Bananas are carbohydrates (form of starch/sugar)but they contain a bunch of the amylase enzymes which is needed to break down in the baby's belly. A baby lacks this enzyme or only produce a very small quantity, hence why they can't eat cereals. It also helps in the ripening of the bananas and that's why they taste sweet. So go ahead and go bananas! Choose ones that have a couple of brown spots for the highest sweetness and highest concentration of amylase. Additionally bananas are a good source of Vitamin B6, C and Potassium!
Ok, what about Sweet Potatoes?
Yes, these are good as well (cooked of course)...I don't want to get to technical but Bananas contain alpha-amylase and Sweet Potatoes contain beta-amylase...what?! Stay tuned as I will tell you how this is important later and how you CAN give your baby cereals!
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