What can you eat during confinement: scientific diet helps postpartum recovery
Postpartum confinement is a critical period for women's physical recovery. Dietary choices directly affect the mother's health and milk secretion. Recently, the discussion on postpartum diet has been very popular across the Internet, especially topics such as "scientific confinement" and "confinement meal recipes" have been frequently searched. This article combines popular discussions in the past 10 days to sort out dietary guidelines during the confinement period to help new mothers make a reasonable nutritional balance.
1. Core principles of diet during the confinement period
1. Staged conditioning: 1-7 days after delivery mainly to eliminate lochia, 7-14 days to gradually replenish nutrition, and 15 days to strengthen nourishment.
2. Eat small meals often: 5-6 meals a day to reduce gastrointestinal burden
3. Balanced nutrition: Protein, vitamins, and minerals need to be fully supplemented
2. List of recommended foods (categorized by efficacy)
| Category | Recommended food | Efficacy description |
|---|---|---|
| Blood supplement | Pork liver, red dates, red peanuts | Relieve postpartum anemia and promote hematopoiesis |
| lactation | Crucian carp, Tongcao, black sesame seeds | Promote milk secretion and improve milk quality |
| Nourishing | Silky chicken, sea cucumber, bird's nest | Repair damaged tissue and enhance physical fitness |
| dietary fiber | Pumpkin, sweet potato, oatmeal | Prevent constipation and regulate intestinal tract |
3. The top 3 confinement recipes are hotly discussed on the Internet
| Recipe name | main ingredients | cooking method | heat index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil pork liver soup | Pork liver, black sesame oil, ginger | stew | ★★★★★ |
| Tongcao crucian carp soup | Crucian carp, Tongcao, tofu | stew | ★★★★☆ |
| Red dates, wolfberry and millet porridge | Millet, red dates, wolfberry | simmer | ★★★☆☆ |
4. Analysis of Controversial Foods
Recently, the following foods have been highly controversial on social platforms:
1.brown sugar: It is traditionally believed to replenish blood, but experts recommend controlling the amount (≤30g per day)
2.Ginseng: Recommended by some Chinese medicine practitioners, but may cause bleeding risk
3.Cold fruits: Such as watermelon and pears, it is recommended to eat them in small amounts 2 weeks after delivery
5. Comparison of regional differences
| area | Special postpartum food | scientific basis |
|---|---|---|
| Guangdong | Pork trotters, ginger vinegar, rice wine chicken | Vinegar softens blood vessels, rice wine dispels cold |
| Taiwan | Sesame oil kidney, Sishen soup | Replenish kidney qi, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness |
| north | Millet porridge, brown sugar eggs | Easy to digest, quick to replenish energy |
6. Suggestions from professional organizations
1. The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends daily intake:
- Protein 80-100g
- Calcium 1200mg
- Iron 25mg
2. The World Health Organization emphasizes the need to supplement vitamin D (400IU/day)
3. Avoid foods high in oil and salt, and limit the daily salt intake to less than 5g.
7. Netizens’ experience sharing
Xiaohongshu’s popular notes show:
- 82% of mothers believe that "staged supplementation" is the most effective
- Internet celebrity confinement meal "Five Red Soup" (red beans + red peanuts + red dates + wolfberry + brown sugar) has more than 100,000 collections
- Douyin's "Confinement Water" (astragalus + wolfberry + red dates boiled water) has been viewed more than 200 million times
Conclusion:Confinement diet needs to vary from person to person. It is recommended to consult a professional doctor based on your physical constitution. Under the recent hot search topic # scientific confinement, experts generally emphasize that "nutrition balance is more important than blind supplementation". I hope this article can provide practical reference for new mothers. (The full text is about 850 words in total)
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