The immunity is placed in the child during the process of breastfeeding. Mother's milk, enriched with necessary nutrients and energy, in addition to stimulating the all-round development of crumbs, protects it from various infectious diseases, and in case the baby falls ill, promotes its speedy recovery.
As you know, breast milk becomes a "miracle cure", including thanks to the useful products that the nursing mother uses daily. Its balanced menu should necessarily include fresh fruit. And if in the summer with them there are no problems, then the winter fruit assortment is not so diverse: apples, citrus fruits and bananas. From apples we choose their green varieties, we will refrain from "experiments" with citrus fruits at the first stage of breastfeeding, but whether it is possible for a nursing mother bananas, let's try to understand our article.
Bananas for nursing mothers: you can, only carefully!
The answer to the question as to whether bananas can be fed is not unambiguous or, more correctly, with reservations. Bananas for lactation should be used only if the baby has a normal reaction to them. It is expressed in the absence of a rash, calm sleep and the unchanged stool of a child. To check her mother, you need to eat a piece of banana and during the day to follow the behavior of the child. If it has not changed, then there are bananas that can be fed to the mother, again cautiously and in small amounts - up to 2 pieces per day will be enough. After all, despite the fact that in most cases this product is hypoallergenic, because of the high content of sugar in the banana, which causes the processes of fermentation in the baby's intestines, the baby may have colic.
In addition, the reaction of the most breastfeeding woman to bananas is very individual: they have a laxative effect on someone's intestines, and some lead to constipation, which is transmitted to the child "by inertia". There are opinions that stool retention occurs after the use of overripe bananas, while immature or green bananas (plankten) during lactation, on the contrary, can cause diarrhea and increased gas formation, especially if the product is washed with water. This is due to the fact that the starch contained in such bananas, without having had time to turn into sugar, does not split in the small intestine.
All the benefits of bananas during lactation
So, imagine that the crumbs well tolerate bananas and on the intestines of the mother they have a normal effect. What is the whole usefulness of this product, and why is it necessary to use bananas for nursing? Here are the arguments for:
- they contain a balanced composition of vitamins (C, E, B6);
- are a natural source of trace elements such as potassium (potassium salts are excellent in fighting swelling, since they remove excess fluid from the body), magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron (by the way, if we measure the usefulness of banana, then it is in no way inferior to the utility of a more caloric dried apricots );
- help digestion of carbohydrates and improve digestion as a whole due to the content of malic acid, cellulose, pectin and other enzymes in their composition;
- reduce pain in the stomach ulcer, restoring its mucosa;
- are an excellent postpartum "antidepressant" due to the content of the "hormone of happiness" - serotonin;
- having high energy value, perfectly satisfy hunger, but their caloric content, which is on par with potatoes, should alert the nursing mother, who watches her figure;
- due to the content of sugar in the form of glucose, sucrose and fructose (for this reason, if the nursing mother is a diabetic, bananas to her
contraindicated), help to cope with overwork and restore the necessary "feeding" the body of forces; - increase concentration of attention;
- there are opinions that bananas increase lactation, while improving the quality of milk.
Summing up
All the listed arguments "for" confirm that with the benefit for the health of the baby and the positive mood of his mother can eat bananas feeding, while it is important not to overdo with the amount of eaten fruit and to control the reaction of crumbs to him. Banana appetite to you!