Switching over to baby food diet.

These days it has become a craze to switch over to baby food diet to fight the battle of bulge. Well, it’s one of the newest diet fads to hit Hollywood and is fast catching up in India too. A baby food diet is when you take baby food as your regular meal. There are several pros and cons of the baby food diet.

 The pros of baby food diet-

*The baby food jar and convenient to carry in your hand bag. They do not require         refrigeration. When ever you are hungry you can just open a jar and have it.

 *The food inside the jar does not have any preservatives. There is a huge variety of flavours to choose from and the food inside the jar is cooked properly and has the essential vitamins.

 *The baby food jars offers the portion controlled meals which can keep weight under check.

 *The baby food diets come under different specialized varieties in both gluten-free and organic variety too.

The cons of baby food diet

 But a baby food diet cannot satisfy an adult’s complete nutritional requirements. Nutritionist, Samreedhi Singh is of the opinion, “A baby food diet helps you reduce weight, but it is definitely not enough for an adult and if you plan to follow this diet through out you life, you can end up being anorexic thin.”

 *The food requirement of an adult and a baby are different. For instance the amount of protein, calcium and iron required by an adult is definitely higher compared to a baby’s needs. There is a risk of those on a baby food diet can suffer from anemia and calcium deficiency.

 *Baby food is extremely low in calorie and does not provide adequate energy required by an adult to carry on with the regular chores.

 *Sodium content in baby food is not there so this can lead to low blood pressure.

 *Since fibre content is again very low and most of the baby foods are in puree form, it can lead to constipation as well when consumed by adults.

 *Baby food damages the teeth if it is consumed by adults because adults need solid food to eat and chew. Consuming baby food on a regular basis can lead to damaging the bones of the teeth.

 *Babies do not require huge quantity of Vitamin E so if an adult is consuming baby food it might lead to thinning of hair.

 *Baby food cannot satisfy an adult’s hunger for a meal because baby foods are mostly in puree form and when an adult is hungry he or she wants to chew on to something and eat. So there is a tendency to start binging.