Five dietary taboos for mothers during confinement

There are always many problems during confinement, and daily diet is a very important source of nutrition for new mothers. However, you can’t take supplements blindly, you need to pay attention to the confinement period.

Dietary taboos during confinement

1. Sour, spicy and sweet foods

Spicy and sour food will irritate the weak gastrointestinal tract of new mothers and cause a lot of discomfort. It is best to drink only brown sugar water when eating sweets. Eating too much other sweets will not only affect appetite, but also easily cause excess heat energy and convert it into fat, causing postpartum obesity.

2. Salted Food

Salted foods can affect the water and salt metabolism of new mothers. Coffee and foods containing certain spices can enter the baby's body through breast milk and affect their healthy development, so special attention should be paid.

3. MSG

In order to prevent the baby from suffering from zinc deficiency, new mothers should avoid eating too much MSG. Generally speaking, it is beneficial and harmless for adults to eat MSG, but it is not good for infants, especially those under 12 weeks old, if their mothers who are breastfeeding consume too much MSG while taking a high-protein diet. Because the sodium glutamate in MSG will enter the baby's body through breast milk. Excessive sodium glutamate has a serious impact on the development of infants, especially those under 12 weeks old. It can specifically combine with zinc in the infant's blood to produce glutamate that cannot be absorbed by the body, while the zinc is excreted in the urine, thus leading to zinc deficiency in the infant. In this way, the infant is not only prone to poor taste and anorexia, but also may suffer from adverse consequences such as intellectual impairment, growth retardation, etc.

4. Ginseng

Some new mothers are eager to take ginseng after giving birth in order to replenish their bodies. In fact, it is harmful rather than beneficial for new mothers to rush to use ginseng to nourish their bodies. Ginseng contains a variety of effective ingredients, which can produce a wide range of stimulating effects on the human body. Among them, the stimulating effect on the human central nervous system can cause adverse reactions such as insomnia, irritability, and restlessness in the user. New mothers who have just given birth have consumed a lot of energy and physical strength and need to rest in bed. If they take ginseng at this time, they will find it difficult to fall asleep due to excitement, which will affect their energy recovery.

5. Cold Rice

Cold rice can easily damage the spleen and stomach, affect digestive function, lead to diarrhea, and cause postpartum abdominal pain, lochia, etc.

How can a new mother relieve her loss of appetite during the confinement period?