Postpartum confinement is mainly for nourishing blood and promoting physical recovery. During confinement, besides keeping the external environment comfortable, the most important thing is diet. A reasonable and healthy diet is not only conducive to the recovery of the maternal body, but also promotes the baby's physical development, which is a very important aspect. Some pregnant women always want to eat their favorite things, such as hard food, when they are confinement. So, can you eat hard things during the second month?

How to eat correctly in Confucius

1. Carbohydrate is the main source of body energy. It is recommended to eat complex carbohydrates as much as possible, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, whole wheat, rice and other cereals.

2, fat can provide high-energy energy, help the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, and make you feel full. The choice is to give priority to unsaturated fats such as vegetables, seeds or peanut oil as much as possible.

3. Hormones and other structures in the body are composed of protein, so mothers must eat all kinds of foods to provide complete essential amino acids. Besides meat, fish, eggs, milk and cheese, peanuts, dried fruits and whole grains are also important sources of protein.

4. The function of vitamins is mainly to mediate in the body. It is divided into fat-soluble (A, D, E, K) and water-soluble (B, C, etc.). ). It is recommended to increase the intake of water-soluble vitamins during lactation to increase the content of milk. Generally speaking, the required amount of vitamins can be obtained in most diets.

5, minerals, lactating mothers should pay special attention to the intake of calcium, iron and zinc. Besides milk, Nostoc flagelliforme, black sesame, laver, dried fish and seaweed are all rich in calcium. Grain seeds are rich in zinc, while iron mainly exists in red meat.

What can't I eat in confinement?

Don't eat ice products during the second month: it is not conducive to the recovery of digestive system and blood circulation, and it will also have a bad effect on the teeth of the new mommy.

After delivery, the body is deficient in qi and blood, so it is necessary to eat more warm food to facilitate the recovery of qi and blood. If you eat cold or cold food after delivery, it will not be conducive to the enrichment of qi and blood, which will easily lead to digestive and absorption dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, and is also not conducive to the discharge of lochia and the removal of blood stasis. Moreover, raw and cold food without high temperature disinfection may contain bacteria, which may easily lead to gastroenteritis after eating.

Don't drink tea during the month: tannic acid contained in tea will affect the absorption of iron in the intestine and easily cause postpartum anemia; Tea also contains caffeine, which will make it difficult to fall asleep after drinking tea, affecting the physical recovery of the new mother. Moreover, after tea enters the baby's body through milk, it will make him suddenly have stomach cramps and cry.

Don't eat chocolate during the second month: chocolate will affect your appetite and you don't want to eat normally, resulting in insufficient supply of other nutrients your body needs. At the same time, because the new mother doesn't exercise much, overeating chocolate will also lead to the accumulation of excess calories to form fat.

Mothers need to breast-feed their newborns after delivery. If they eat too much chocolate, it will have a bad effect on the development of nursing babies. This is because theobromine contained in chocolate will penetrate into breast milk and accumulate in babies, which will damage the nervous system and heart, relax muscles and increase urine output, leading to indigestion, unstable sleep and constant crying. Mother chews chocolate in her mouth all day, which will also affect her appetite and make her fat, but the lack of necessary nutrition will of course affect her health and is not conducive to her baby's growth and development.

Do not eat ebony during the month: it tastes sour, slightly astringent and flat. Liver, spleen, lung, stomach and large intestine meridian. The quality is moist and astringent. Prunus mume is the immature fruit of Prunus mume in Rosaceae. Contains citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, sugar, sitosterol, vitamin C and other ingredients, and has ideal antibacterial effect. Mume is a homologous product of medicine and food, and it is one of the processed Chinese herbal medicines of Mume. It is mild in nature and sour in taste. Plum snacks are the favorite of many pregnant mothers, but this sour food will hinder the normal flow of blood and is not conducive to the smooth discharge of lochia.