Healthy Recipes for Breastfeeding

The lactation period is a very important period. The quality of the mother's milk is directly related to the growth and development of the baby. If you want the baby to grow well, the mother needs to pay more attention to the diet. You must maintain a balanced nutrition and try to eat more nutritious foods. Only in this way can the milk be sufficient and the quality of the milk be good, which can better promote the healthy growth of the child. How can breastfeeding women eat healthily?

What are some healthy diets for breastfeeding?

Pork bone and tongcao soup

Ingredients: 500g pork bones (cavity bones, spareribs, leg bones are all suitable), 6g tongcao, a little soy sauce

Method: Add 1000 ml of water to pork bones and tongcao, boil for 1 to 2 hours, and boil it into about 1 small bowl of pork bone soup. Add a little soy sauce, drink it all at once, drink once a day, for 3 to 5 days.

Efficacy: Pig bones have the effect of replenishing qi and blood, and producing milk. They have the effect of promoting lactation, replenishing the body, and promoting recovery for postpartum women.

Pig's trotter and tongcao soup

Ingredients: 1 pig's trotter, 3 grams of Tongcao

Method: Add 1500 ml of water and put it into a pot (casserole is preferred) to cook. Use high heat at first, then change to low heat after the water boils. Cook 1 pig's trotter. Take it for 3 to 5 consecutive days and eat the trotter at lunch.

Efficacy: Pig's trotters are rich in protein and fat, and have a strong effect of nourishing and activating blood circulation. Tongcao can promote diuresis and lactation. The combination of the two can help mothers recover from the disease and promote lactation.

Peanut Pig Trotter Soup

Ingredients: 200 grams of peanuts, 2 fresh pig's trotters, appropriate amounts of rice wine, onion, ginger and fine salt.

Preparation: Clean the pig's trotters, scrape and wash them, split them with a knife, cut them into pieces and put them into the pot. Add enough water, peanuts and seasonings. After the water boils, simmer on low heat for 2 hours until the pig's trotters are cooked.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and blood, promotes lactation. Mainly used for postpartum blood deficiency and lactation syndrome

Stewed Lean Meat with Yellow Flower

Ingredients: 25g dried day lily (also known as golden needle vegetable), 250g lean pork

Preparation method: 25 grams of dried day lily (also known as golden needle vegetable) and 250 grams of lean pork, boil or stew until cooked and serve as a side dish. You can also cook the same amount of day lily and a pig's trotter together.

Effect: Daylily can treat female blockage (but it must be used dry and cooked with pork or pig's trotters to be effective)

Light pork elbow

Ingredients: 1 pork elbow, 1 portion each of angelica root and fenugreek

Preparation: 1 pork elbow, 1 portion each of angelica root and fenugreek. The three ingredients are simmered in a ratio of 100:2:2 with clean water over low heat until cooked. Eat meat for lunch and soup for dinner.

Efficacy: Angelica sinensis is an important gynecological medicine for nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, and it also has the effect of moisturizing the intestines and promoting bowel movements. Fenugreek has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, promoting lactation and reducing swelling. Pork elbow is rich in protein and fat. The combination of the three has the effects of promoting blood circulation and replenishing blood, promoting menstruation and lactation, and strengthening the body. It is especially suitable for those who have no milk and are weak after childbirth.

What to eat during breastfeeding is good for your baby

Every newborn is her mother’s baby, and every mother wants to give the best to her baby. The baby’s health is extremely important to the mother. Mothers all hope that their babies can grow up healthily. The mother’s breastfeeding period is also very important to the baby’s health. It can not only improve the baby’s ability to resist infection, but also promote the baby’s brain development.

Breastfeeding mothers must ensure that their diet contains a lot of nutrients that the baby can get through breast milk. Breast milk contains a lot of calcium, which can help the baby's bones grow rapidly. If a mother doesn't get enough calcium, the calcium in her breast milk must come from her bones. In addition, vitamins are also nutrients that must be consumed every day, which requires breastfeeding mothers to eat more fruits and vegetables to ensure the intake of vitamins.

As long as the breastfeeding mother consumes an appropriate amount of protein, fat, water, vitamins and minerals every day, she can meet all the needs of herself and her baby.

In order to give the baby good breast milk, the mother must have a balanced diet, and it is best if every meal includes grains, protein, vegetables and fruits. These are generally easier for mothers to do at lunch and dinner, but it is difficult to include all three types of food in breakfast. Mothers should not eat too greasy food. If mothers consume too much fat, the baby who is breastfeeding will have more bowel movements, which is not good for the baby's health. Therefore, mothers should choose light tonic after giving birth, skim off the oil on the top when drinking soup, and try to eat lighter food to avoid excessive sodium content in breast milk. Ensure 1200-1500mg of calcium intake every day. In order to prevent babies from suffering from indigestion or constipation after drinking breast milk, mothers should also eat some foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach and aid digestion, such as hawthorn, corn, lotus seeds, etc.