Experts point out that lactating mothers should eat watermelon as little as possible, because watermelon is water except sugar, and eating more is useless. Fruits contain various vitamins and trace elements. Do not eat particularly cold fruits such as pears and watermelons except for 3-4 days after delivery.

Watermelon is rich in nutrition and is a good fruit. When eating watermelon during lactation, you should be careful not to freeze it, and don't eat too much at a time. Diarrhea is sometimes caused by many situations, which should be carefully observed and distinguished. As long as you pay attention to it well, eating watermelon properly can not only enhance nutrition, but also relieve summer heat.

Mothers should pay attention not to eat particularly cold fruits, such as pears and watermelons, for 3-4 days after delivery. As we all know, fruits contain various vitamins and trace elements, which need to be supplemented. In the following days, in order to fully supplement nutrition, we should eat 2-3 fruits every day.

As long as the scientific intake of warm fruits and vegetables, such as grapes, strawberries, apples, oranges, longan, litchi, etc., are good choices.

Mom can still eat watermelon in moderation during lactation. Let's take a look at the precautions for eating watermelon during lactation.

Precautions for eating watermelon during lactation

1, don't eat iced watermelon.

It is best for new mothers who are breastfeeding not to eat "iced watermelons" because the temperature of watermelons refrigerated in the refrigerator is too low, which may affect the quality of breast milk and thus affect the baby's health. At the same time, in order to avoid causing gastrointestinal diseases for themselves and their babies, mothers should choose fresh and ripe watermelons when eating watermelons and eat them at room temperature.

2. You can't eat watermelon at the beginning of a cold.

If the breastfeeding mother catches a cold, you can't eat watermelon at the beginning of the cold. Chinese medicine believes that eating watermelon in the early stage of a cold is equivalent to taking drugs that clear internal heat, which will attract evil spirits and aggravate or prolong the course of the cold; However, when the cold gets worse, there are internal heat symptoms such as high fever, thirst, sore throat and yellow urine. At the same time of normal medication, eating some watermelons properly will help you recover.

3. It is not advisable to eat too many watermelons at one time.

Watermelon is more than 94% water, but its sugar content is also very high. Watermelon with normal sweetness contains 5% sugar, so the calorie of watermelon is very high. The calorie of watermelon is 250 kcal/kg. That is to say, if you eat a big watermelon every day, it is about 8 to 10 kg, that is, you consume 1000 to 1250 kcal, while the calorie of an ordinary small bowl of rice is about 200 kcal. In other words, eating a watermelon is equivalent to eating five or six bowls of rice.

Watermelon is the first choice of delicious fruit in hot summer. But I'm afraid I accidentally picked a bad watermelon when I picked it, so how do I choose a watermelon? Let's take a look.

How to choose watermelon

1, watch the color and listen to the sound

Melons with smooth surface, clear patterns, obvious lines and yellow bottom are ripe melons; The surface is fluffy, dull, mottled and unclear, which is an immature melon; Playing the melon with your fingers and hearing the sound of "Peng Peng" is a ripe melon; Those who hear the sound of "Dangdang" are not ripe yet, and those who hear the sound of "poop-poop" are overripe melons.

2. Look at the melon handle

Green is ripe melon; Dark brown, fluffy, bent and brittle, and the tip of curled beard turns yellow and withered, which is a melon picked prematurely; The handle of the melon has dried up, which is a "dead vine melon" with poor quality.

3. Specific elasticity

The melon skin is thin, and it is fragile when pressed with your fingers, which is a cooked melon; Scratch with your nails will crack, and the melon will be soft, which is overripe.

Step 4: weigh it by hand

Those who have a sense of emptiness are ripe melons; Those who feel sinking are raw melons.

Which people should not eat watermelon?

1, oral ulcer patients

In traditional Chinese medicine, oral ulcer is considered to be caused by internal heat due to yin deficiency and disturbance of virtual fire. Because watermelon has diuretic effect. If people with oral ulcer eat more watermelon, the water needed for the recovery of oral ulcer will be discharged too much, which will aggravate yin deficiency and internal heat, prolong the course of disease and make it difficult to heal.

2. People with diabetes

Watermelon contains about 5% sugar, mainly glucose, sucrose and some fructose, that is to say, eating watermelon will lead to an increase in blood sugar. Normal people can keep blood sugar and urine sugar at a normal level because they can secrete insulin in time. People with diabetes are different. Eating too much watermelon in a short time will not only increase blood sugar, but also lead to acidosis and even life-threatening due to metabolic disorder.

3, renal insufficiency.

In patients with renal insufficiency, the function of expelling water from the body is greatly reduced, so edema of lower limbs or whole body often occurs. If such patients eat too much watermelon, they will consume too much water and can't discharge the excess water in time, resulting in excessive water storage in the body and increased blood volume, which not only aggravates edema, but also easily induces acute heart failure. Therefore, patients with renal insufficiency should eat less or not eat watermelon.