Yam is actually a type of vegetable. It can also be used as a nourishing food and has extremely high nutritional value. Therefore, pregnant women can eat yam. The best way to eat it is to add it to the soup, which will not only make the soup more delicious, but also nourish the body. Eating yam can also protect the spleen and stomach and promote digestion. For women with loss of appetite and weak intestines and stomach during confinement, yam is a good recovery food.

Yam can also lower blood sugar in the body, and the mucus protein contained in it has a significant effect on lowering blood sugar. If you don’t want to stew the soup, you can cook it by steaming, boiling, etc., and the nutrients of the yam will not be lost. If postpartum women have kidney deficiency and uncomfortable symptoms such as excessive leucorrhea, yam can nourish yin and nourish the kidneys and relieve the discomfort caused by these symptoms.

However, you should also pay attention to the way you eat yams. Do not eat yams with liver-based foods, and pumpkins and cucumbers cannot be eaten with yams. If eaten together, it may cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. In addition, after eating yam, the body may experience some discomfort reactions such as bloating. People who are allergic to yam should not eat it.

Attention should be paid to diet after confinement:

Women have relatively high dietary requirements during confinement, and many women think that there are not so many restrictions after confinement. , but as long as women are still breastfeeding, there are still many things to pay attention to.

1. During breastfeeding, women should not eat foods that have the effect of returning milk, such as leeks, malt, etc. Many women find ginseng very effective in replenishing the body, but ginseng can cause the mother to regurgitate her milk, so it is best not to eat it when breastfeeding. In addition, foods with high estrogen content can also easily cause lactation, such as pigeons and old hens.

2. Women should not eat foods containing caffeine during lactation. Caffeine can stimulate the nervous system. It is likely to enter the child's body through breast milk, causing damage to the child's nervous system and heart, and also causing indigestion.

3. Eat less salt and MSG. Eating too much salt will increase the burden on the kidneys. MSG will affect the development of children. Eating too much MSG will cause mental retardation and developmental delays in children.

Women not only need to pay attention to their diet during confinement, but even after confinement, as long as they are still breastfeeding, they cannot eat as they wish to avoid adverse effects on their children.