Can I eat mutton during breastfeeding?

In the south, when the weather turns cooler, many people like to eat hot pot or some soup pot, while in the north, eating shabu-shabu mutton is a very popular way to avoid the cold. However, mutton is a hot food. If you eat too much mutton, it will cause symptoms such as getting angry and nosebleeds. Therefore, mutton hotpot is not suitable for everyone. So, can breastfeeding women eat mutton hotpot?

Be careful when eating hot pot during breastfeeding.

The reasons why you should be cautious about eating hot pot during breastfeeding: First of all, hot pot can easily cause getting angry. If breastfeeding mothers do not pay attention to reducing the internal heat after eating hot pot, they will easily get angry, which will also affect the baby through breast milk.

Secondly, if vegetables, meat and other ingredients are not cooked through and thoroughly sterilized when eating hot pot, it is easy to get diarrhea and affect breastfeeding. Moreover, eating hotpot can easily cause dry mouth and people want to drink hotpot soup, but the nitrite content in hotpot soup exceeds the standard, which is extremely bad for health. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers should be more careful when eating hot pot.

The correct way to eat hot pot during breastfeeding

Mothers must pay attention to hygiene when eating hot pot. They can avoid using the same pair of chopsticks to take raw and cooked food, and avoid bringing bacteria from raw food into the stomach, which may cause diarrhea and other diseases. The food in hot pot must be thoroughly cooked before eating. After eating hot pot, you should drink more water and eat some fruits to reduce heat.

Foods that cannot be eaten during breastfeeding

1. Spicy and irritating food.

Breastfeeding mothers should try to eat less irritating foods, such as leeks, garlic sprouts, chili peppers, pepper, fennel, and wine. Irritating foods can easily enter the baby's body through breast milk and affect the baby's health. A small amount of condiments, such as pepper, vinegar, etc., are still acceptable.

2. Pickled meat and fish.

The daily salt intake for adults is 4.5 to 9 grams. According to your usual habits, do not avoid salt, but also do not eat too salty food. Eating too much salt will increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not good for the kidneys and will also increase blood pressure.

3. Fried foods and high-fat foods.

This type of food is not easy to digest. Breastfeeding mothers have weak digestive ability, and the nutrients in fried food have been lost a lot during the frying process. Eating it during breastfeeding is not good for postpartum recovery.

4. Malted milk.

Because the malt in malted milk will inhibit the mammary gland from secreting milk, reducing milk production, which is not good for the baby's health.

5. Foods such as leeks, malt water, and ginseng.

These foods can inhibit milk secretion and lead to insufficient breast milk supply.

6. Cold rice.

Cold rice can easily damage the spleen and stomach, affect digestive function, and cause diarrhea. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "heat moves and cold stagnates". Raw and cold foods can easily cause blood stasis, which can lead to postpartum abdominal pain, lochia retention and other diseases.