Dietary taboos during breastfeeding

Here are some dietary taboos during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding mothers bear the heavy burden of raising their children, and their diet is directly related to their children. In addition to maintaining a balanced diet and consuming more high-calorie and high-protein foods than the average person, what should breastfeeding mothers pay attention to and not eat in their daily lives? Now I would like to introduce to you some dietary taboos during breastfeeding.

1. Foods that cannot be eaten during breastfeeding

1. You cannot eat irritating food during breastfeeding, because irritating food will enter the baby's body through breast milk and affect the baby's health. But it is okay to eat a small amount of condiments, such as pepper, vinegar, etc.

2. Don't eat chocolate during breastfeeding, because the cocoa alkali in chocolate will penetrate into breast milk and accumulate in the baby's body. The cocoa alkali can damage the nervous system and heart, relax muscles, increase urination, and cause indigestion and unstable sleep in babies. Eating too much chocolate will affect the appetite of pregnant women and make them fat.

3. During breastfeeding, you should not eat foods that will inhibit milk secretion: such as leeks, malt water, ginseng, etc.

4. Do not eat pickled fish and meat during breastfeeding. Generally, the daily salt intake for adults is 4.5 to 9 grams. According to your usual habits, do not avoid salt, and do not eat too salty food. Excessive salt intake by breastfeeding mothers will increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not good for the kidneys and will also increase blood pressure.

5. Do not eat fried food during breastfeeding. Fried food is difficult to digest, and the digestive power of mothers is weak. In addition, the nutrition of fried food has been lost a lot during the frying process. Eating fried food is not good for the recovery of mothers' health.

6. Do not eat too much MSG during breastfeeding. Eating MSG has a serious impact on the development of infants. Especially for infants under 12 weeks old, it will cause adverse consequences such as intellectual impairment and growth retardation. It is best for breastfeeding mothers to avoid MSG during breastfeeding. Do not be greedy for fresh and delicious food every day.

two. Drugs that cannot be taken during breastfeeding

When it comes to medication for breastfeeding women, one must not only consider whether the medication affects milk secretion, but also the effect of the medication on the baby. Many drugs can be excreted in the mother's breast milk and enter the baby's body. Although the concentration of some drugs in breast milk is very low, the drugs will definitely have an effect on the baby because the baby's body is tender. The following are some common drugs that are contraindicated or should be used with caution during breastfeeding:

1. Antimicrobial drugs, such as penicillin antibiotics, including penicillin, neopenicillin II, neopenicillin III, ampicillin, etc.

2. Sulfonamide drugs, such as sulfaisoxazole, sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfaguanidine, probenecid, trimethoprim, bacteriostatic sulfamethoxazole, dipyridine tablets, co-trimoxazole, etc.

3. Aminoglycoside drugs such as gentamicin and streptomycin have high concentrations in breast milk and can cause hearing loss in infants, so they should be banned.

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4. Isoniazid (Remifon) has no confirmed adverse effects on infants, but since anti-tuberculosis drugs need to be used for a long time, in order to avoid adverse effects on infants, it is best to switch to other drugs or stop breastfeeding.

5. Metronidazole is a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used to treat Trichomonas vaginitis and anaerobic bacterial infections. Although the harm to breastfeeding infants after oral administration has not been finally confirmed, it is still recommended not to use it.

6. Chloramphenicol. Infants, especially newborns, have incomplete liver detoxification function. If chloramphenicol is inhaled through breast milk, infant poisoning is likely to occur, which can inhibit bone marrow function, cause leukopenia, and even cause fatal gray baby syndrome. Therefore, the use of chloramphenicol should be prohibited.

7. Tetracycline and doxycycline, both of these drugs are fat-soluble drugs and can easily enter breast milk. In particular, tetracycline can damage infants' teeth, cause incomplete development of enamel, cause permanent yellowing of teeth, and cause jaundice in infants. So it should also be disabled.

8. Aminopyrine and drugs containing aminopyrine, such as analgesics, salpingo, and antonidine, can quickly enter breast milk and should be avoided.

9. Drugs such as atropine sulfate, gentamicin sulfate, and streptomycin sulfate have relatively high concentrations in breast milk and can reduce the hearing of infants, so they should be avoided.

10. The antithyroid drug methylthiouracil can suppress the thyroid function of infants through breast milk. Oral use of thiouracil can cause goiter and agranulocytosis in infants, so it should be prohibited.

11. The antiviral drug amantadine is often given to patients by doctors as a first step to fight the common cold. If a breastfeeding mother takes this medicine, it may cause vomiting, rash and urinary retention in the infant, so it should be prohibited.

12. Breastfeeding women with malignant tumors should stop breastfeeding, because anti-cancer drugs will enter the baby's body through breast milk, causing bone marrow suppression and a decrease in white blood cells.

13. When anticoagulants are needed, heparin cannot be used and can be used instead to avoid causing coagulation mechanism disorders in the newborn.

In addition, medicines that should not be taken during breastfeeding include salicylates, diuretics and strong laxatives. Sedatives such as phenobarbital, amytal, etc., oral contraceptives.

3. Fruits that cannot be eaten during breastfeeding

1. Don’t eat chilled fruits. Everyone likes to eat chilled fruits in summer, but breastfeeding mothers must eat fruits at room temperature. If the fruit is taken out of the refrigerator, it should be left at room temperature for half an hour before eating. Otherwise, the baby may have diarrhea if the mother eats the cold food.

2. Don’t eat too many cold fruits. Foods can be divided into cold and warm properties, and the same is true for fruits. Most of the fruits in summer are cool fruits, such as cantaloupe, watermelon, melon, pear, kiwi, mango, grapefruit, etc. Eating too much cold fruits can easily lead to indigestion. If a breastfeeding mother consumes too much cold fruits such as watermelon, it can also easily cause diarrhea in the baby. Hot fruits: hawthorn,

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Cherries, pomegranates, lychees, etc. are warm in nature, but eating too much warm fruit in summer can easily cause getting a sore throat, so breastfeeding mothers should avoid eating too much of them.

4. What not to drink during breastfeeding

(1) Do not drink alcohol during breastfeeding: Generally speaking, a small amount of alcohol can promote milk secretion and has no effect on the baby; excessive alcohol will inhibit milk secretion and affect uterine contraction, so you should drink less or not at all.

(2) Do not drink coffee during breastfeeding: it can excite the central nervous system of the human body. A cup of 150 ml coffee contains 100 ml of caffeine. Normal people should not drink more than 3 cups a day. Although there is no evidence that it is harmful to babies, breastfeeding mothers should drink it in moderation or stop drinking it.

(3) Do not smoke cigarettes or tobacco during breastfeeding: If a breastfeeding mother continues to smoke during breastfeeding, nicotine will quickly appear in the breast milk and be absorbed by the baby. Studies have shown that nicotine has adverse effects on the baby's respiratory tract. Therefore, it is best for breastfeeding mothers to quit smoking and avoid inhaling secondhand smoke.

(4) Do not drink tea water during breastfeeding, because the substances contained in tea will enter the baby's body through breast milk, making the baby prone to intestinal cramps and crying for no reason, making the baby sleep poorly and causing other complications. Breastfeeding mothers should avoid drinking tea water, otherwise it will affect the baby's health.

(5) Malted milk should not be consumed during breastfeeding, because the malt in malted milk will inhibit the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, causing a decrease in milk production, which is detrimental to the health of the baby.

The above are some dietary taboos during breastfeeding that I would like to introduce to you. I hope all mothers can pay more attention and avoid getting involved with these things. I hope this helps.