Is it okay to just let your baby eat vegetarian food?

　　Is it okay to just let your baby eat vegetarian food?

　　Some parents are afraid that their infants and young children will be obese, so they only let them eat vegetarian food since childhood, and do not eat or rarely eat meat. Some nursing mothers want to maintain their body shape and eat only vegetarian diets.

　　These practices are inappropriate and are not conducive to the growth and development of children.

　　Vitamin B12 is found in various meat-based foods and is an essential raw material for the production of red blood cells. If infants and young children are only allowed to eat vegetarian food, or lactating mothers only eat vegetarian food, infants and young children will be deficient in vitamin B12, causing malnutrition. Infants and young children will grow shorter and lighter.

　　Therefore, for infants and young children and mothers who breastfeed their infants and young children, balanced nutrition and a combination of meat and vegetables are the best.