Is it good for postpartum women to eat salt?

During the confinement period, mothers must pay attention to eating a light diet and balanced nutrition. If they lack nutrition, it will be difficult for their bodies to recover. However, many mothers are foodies and do not pay attention to their diet even during the confinement period. They eat spicy, greasy, raw, cold and salty foods. This way of eating is very harmful to their health. Mothers should not eat spicy and salty foods during the confinement period. They should eat more light foods, various green leafy vegetables and fruits to supplement the body's vitamins. Soup like chicken soup, pigeon soup and pork ribs soup are beneficial for milk production and are of great help to the body's recovery. Let us specifically introduce why it is not good for mothers to eat salt during confinement.

1. Pregnant women cannot eat salt

There is a traditional saying among the people that mothers should not eat salt during the confinement period or even breastfeeding period, as it is bad for both the mother and the baby. As a result, many mothers do not add salt to the food they eat during the confinement period, which makes them lose their appetite, suffer from nutritional deficiencies, and in turn affects their lactation.

2. Side Effects of Salt

1. Eating too much salt is not good. If a mother consumes too much salt every day, it will increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not good for the kidneys and will increase blood pressure. This is something everyone knows, but you should never not eat it or eat too little.

2. Salt contains sodium, which is an essential substance for the human body. If the human body lacks sodium, symptoms such as low blood pressure, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, and easy fatigue will occur. Therefore, a certain sodium balance should be maintained in the human body.

3. Adults need about 4.5-9 grams of salt per day. A normal amount of salt will be completely absorbed through the digestive tract after being ingested by the human body and will not cause any harm to the human body.

3. Notes

If a mother restricts her sodium intake, it will affect the electrolyte balance in the body, which will affect her appetite, and then affect her lactation, which will affect the baby's physical development. Therefore, mothers in the confinement period should not consume too much salt, nor should they "avoid salt".

4. Maternal Diet

1.茭白: It is not only delicious and nutritious, but also contains carbohydrates, protein, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C and various minerals. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, water bamboo shoots and pig’s trotters are often cooked together and eaten, which has a good lactation effect.

2. Peanuts: Peanuts can be used to treat spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea in women, anemia, various bleeding diseases, dry cough, chronic dry cough, and postpartum lactation.

3. Lettuce: Lettuce can be divided into leaf lettuce and stem lettuce, both of which are rich in various nutrients. Except for iron, the content of other nutrients is higher in leaves than in stems. Therefore, when eating lettuce, it is best not to discard the leaves.

4. Tofu: Tofu has the effects of invigorating qi and harmonizing the stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is also a lactation food. Boiling tofu, brown sugar and fermented rice in water and drinking it can produce milk.

5. Luffa: Luffa is a traditional Chinese medicine with a sweet taste and cold nature. If you have breast inflammation, lumps during milk production, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend stewing the luffa in broth, which can regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.

6. Black sesame: Black sesame contains a variety of essential amino acids for the human body. With the participation of vitamin E and vitamin B1, it can accelerate the body's metabolic function. The iron and vitamin E in black sesame are important ingredients for preventing anemia, activating brain cells, and eliminating blood vessel cholesterol. When the mother is in good health, she will naturally be able to produce milk.

7. Kiwi fruit: Also known as kiwi fruit, it is sweet and cold in nature, and has a very high content of vitamin C. It has the effects of relieving fever, quenching thirst, diuresis, and lactation. Regular consumption can strengthen the immune system. It is beneficial for recovery after cesarean section. Because it is cold in nature, warm it with hot water before eating. One per day is appropriate.