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Revealed: The dietary poison in your baby's porridge

A mother prepares porridge to feed her child in Dandora Nairobi.[david Gichuru,Standard]

Babies who consume popular flour mixtures containing various grains, including dried ground beans that are commonly used by Kenyan mothers and caregivers, are likely to suffer from mineral deficiencies, nutritionists and dietitians have warned.

The porridge mixtures, which are marketed as a panacea for all dietary needs in babies, are, according to the experts, "some kind of poison."

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