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If your family eats animal products, pork can be a great first food for baby-led weaning. In this episode I’m walking you through the meat counter at your store identifying cuts of pork that are easy to make safe for baby-led weaning.

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In this episode we talk about:

• Benefits of offering baby pork from nutrition, taste, texture and iron standpoint too

• What cuts of pork are ideal for baby-led weaning (as well as the cuts of pork that I steer clear of when feeding babies and why)

• Some easy ideas for safely introducing your baby to pork

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Other podcast episodes referenced in this episode:

• Episode 2: 5 Things Your Baby Should Be Able to Do Before Starting Baby-Led Weaning

• Episode 33: Salt: 3 Easy Ways To Minimize Sodium For Your Baby

• Blog post referenced in this episode:

  • 5 Ground Beef Recipes for Baby-Led Weaning

• Butcher Box home-delivered meat subscription service: get monthly deal of free meat plus $10 off your first order with this link (this is an affiliate link).

RESEARCH LINKS

• Recommendations on Complementary Food Instroduction Among Pediatric Practitioners (JAMA open network, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32804213/

• African American Children are More Likely to be Allergic to Shellfish and Finfish: Findings from FORWARD, a Multisite Cohort Study (J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract, 2021) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33359586/ 

• Knowledge, attitude, and practices of medical clinicians regarding food allergy and anaphylaxis in Hyderabad , India (Ann Allergy Astham Immunol, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32619591/

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