Foods To Avoid During Breastfeeding
It is well known fact in modern medicine that feeding baby with mother’s milk just after giving birth is crucial for the baby as well as for the mother. That is the reason why everybody should be aware of the importance of breastfeeding.
During pregnancy, as well as after it, mother’s diet and the food she eats influence the structure of her breast milk. We all know that substances like caffeine and nicotine from cigarettes have bad influence on baby development, so it is highly recommended to avoid them. Caffeine can be found not only in coffee, but also in tea and some other drinks.
Vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, cucumbers, beans, cauliflower, corn, dairy products, soy and tofu products, tomato and peppers can make gas in baby’s stomach. Other foods that can irritate the baby are onion, garlic, curry and chili peppers. Alcoholic drinks are strongly forbidden in the period of breastfeeding. You can have a one drink but no more than that or, if you want to have another one, you should make a break of two hours, just to avoid producing less milk than usual.
Certain foods from your diet can create an allergic reaction for your child. Products that cause allergic reaction are: soy, shellfish, wheat, peanuts, food additives, citrus fruits, egg whites, peanuts. In this case you should stop eating them and observe the changes, until you find out what was causing the problems.
In case you don’t find out what your baby is allergic to, you should wait for three months until her sensitive stomach becomes more resistant and stops having those reactions. It is recommended that you drink a lot of water, knowing it helps you produce milk, eat a lot of fruits because of their vitamins and consume vegetables, too.
Fish is also recommended during the breastfeeding period, especially: rainbow trout, canned mackerel and salmon. But the fish you should avoid are: shark meat, swordfish and king mackerel.
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