Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. It is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food that blindly tonifies the spleen and stomach. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Eating yam after delivery has a certain slimming effect, because yam has a strong satiety but rich nutrition. Eating yam can also help gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, promote intestinal peristalsis, and prevent and relieve constipation. Eating yam by lactating mothers will not affect the milk secretion and the health of lactating babies, but it is not appropriate to eat it as a staple food.
Benefits of eating yam during lactation 1, invigorating spleen and stomach, and helping digestion: Amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances in yam are beneficial to digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach, and can treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other diseases.
2, benefiting the lungs and relieving cough: yam contains glycosides and mucus, which has the effect of lubrication and moisturizing, and can treat lung deficiency, phlegm and chronic cough.
3, lowering blood sugar: Yam contains mucin, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar, and can be used to treat diabetes, which is a good diet for diabetics.
4, nourishing kidney and replenishing essence: Yam is very rich in nutrients, which has the function of strengthening the body, nourishing kidney and replenishing essence. Can be used for treating kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, excessive leucorrhea of women, frequent urination, etc.
5, prolong life: Yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent heart disease, play the role of benefiting the mind and calming the nerves and prolonging life.
Taboos to eat yam during lactation 1, the cross section of fresh yam should be snowy white, and if the cross section of yam is yellow like rust, don't buy it. In addition, when buying yam, don't buy sprouted yam to avoid food poisoning.
2. Cut shredded yam or sliced yam should be immediately soaked in salt water to prevent oxidation and blackening.
3, eat yam to eat peeled, germinated yam is not edible to avoid poisoning.
4, yam can not be eaten raw, because there are certain toxins in raw yam.
Precautions for eating yam during lactation 1, choosing fresh ingredients of fresh yam without germination to make dishes with good flavor and high nutritional value, so many people like to eat them. Yam is a kind of stem food, and the sprouted yam is as inedible as the sprouted potato to avoid poisoning.
2, cooking methods The diet of healthy mothers should be able to recover their vitality better and faster, so the diet should not be too heavy. When eating yam, try to avoid frying, so as not to get angry and indigestion.
3, should not eat more yam is a high-starch food, although its carbohydrates can supplement the energy needed by the body for the mother, but it must be appropriate. Eating yam is easy to cause a feeling of fullness, and excessive consumption will cause flatulence and discomfort.
4. It is not appropriate to eat breast-feeding mothers with breast-feeding foods, so it is not appropriate to eat foods that will return to milk, such as leeks and peppers, so avoid cooking or eating with such foods when eating yam.
Recommended recipe for Chinese yam during lactation 1, black chicken soup with Chinese yam and radish
Ingredients: black-bone chicken, yam, carrot, medlar, ginger, onion, cooking wine and salt.
Practice:
1. Cut the black-bone chicken into pieces and wash it.
2. Pour water into the pot, add cooking wine and blanch the black-bone chicken.
3. put water in the casserole, put ginger, onion and black-bone chicken in the cold water pot.
4. Add yam and carrot after the pot is boiled.
5. Add Lycium barbarum and salt after 40 minutes.
6. Cook for 5 minutes, turn off the heat and take out the pot.
2. Yam balls
Ingredients: yam, minced meat, garlic, mushrooms, red pepper, egg liquid, cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, pepper, soy sauce, starch, soup, onion and ginger.
Practice:
1. Wash garlic and cut into sections, wash mushrooms and red peppers and cut into pieces.
2. Peel the yam and cook it, then press it into mud, add minced meat, egg liquid, cooking wine, salt and pepper and stir it into meat stuffing.
3. Put a lot of oil in the pot. After the oil is hot, squeeze the meat stuffing into a ball shape and fry it in the oil pan to remove it.
4. Leave a little oil in the pot to stir-fry the onion and ginger, and season with cooking wine, soy sauce, soup, sugar, monosodium glutamate, salt and pepper.
5. When the meatballs are cooked, garlic shoots, mushrooms and red peppers are cooked and thickened with water starch.