baby hate sour and bitter instinctively also. It is important for the baby because it helps to avoid rotten food (sour) and poison(bitter).

The formation of sense of taste is started from baby food and the foundation of the sense of taste has been formed until 5 years old by experience.

Do you provide for your baby or children a wide variety food? The baby and children really need the experience to eat a wide variety food for the formation of sense of taste.

If you provide the food that only children's favorite, your children's sense of taste will be limited. Aren't you relying too much on the formula milk in the case of little children meal? The formula milk includes only baby's favorite taste, and the formula milk is easy to provide perfect nutrition. However, the formula milk is not able to give to children the experience of variety taste. Please provide a wide variety food for your children and please supplement a deficient nutrition of meal with formula milk.

Also the meal for 6 years old or older, please provide a wide variety foods of course. Please guide them to become habitual to eat variety food  before the foundation of sense of taste that has been formed until 5 years old is firmed up.

Don't forget that your children's sense of taste are depending on parents.

(Last time, my husband pointed out many mistakes of my English. I would like to apologize about my English. I hope that you can understand what I want to say. I wish My English will become well through this blog.)

Today's Baon
・Yaki-udon 
・Boiled green beans mixed with ground sesame and sweet soy sauce
・Boiled egg
・Tomato  



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