Some people think that fruits are cold foods and that postpartum mothers will get cold and fall sick after eating them. In fact, eating fruits selectively is very helpful to replenish nutrition, promote postpartum body recovery and prevent constipation. It is possible to eat fruits, which are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, pectin and organic acids, etc. So, what fruits can be eaten during the menstrual period?
There are some instructions to eat fruits after delivery, according to their own physique to choose. The four properties of fruit are cold, cool, warm and hot. A mother with a cold constitution can eat more hot fruits; on the contrary, a mother with a hot constitution can eat more cool fruits. Fruits are beneficial, but you should not eat too much at a time, it is appropriate to eat 1-2 a day.
A, eat fruit in the month pay attention to the following points
1. Don’t eat too many cold fruits, especially in the first few days after delivery, the spleen and stomach are weak, so it is better not to eat too many pears and watermelons. Too cold food is harmful to the spleen and stomach and the uterus.
2.You can eat some fruits after meals or between meals, so as not to increase the burden of the digestive tract. Also note that you must not overeat fruit because of greed.
3, the fruit should not be too cold. Just take out the fruit from the refrigerator, put it in the room temperature for a while before eating. Don’t cool yourself because you’re in a hurry. Allergic to it, eczema-prone people should not eat.
4, eat fruit to pay attention to clean, thoroughly clean or peeled before eating, to avoid diarrhea. Disease from the mouth, is breastfeeding mother must ensure their health.
5, in order to avoid the fruit is cold, can also be cut into pieces, with boiling water hot and then eat. But it is best not to boil, so as not to destroy the vitamins in the fruit.
Second, what fruits can be eaten during menstruation
What fruits can be eaten during the menstrual period is also based on the actual situation. If the mother can supplement the consumption of kiwi, durian, apple, papaya, banana and other fresh fruits during the menstrual period, not only to promote their own body recovery, but also to enrich the nutrition of breast milk and promote the absorption of the baby’s intestines.
1.Kiwi fruit
Also known as mahogany, taste sweet and cold, vitamin C content is very high, has the effect of relieving fever, thirst, diuretic, lactation, regular consumption can strengthen the immune system. For post-operative recovery of caesarean section is beneficial. Because of its cold nature, it should be warmed with hot water before consumption. One per day is appropriate.
2.Durian
Sweet in taste and hot in nature, it is produced in Southeast Asia and is known as the king of fruits. Because of its hot nature, it can augment Yang and help fire, and has a good effect on promoting body temperature and enhancing blood circulation. It is a good tonic for those who have a cold after giving birth.
Durian is hot in nature and not easy to digest, so it is easy to get hot when eaten in excess. If you eat with mangosteen, you can calm down its hot nature. At the same time, after the caesarean section easy to have small intestine mucous maternal food.
3.Apple
Apples are sweet and cool, warm in nature, mainly carbohydrates. Rich in malic acid, tannic acid, vitamins, pectin and minerals, can prevent and treat scurvy, mange, make the skin lubrication, luster. Its mucilage and fine fiber can absorb and eliminate bacteria and toxins, astringent to the intestines, stomach, produce fluid, appetite and relief of heat, especially for the treatment of maternal diarrhea better. Apples can also lower blood sugar and cholesterol, which is beneficial to the postpartum recovery of women suffering from gestational hypertension syndrome, diabetes and poor liver function. In addition, apples contain a lot of potassium salts, which can be combined with excess sodium salts in the body and excreted, so low potassium and excessive salt intake is beneficial to eat apples.
4.Papaya
Sweet taste and mild nature. Papaya has many effects, lowering blood pressure, detoxification, eliminating swelling and driving away worms, helping breast secretion, making the chest more plump, fat loss, etc..
Papaya nutrients are mainly sugar, dietary fiber, protein, vitamin B, C, calcium, potassium, iron, etc., produced in the south of China. China has a tradition of papaya to promote breast milk since ancient times. Papaya contains a papain, which has the ability to highly decompose proteins. Fish, eggs and other foods can be decomposed into nutrients that can be easily absorbed by the body in a very short time, directly stimulating the secretion of the mother’s mammary glands. At the same time, the papaya itself has a high nutritional content, so it is also called papaya for the milk melon. After the birth of a woman with little milk or breast milk, can be used papaya and fish with stew after eating.
5.Olive
Taste sweet, slightly sour and astringent, and flat. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and quenching thirst. Pregnant women and nursing mothers often eat olives, can make the baby smarter.
6.Grape
Sweet and sour in taste, flat in nature. It has the effect of nourishing qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, and facilitating urination. Because of its high iron content, it can nourish the blood. After the raisins are dried, the proportion of iron is greater, so it can be used as iron food, and can be eaten regularly to eliminate symptoms such as sleepiness and weakness, and is a good product for health and longevity. Women who have lost too much blood after childbirth can take grapes as a blood tonic.
