Nutrition during lactation

Gold, mercury and silver are not as good as mother's milk. For newborn babies, breastfeeding is the best choice. Of course, modern health science believes that only by letting the mother eat nutritiously can she better secrete healthy and nutritious milk that is beneficial to the child's growth, and can better promote the child's healthy growth. Therefore, nutrition during lactation is very important.

In fact, nutrition during lactation requires that all lactating mothers must eat nutritiously, so as to better promote the healthy growth of their children. So what should lactating mothers eat more to be more nutritious and better promote the growth of their children?

Nutrition during breastfeeding is very important. Mothers need to gradually replenish the nutritional reserves consumed by pregnancy and childbirth. They need to secrete milk and bear the burden of feeding the baby. Therefore, adequate nutrition during this period is very important. The nutrients contained in breast milk are the most ideal food for infants, which can meet the needs of infants' growth and development and are adapted to their digestive abilities. If a nursing mother is undernourished, it will not only affect the mother's health, but also affect the growth and development of the baby due to reduced milk quality.

Therefore, a reasonable diet is very important for breastfeeding mothers. During breastfeeding, the following dietary points should be noted for nursing mothers: The food that nursing mothers eat should be as complete as possible, and they should not be picky eaters, so as to ensure that they can take in enough nutrients. This means that in addition to eating staple cereals, side dishes should be diversified, and 4 to 5 meals a day is appropriate. To prevent anemia, you should consume more foods high in iron, such as animal liver, meat, fish, certain vegetables (such as rapeseed, spinach, etc.), soybeans and their products, etc. Special attention should be paid to regularly providing some soup to facilitate lactation, such as chicken, duck, fish, meat broth, or vegetable soup made from beans and their products and vegetables. The quality of food intake should be good, and the quantity should also be increased accordingly, especially foods rich in protein, iron, calcium, vitamin A and B2 (such as eggs, milk, yogurt, etc.). It is necessary to consume enough fresh vegetables, fruits and seaweed to provide a variety of vitamins (seaweed can also provide an appropriate amount of iodine), and these foods also have a laxative effect to prevent constipation.

Eat less salt and salted foods, highly irritating foods (such as certain spices), contaminated foods, and mothers who smoke, drink alcohol, drink coffee, or take certain medications for a long time can affect the baby's health through breast milk, so special attention needs to be paid. For women who do light physical labor, they should consume about 3,000 kcal of energy, protein, fat, and carbohydrates during lactation, with the heat ratio of protein being 13-15%, fat 27%, and carbohydrates 58-60%. According to Chinese customs, it is not difficult to meet the above requirements within one month after delivery. Some people even eat a lot of eggs every day, but after one month, they return to the pre-pregnancy level. These high-quality foods should be spread over the several months of breastfeeding, which is beneficial to ensure the quality of milk and the growth and development of the baby.

Nutrition during breastfeeding is very important for both mothers and babies. Therefore, if you are also a breastfeeding mother, in order to allow your child to absorb more nutritious breast milk, you must eat a reasonable diet and pay more attention to nutritional intake, so that your baby can have a healthier body.