Will eating too much salt make me stop breastfeeding?

During the confinement period, new mothers sweat a lot and secrete milk, so they use more water than ordinary people. Drinking a lot of porridge is very beneficial for hydrating and moisturizing the body and secreting milk. These soups contain protein, vitamins and minerals that are easy for the body to digest and absorb. They are delicious and can stimulate gastric acid secretion. It can not only increase the appetite of new mothers, but also promote milk secretion. Drink porridge in moderation and don't drink it without limit, otherwise it will easily cause breast pain. So will eating too much salty food cause milk production to stop?

During the confinement period, you should eat a light diet and avoid eating salty food, otherwise it will easily affect the quality of breast milk. After breastfeeding, it will increase the burden on the baby's kidney function and will also affect the baby's own body recovery, which is easy to cause edema. It doesn’t mean you can’t eat salt during the confinement period, it just means your diet should be lighter in taste.

Some dietary recommendations for breastfeeding mothers

1. Light taste and low oil content to ensure calorific value

During the confinement period, you will spend more time in bed, so the food you eat should be high-protein and low-calorie, such as crucian carp, grass carp, shrimp, eel, and pigeons, to avoid postpartum weight loss due to excessive fat intake. In order to make the food easier to digest and absorb, the cooking methods mostly use steaming, stewing, braising, and boiling instead of frying or deep-frying. Some pregnant women start dieting during the confinement period in order to quickly restore their figure after giving birth. This approach is not right, because if the calorie intake is not enough, it will affect the mother's milk secretion, and the baby's "milk powder" cannot be guaranteed, which will affect the baby's growth.

2. Both meat and vegetables, a good mix of large and small

The nutrients contained in each food are unnecessary. The unhealthy eating habits of partial eclipse and picky eating need to be corrected during the confinement period. In addition to the above-mentioned types of food that are not suitable for eating during the confinement period, the daily food types should be rich and varied, and meat and fish materials should be eaten together. Eating whole grains regularly is good for improving constipation. Spring bamboo shoots, broccoli, and shepherd's purse contain chlorophyll acid, which will affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients such as calcium, iron, and zinc; while oatmeal, maltose, and barley tea will reduce milk production and should be avoided during the confinement period and the entire breastfeeding period. Dairy products and fruits are rich in calcium, which can prevent osteoporosis and rickets in babies; animal offal are rich in iron, which can prevent anemia; red meat and shellfish are rich in zinc, which can prevent cretinism and cretinism in children, and are also beneficial to the development of children's intelligence. These nutrients can be delivered to the baby through breast milk, so you should eat more of them during the confinement period and the entire breastfeeding period.