Tofu is a kind of soybean products we often eat, its nutritional value is relatively high, containing high-quality protein, for women in labor to eat some tofu properly, is a very good role in breastfeeding, with the effect of prolactin and promote milk secretion, for women in labor to eat some tofu often, there is a role in replenishment of calcium blood, tofu can be meat and eggs together to do dishes, can be made with fish soup, can play a very good health care role.

Tofu can be used as an ingredient in the diet.

Tofu on the maternal complementary role is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1, calcium: tofu is rich in nutrients, containing iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other maternal essential microelements, but also contains sugar, vegetable oils and rich in high-quality protein, known as the "plant meat" of the reputation. The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is more than 95%. Two small pieces of tofu, can meet a maternal day calcium needs.

2, blood: modern medicine has confirmed that, in addition to increasing nutrition, help digestion, appetite function, on the teeth, bone growth and development is also quite beneficial to the hematopoietic function in the blood can increase the iron content of the blood; tofu does not contain cholesterol, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, high cholesterol and atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease patients with the medicinal cuisine. Not only is the maternal nutritional delicacy, but also children, the sick and weak and the elderly to supplement the nutrition of the therapeutic food.

3, bone: tofu is rich in phytoestrogens, to prevent osteoporosis has a good effect.

Maternity eat tofu, scientific collocation nutrition

1, tofu + meat and eggs, improve nutritional utilization: tofu is rich in protein, but the lack of an essential amino acid - methionine. If you cook alone, the utilization rate of protein is very low. If the tofu and other meat, eggs and food together, can improve the nutritional utilization of protein in tofu.

2, tofu + fish, calcium is no problem: tofu methionine content is less, and fish content is very rich; fish phenylalanine content is relatively small, and tofu is high. So that the two together to eat, you can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, so as to improve the nutritional value. As tofu contains more calcium, and fish contain vitamin D, the two eat, with the help of vitamin D in the body of the fish, can make the body of calcium absorption rate increased many times. Therefore, especially suitable for maternal consumption.

3, tofu + kelp, iodine especially fast: tofu and its soybean products, nutrient-rich, affordable

capable of replenishing the body's need for high-quality proteins, lecithin, linoleic acid, vitamin B1, vitamin E, calcium, iron and so on. Tofu also contains a variety of saponins, can prevent the production of lipid peroxide, inhibit fat absorption, promote fat decomposition; but saponins can promote the excretion of iodine, easily caused by iodine deficiency. Kelp is rich in iodine, tofu and kelp cooking, can prevent maternal iodine deficiency, is very reasonable with.