FOODS TO BE AVOIDED DURING BREASTFEEDING

In previous articles have described about some of the tips that can be done if you want to have the production of milk (breast milk) are smooth for the beloved baby. In this article, as a complement to the previous article, foods to avoid during breastfeeding, let us learn about the foods that need to be avoided during lactation.

Foods to avoid when breastfeeding is the only source of nutrition for infants. Thus, you have to run a healthy diet during lactation. Because the baby's body is still very sensitive, you should avoid some foods that are harmful to their health. foods to avoid when breastfeeding

Why Need to Avoid Certain Food?

Quite simply, because some certain foods can make your milk production to be not optimal (reduced amount), or not be optimal nutrition (reduced quality) and even be dangerous for your child.

Note that in infants, the food consumed by the mother would be consumed also by the baby through breast milk, so what mothers eat then that's what babies eat. So if there are hazardous foods consumed by the mother to the baby, it can be bad consequences.

 Coffee and Tea

The food was quite dangerous and need to be avoided during breastfeeding mother in the food and beverages that contain caffeine. This is because caffeine in nursing mothers will not be discarded completely, but part will remain in the milk produced.

In the end, the milk produced will contain caffeine and are swallowed by the baby. As a result, the baby may be fussy and difficult to sleep, because they have not been able to pull out the caffeine from the body as well as adults.

 Brown

Did you know that chocolate is much preferred by the mother during breastfeeding were also turned out to be harmful to the baby? Yes, chocolate can be harmful to infants who are in lactation. This is caused because the chocolate contains caffeine which is quite high, which is between 5-35 mg every 30gram chocolate. It is as described above, will be able to make a difficult baby to sleep.

Spicy Foods

Spicy food is one of the other foods that need to be avoided by nursing mothers. This is because the content of the spicy flavors in the food, a little more would be consumed by infants through breast milk, and it will make the child's abdomen into heat (irritation) and can even cause diarrhea.

Vitamin C Overdose

We all know that vitamin C can help to boost the immune system and also helps to accelerate the healing of disease. Vitamin C is obviously very good for the body, no doubt.

But not to take too much vitamin C, because vitamin C tend to be acidic. Vitamin C is carried too much in the breast milk will ultimately be able to make the baby's stomach pain and also make the baby's digestive system irritation.

In general, if your body is excess vitamin C, it will be disposed of through a system of excretion (urine) so will generally not harmful. However, the baby is still small, their digestive systems do not work well so that excess vitamin C will be stored longer in the body and cause negative effects.

Consumption of vitamin C naturally enough, about 60 mg / day, according to the normal daily requirement. No need to consume too much, fearing a negative effect on the baby.

 Cow's Milk

Cow's milk is one of the foods that can not be digested by many well babies. Not every baby, but quite a lot of babies who have intolerance to cow's milk-based foods (lactose-intolerant).

When breastfeeding mothers consume cow's milk, some of the allergens that are present in cow's milk will pass into breast milk. As a result, the allergens will trigger allergies in infants, who can make babies colic, vomiting, insomnia and even get eczema on the skin.

But this does not mean you should not to consume cow's milk or cow's milk-based products. If there is no apparent negative effects on the baby, please continue the consumption of cow's milk.

Saturated Fats & Trans Fats

Foods containing saturated fats and trans fats will be harmful to the developing baby's brain. That's because saturated fats and trans fats (trans fat) shown to inhibit the production of omega 3, which is needed by the baby's brain development.

Avoid fried foods that use waste oil as it contains high saturated fat. Also, avoid fast food such as hamburgers and hot dogs because they contain trans fats (trans fats) are harmful.

Alcohol and Nicotine

Last meal (in this list) that you need to avoid are foods that contain alcohol / intoxicating and nicotine. Why is that? Because, as described in some previous point, alcohol and nicotine will carry over in milk and consumed by infants.

In infants, the negative effects of alcohol (liquor) and nicotine (cigarettes) will be felt, including an addiction to both. This will make baby dizzy, weak, difficult to get up and milk production will decrease.

Similarly, some types of foods you need to avoid during lactation. Love your baby, keep them from a variety of substances that are harmful to their bodies.