What to eat after childbirth to avoid depression?
Everyone knows that giving birth is a difficult test for any woman. Postpartum depression is very common, and sweet foods help to cope with it. Of course, you should forget about such favorite treats like chocolate, but you can fill this gap with other goodies:
- marshmallow without chocolate and white pastille;
- biscuit cookies;
- condensed milk, cooked at home;
- bananas and dates;
- low-fat sweet curd without additives;
- baked apples with sugar, etc.
What is better to exclude from the menu?
On the question of how to eat a nursing mother in the first month after birth, nutritionists answer that, first of all, fully, in small portions (5-6 times a day), without the abuse of fatty foods. Such a diet will help a woman to quickly restore the shape after childbirth, and a small amount of fat in the food will not cause the colic in the baby. In addition, it is necessary to exclude from the menu all foods that can aggravate the condition of the tummy in the crumbs or cause allergies: alcohol, coffee, carbonated drinks, fried foods, smoked foods, pickles, cucumbers, cabbage, red products, honey, etc.
Menu of a woman who breastfeeds
How to feed a nursing mother, the question is very complicated. There are, of course, a number of recommendations that will help a woman develop her own personal menu. It should contain a large number of different products cooked for steaming, baked or cooked. In the diet it is recommended to enter vegetable or cereal soups, cereals, meat (beef and chicken), liver, low-fat fish
Whether it is necessary to eat a nursing mother strictly as mentioned above is a matter of every single case. In some children even baked apples cause colic, while in others cabbage salad does not have a bad effect on the condition of the tummy. Therefore, it is recommended to develop a personal diet of the above products, based on observations of the reaction of the baby to products that the mother eats.