The American Pediatric Association warns: If parents still warm their milk this way, it means harming their babies

Do not warm baby's milk with a plastic bowl in the microwave

Nowadays, the habit of using a microwave to heat food has become popular and familiar to every Vietnamese mother. But at the end of 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics) recommended that parents should not warm milk, baby food with plastic bowls. Because the heat in the oven can cause the plastic to melt and mix toxic BPA and phthalates into children's food.

Not only that, many studies have shown that plastic dishes contain food colorings, preservatives and packaging materials that can harm the health of babies and children such as bisphenol, phthalates. , perchlorate, perfluoroalkyl, nitrate.

Young children are easily affected by chemicals in food. Not only that, the metabolism in the young body and the basic biological systems of the young body are still immature so it is easy to be endocrine disorders, causing many serious consequences later.

Safe, effective ways to warm milk for children, should read

Step 1: Defrost the breast milk so that the milk returns to liquid form.

Step 2: Shake the bottle well so that the fat and clear milk layers mix together.

Step 3: Soak the bottle in a bowl of hot water about 40 degrees C for 10 minutes, then check the milk is warm enough to use.

Parents should not use a microwave to heat breast milk, which will lose the vitamins and minerals in the milk.