Pregnancy is a top priority for women. During pregnancy, it is necessary to strengthen the care of daily life, especially to pay attention to dietary health. In terms of diet, one should eat nutritious food without overnutrition, avoid eating too greasy, try to eat less spicy and stimulating foods, and also try to avoid eating foods with cool and cold properties. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and consume high-quality protein.

1. Fried and fatty foods

Mothers should never use fried potato chips, sugar, and cakes to replace meals. These foods usually contain high calories, lack nutrition, and are difficult to digest.

2. Spicy and刺激性 foods

When breastfeeding mothers have poor appetite, they may eat some spicy foods to stimulate their appetite. However, this can exacerbate the mother’s internal heat, leading to discomforts such as canker sores and constipation. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat raw garlic, chili, pepper, fennel, chives, and other刺激性 foods within the first month after childbirth. Throughout the breastfeeding period, mothers should also try to reduce the intake of such foods because they can affect the baby through breast milk, causing the baby to be overheated.

3. Foods with cool and cold properties

Sweet and cold foods such as pork heart, duck meat, and squid can reduce milk production, so breastfeeding mothers should not eat them. Herbs like purslane, cucumbers, winter melons, bitter melons, vegetable gourds, bamboo shoots, and others are also cool and cold in nature, which can cause gastrointestinal discomfort or stop milk production in breastfeeding mothers. Mothers with young babies should not eat them.

Fruits like pears, watermelons, and tangerines are cool and cold in nature, and mothers who are physically weak and have not yet recovered from childbirth should not eat them.

4. Foods that stop milk production

Vegetables like chive, malt water, and other foods have the effect of stopping milk production, so it is best not to eat them. Foods that can cause the baby to be allergic, such as oranges and onions, can cause the baby to have diarrhea and bloating. Additionally, mothers should also observe whether the baby’s skin shows red rashes to avoid eating foods that can cause the baby to be allergic.

5. Chocolate

Theobromine in chocolate can seep into breast milk and accumulate in the baby’s body. Theobromine can harm the nervous system and heart, relax muscles, increase urine output, and cause the baby to have indigestion, unstable sleep, and constant crying. Eating too much chocolate during breastfeeding can also affect the mother’s appetite and lead to weight gain.

6. Cigarettes and tobacco

During breastfeeding, nicotine appears in breast milk quickly and is absorbed by the baby. Studies show that nicotine has adverse effects on the baby’s respiratory system, so it is best for breastfeeding mothers to quit smoking. It is equally important to avoid second-hand smoke! So, if you have breastfeeding mothers around you, please keep a distance from them when you smoke.

7. Medication

Things that cannot be eaten during breastfeeding

During breastfeeding, it is generally not recommended for mothers to take medication. Because most of the drug components taken by the mother can enter the breast milk through the bloodstream, affecting the baby. Since the baby’s liver detoxification ability is poor, even if the mother only uses a therapeutic dose, it can still cause accumulation and poisoning. Therefore, during breastfeeding, it is best for mothers not to take medication, but to choose food therapy methods to adjust their bodies.