Dietary taboos during lactation. Spicy food, lactating mothers should avoid spicy food such as onions and garlic, which may affect the quality of breast milk and lead to diarrhea or flatulence. After these foods are absorbed by the digestive system, the taste and acidity of breast milk will change. Don't just eat foods containing calories, and mothers should try not to eat greasy foods and sweets during lactation. Common in life are potato chips, candy and cakes. These foods are high in calories, but not nutritious, which can only provide short-term energy and even directly affect the quality of milk. On the other hand, fried food is difficult to digest, which has an impact on mother's recovery.

Try not to eat chocolate. The composition of chocolate is cocoa, in which theobromine will directly enter the mother's milk and eventually accumulate in the baby. The intake of theobromine will do great harm to the baby. When the baby eats breast milk containing theobromine, it will have indigestion and poor sleep quality. Breast-feeding mothers can't eat spicy food such as pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and mustard. Will it stimulate the baby? A: Yes. Spicy foods such as pepper, medlar, onion, ginger, garlic and mustard may slightly change the taste of milk, but they will have no effect on the baby's health. Most babies don't mind changing the taste of milk and often try different flavors, which makes it easier for babies to accept the taste of different foods when adding side dishes in the future, which can also explain why breast-fed children are not picky eaters. Breast-feeding mothers in Sichuan and Hunan show that life without peppers is meaningless.

Some mothers worry that eating Chili peppers will "get angry"? Please note: the irritation symptoms such as mouth and stomach after eating pepper are actually the result of capsaicin in pepper, not really "getting angry". Moreover, capsaicin, because of its large molecular weight, basically does not enter the milk, but it should not be excessive, otherwise it may cause gastrointestinal discomfort to the lactating mother. But if the mother eats spicy food and the baby is obviously uncomfortable, the mother can pause for a while and eat later. If you still feel unwell, avoid eating this food.

Lactating mothers can't eat ice, dear. Can you relax? A: Yes. Yes, first of all, it is a false proposition that ice can cause diarrhea. Frozen things will not be frozen through the mouth, esophagus and stomach, so they will not affect the gastrointestinal tract and other organs. Moreover, milk is always at a constant temperature in the body and will not change because of the temperature of our food. Nothing a mother eats will make the milk cold, nor will it make the baby defecate. Just as drinking hot water will not make breast milk "hot", ice cream will not make breast milk cold. As long as they meet the hygiene standards, mothers can rest assured that they can refresh themselves, but they can't overdo it, otherwise it may lead to gastrointestinal discomfort for lactating mothers.