Friday, September 28, 2007

Diet during breastfeeding

Every lady is so eager to lose weight after giving birth. No lady will feel great of carrying the excess weight on the body. All women is so excited to lose the extra fat after giving birth. Do not be thrilled until put behind the nutrition you needed during breast feeding.

Why a good and healthy diet is important during breast feeding period, because the quality of the breast milk produce by your body is depending on the diet you consume and your diet after giving birth will speed up the cycle for your body to rebounds from child birth. Having appropriate diet is crucial during breastfeeding period as this will ensure that the nutritional requirements of your baby are sufficient.

During breastfeeding period, you are also consuming for two persons. Where part of your diet will be used to generate the breast milk produce for your baby and also necessary to recover your weak body which is recover from delivery. If you are not having sufficient diet during your breastfeeding period, all the nutrition will be contribute to milk production in your body. Thus, your body will endeavor to keep up the milk production and give negative impact to your body. So you must have sufficient nutrition in order to maintain your and your baby health during breastfeeding times.

During breast feeding period, you need to consume about three quarts of water daily. You will need water to accommodate the production of milk but in opposite, excessive water consumption will bring down the milk production. Fruits and vegetables is high recommended during breastfeeding period, ensure that at least two or three pieces of fruits is taken daily. So increase the dairy consumption during breastfeeding time. You can plan your diet to control your weight but consume adequate diet by separating your meal to five meals in a day. Instead of usual three meals in a day separate it to five meals in a day. This can help to control your weight gain during breastfeeding period.

You may want to increase your calcium consumption during breastfeeding as calcium is the mineral aid in the bones development, and lack of calcium will result in osteoporosis in your children later life. Dairy products, milk, soya, tofu and almonds are foods which is high in calcium. Further more, folic acid is good your baby’s growth and development. Foods which have high content of folic acid include cabbage, spinach, corn, asparagus and peas.

A well balance diet is needed during breastfeeding period.

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