Can I eat hairy crabs during breastfeeding?

When autumn comes, crabs become available in large quantities. At this time, the crab roe is fat, delicious, fresh and juicy, making many people drool. If breastfeeding mothers really can't help but want to eat crabs, they must eat fresh crabs and not eat them in large quantities. Although crabs are delicious, they are cold in nature. Eating too much may have an adverse effect on the health of your baby.

1. Can I eat crabs during breastfeeding?

Crabs are cold in nature and contain a variety of proteins and purines. Eating too much crabs may cause skin allergies in babies, aggravate eczema, cause diarrhea, and induce autoimmune system diseases in babies. Moreover, crabs are prone to contain parasites, viruses, or heavy metals such as lead, so breastfeeding mothers should be cautious when eating crabs. I really couldn't help it, so I had to eat one to satisfy my craving, and it had to be fresh.

2. Precautions for eating crabs during lactation

1. Eat less crabs each time: Breastfeeding mothers should eat no more than 100 grams of crabs each time.

2. Eat fresh crabs: When crabs are on the verge of death, a toxic substance called histamine will be secreted in their bodies, and the substance will accumulate as time passes since death. Moreover, the crab meat will quickly rot and deteriorate after death, breeding other bacteria. So don't eat crabs that are not fresh.

3. Avoid eating crabs raw and must be cooked: Although crabs can be eaten drunken, due to water quality problems, a large number of bacteria often breed in the crabs' bodies. Therefore, crabs must be cooked before eating, and do not eat them raw just to satisfy your greed for the delicious taste. When cooking crabs, make sure to cook them thoroughly, steam them thoroughly, and sterilize them at high temperature so that the crab shell turns red before eating them.

4. When eating crabs, you can only eat the meat, roe and roe: Crabs live in rivers, lakes and other places, feed on plankton and plants and like to crawl in sand and stones. Therefore, the gills and intestines of crabs contain a lot of mud and sand. You must remove them when eating, and only eat the crab meat, crab roe and crab roe.

5. Foods that are not suitable to be eaten with crabs: When eating crabs, you should not eat them with celery, persimmons, pears, oranges, pomegranates, tomatoes, cantaloupe, peanuts, sweet potatoes, honey, rabbit meat and other foods, otherwise it will cause discomfort to your body.

6. It is not recommended to drink tea or cold drinks within 1 hour after eating crabs.

7. If you accidentally eat too many crabs at one time and experience symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, you should stop breastfeeding immediately and go to the hospital for medical treatment.

3. What to eat with crabs

Eat crabs with ginger: People who are usually afraid of cold and prone to headaches can add more ginger when eating crabs. In terms of taste, crab and ginger vinegar are a good match. Ginger is hot and spicy in nature, which can dispel cold and warm the stomach. The ginger juice in ginger also has the effects of sterilization, deodorization and detoxification. If northerners are not used to eating ginger, adding some garlic can have the same effect.