1, can I eat lettuce during lactation?
You can eat lettuce during lactation, but not too much.
Lettuce contains a variety of vitamins, as well as a large number of beta carotene and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. Lactating women can eat lettuce to supplement the nutrients needed by the human body. However, lettuce is cold, so lactating women can't eat too much, otherwise it is easy to get indigestion.
2. The benefits of eating lettuce during lactation
(1) lose weight
Vitamin C and dietary fiber in lettuce can eliminate excess fat in the body, among which mannitol and lettuce can help the body expel oil and reduce fat, so eating lettuce during lactation can help women recover their bodies faster.
(2) Improve eyesight
Carotene and vitamin E in lettuce can protect eyes and improve eyesight. Lactating women can relieve eye fatigue and dryness after eating lettuce.
(3) increase appetite
Lactucin in lettuce can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice. If a lactating woman has a bad appetite, eating lettuce can increase her appetite.
3. The habit of eating lettuce during lactation
(1) lean meat porridge with lettuce
Ingredients: lettuce 200g, lean meat180g, rice150g, mushroom120g, and proper amount of oil, salt, ginger and raw flour.
Practice: Marinate the cut shredded lean meat with a small amount of raw flour, soy sauce and salt, put the washed rice into the pot, put a few slices of ginger, pour enough water, drop a few drops of vegetable oil, and start the pot. After the water boils, put the cut lean meat into a small fire, cut the washed mushrooms into small pieces, and then put them into the pot until the rice is rotten. Cut the washed lettuce into filaments, turn off the fire, pour the lettuce, add some soy sauce and salt to taste, and finally add some sesame oil to polish.
Efficacy: Lettuce lean porridge can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, which is very suitable for lactating women.
(2) Lettuce meatball soup
Ingredients: pork 300g, lettuce 1 egg, tofu 50g, lotus root 50g, onion 1, salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, a little black pepper, ginger powder, chicken essence, starch and white pepper.
Practice: First, mix minced pork, bean curd residue, minced lotus root and chopped green onion, then add salt, black pepper, soy sauce, ginger powder, chicken essence, cooking wine and starch in turn, then add an egg, and then start stirring in the same direction. Put the meatballs in a boiling water pot, put aside the floating foam after boiling, then cook the meatballs until they are cooked, then put the lettuce in the pot and cook it a little, and add some white pepper.
Efficacy: Lettuce contains lettuce, which can increase the appetite of lactating women.
4. Pay attention to eating lettuce during lactation
Lactating women should not eat too much lettuce, because lettuce is cold, and cold food is easy to stimulate the baby's stomach, and the baby is prone to indigestion and even diarrhea.
5. How to preserve lettuce best?
(1) stored at room temperature.
First take off the head of lettuce, then drain it, then put away the scattered leaves, tie them with a wide piece of paper and tape, and then put them into fresh-keeping bags. If the outdoor temperature is not high, it can be placed in a cool and ventilated place.
(2) Refrigerator storage
If the outdoor temperature is relatively high, it is necessary to put the packaged lettuce into the cold room of the refrigerator and try not to touch the inner wall of the refrigerator, otherwise it will be easy to get frostbite. Paper towels can absorb water. In order to prolong the fresh-keeping time of lettuce, you can spread paper towels in the fresh-keeping box of the refrigerator.