7.Pineapple
Taste sweet and sour, sexual flat. Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi area. It has the effect of quenching thirst, digestion, diarrhea and diuretic. Rich in vitamin B1, can eliminate fatigue, improve appetite, beneficial to postpartum recovery.
8.Banana
Sweet in taste and cold in nature. It has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the intestines. Postpartum consumption of bananas, can make people feel comfortable and quiet, hypnotic effect, and even make the pain decreased. Bananas contain a large amount of fiber and iron, with the effect of laxative and blood. It can effectively prevent constipation caused by poor gastrointestinal motility due to prolonged bed rest. Because of its cold nature, do not eat more than one a day, before eating with hot water to soak hot.
9, longan
Also known as cinnamon, sweet and warm, produced in Guangdong and other places. Longan benefits the heart and spleen, nourish the blood, the spirit of peace, is a valuable tonic. For those who are weak after giving birth, eating some fresh cinnamon or dried longan meat can not only replenish the spleen and stomach, but also replenish the deficiency of heart and blood. Boil longan meat with egg flower and drink the soup, which is very good for postpartum recuperation.
10.Shanthorn
Sweet and sour in taste, warm in nature. Hawthorn contains a lot of carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., of which the calcium content is the highest among all fruits. It also contains hawthorn acid, citric acid, malic acid, fructose and flavonoids, which have the effect of dispersing stasis and eliminating accumulation, resolving phlegm and detoxifying, refreshing the brain, stopping bleeding and clearing the stomach and improving appetite, and lowering blood pressure and blood cholesterol content. If a new mother is overworked after giving birth, she often loses her appetite, has a dry mouth and reduces the amount of food she eats, so if she eats some hawthorn properly, it can improve her appetite and help her digestion. In addition, hawthorn has the effect of dispersing blood stasis and activating blood circulation, which can discharge the blood stasis in the uterus and reduce abdominal pain.
What fruits should not be eaten during the menstrual period
The mother should pay special attention to her diet during the menstruation period so as not to affect the recovery of her body. What kind of fruits should a mother not eat during the menstruation period? Generally, cool fruits such as oranges and watermelons should be abstained from eating, especially cold fruits, which should not be consumed. What fruits should not be eaten during the menstrual period are the following three.
1, oranges
Taste sour, cold. The spleen and stomach cold, wind and cold, in the physiological period and sitting in the moon are not suitable for consumption. However, the orange nucleus, orange complex (orange petals on the white silk) has a lactogenic effect. After the birth of the mother’s mammary glands do not work, can be eaten.
2.Watermelon
Taste sweet, cool. Although the taste is sweet, is a good product to cool down the summer heat, but because of its cool nature, it is not suitable for postpartum mothers to eat. But because watermelon has a very good effect on summer heat, the mother eat a slice or two of room temperature watermelon is not harmed.
3.Persimmon
Persimmons are cold in nature and will stimulate the uterus to contract. The mother with a cold spleen and stomach should not eat too much cold fruit, such as pears, poppy peaches, persimmons and so on.
Fourth, sitting in the month to eat fruit precautions
1, according to personal constitution and health condition, selective consumption
For example, mothers with constipation can eat more oranges, apples, bananas and other fruits in moderation; while mothers with a cold spleen and stomach should not eat too much cold fruit, such as pears, bananas, peaches, persimmons and so on; mothers with diabetes should pay attention to avoid eating pears, persimmons and other fruits with high sugar content.
2, warm fruit, preserve fruit nutrition
By soaking in hot water or put in the microwave heating method of consumption, it is possible to reduce the fruit in the gastrointestinal tract when entering the gastrointestinal stimulation. But in the heating process to pay attention to, warm can be, do not need to cook, so as to better preserve the nutrition of the fruit.
3, eat fruit time has a point
Eating fruit before meals may be more scientific. Mainly because after the meal, there is a food block, at this time to eat fruit will bring a greater burden on the digestive function, increase the feeling of fullness, affecting the absorption of certain nutrients. However, fruits that contain more tannic acid, such as persimmons, should not be eaten on an empty stomach. If eaten on an empty stomach will be more likely to lead to the formation of gastric stones.
4, don’t just love a fruit
During the menstruation period, it is best to eat more different types of fruits. Each kind of fruit has its different nutritional value and different taste. Only fond of a single fruit, may lead to nutritional imbalance and problems. For example, oranges are warm, eating too many oranges will appear “on fire”, inducing tongue inflammation, periodontitis, pharyngitis, etc.
5, should not eat too much
How much fruit should be eaten every day? The international recommendation is 2 units of fruit (1 cup of fruit juice, 1 medium-sized fruit equivalent to 1 unit). According to the recommendations of the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents”, the total amount of fruit eaten per day is 100-200 grams. Variety selection should be diversified, and you can try to eat several kinds of fruits.