Can mothers eat apples during confinement?

Apple is a very good fresh fruit, and many children like it very much. Some pregnant women in the confinement period also like to eat apples very much, but the diet during the confinement period is very strict, and there are many food taboos. So can pregnant women eat apples during the confinement period?

Apples contain many trace elements and are not a cold food in nature, so women can eat them during the confinement period. In the traditional confinement custom, it is believed that apples cannot be eaten during confinement. However, if no fruit is eaten, the mother's body will not get enough nutrients, and then it will not be able to feed the baby better. Therefore, pregnant women in confinement can eat apples.

Mothers who exclusively breastfeed during the confinement period usually suffer from constipation, so eating apples can solve this problem very well. Because apples can promote gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, apples are rich in calcium and potassium, which can better help mothers regulate the body's excretion, and can also play the role of liver detoxification.

Since newborn babies need careful care, the sleep quality of pregnant women is not ideal. Therefore, eating apples regularly can have a greater impact on sleep and can also make up for the symptoms of insufficient blood and qi in pregnant women.

Pregnant women must be careful when eating apples and must not eat them with seafood. Otherwise, it will aggravate constipation. And when eating apples during the confinement period, you must wash and peel the apples before eating, or cut a slice and blanch them in boiling water. The best time to use apples is between meals or after meals.

What foods can’t you eat during confinement?

1. It is not suitable to eat cold and hard food. The previous generation will remind you that "the food after giving birth should be warm, not cold!" Warmth can promote blood circulation, while coldness can coagulate blood, making the body's blood circulation obstructed, affecting the discharge of lochia, and causing indigestion, gastrointestinal imbalance, diarrhea, etc. Therefore, new mothers should avoid eating raw, cold, hard foods, cold foods such as ice cream, ice cream, cold drinks, iced fruits, etc., hard foods such as hard, fried, deep-fried and fatty foods, all of which are foods that pregnant women should avoid.

2. Not suitable for eating spicy food. Spicy food Spicy food is very harmful to the body of pregnant women. Eating too much can easily damage body fluids, consume qi and blood, aggravate qi and blood deficiency, and easily cause constipation, which is also bad for the baby after entering the breast milk. These ingredients include spicy foods such as chili peppers, cloves, cumin, onions, ginger, mustard sauce, and strong tea, coffee, and ethanol.

3. It is not suitable to eat too salty food. Overly salty foods, such as pickled foods, are high in salt. The sodium in the salt can cause water retention, and in severe cases, lead to edema. But you cannot avoid salt either, because you will urinate and sweat more after giving birth, so the amount of salt excreted also increases. You need to supplement a certain amount of salt to maintain the balance of water and electrolytes. Overly salty foods include pickled radish, salted eggs, idle fish, bacon, smoked sausage, etc.

4. Avoid eating sour and astringent foods. During the confinement period, it is not suitable to eat sour and astringent foods to avoid hindering blood circulation and hindering the discharge of postpartum lochia. This type of food includes lotus seeds, persimmon cakes, dried plums, etc.