Choose appropriate meals to ensure your energy during confinement period
Confinement is a period of time that many expectant mothers usually experience. During this period, mothers need to pay attention to their diet and nutritional intake so that their bodies can recover quickly. The following is a confinement diet menu suitable for postpartum delivery.
1. Breakfast suggestions:
1. Hot milk.
2. Red bean porridge/millet porridge/white fungus syrup.
3. Rice porridge + lean meat + egg soup + fish fillet (or tofu).
2. Lunch suggestions:
1. Steamed egg custard + green vegetables + green beans and shredded pork + millet porridge.
2. Green vegetable buns + green vegetables + meat patties (or fish + meat wontons).
3. Meat noodle soup (or chicken noodle soup) + vegetable salad + lean meat sausage.
3. Afternoon tea suggestions:
1. Banana + milk.
2. Soy milk + glutinous rice buns/bean paste buns/pork floss buns.
3. Fruit plate (peaches, apples, strawberries).
4. Dinner suggestions:
1. Sweet potato + pork ribs + vegetable soup + glutinous rice.
2. Scallion pancake + millet porridge + rice + fried melon and vegetables
3. Fruit + green pepper and potato shreds + tomato stewed eggs + shark fin stewed beef brisket (less sea cucumbers and cooked duck eggs).
Appropriate eating time, confinement health maintenance without closing time
The time of eating is also very important. Eating dinner before going to bed will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and affect sleep; eating when you are too hungry will cause a sharp increase in appetite and you may overeat. The following are recommended eating times during confinement.
1. Breakfast: between 7:00-8:00
2. Chinese food: between 11:00-12:00.
3. Afternoon tea: between 14:30-15:30.
4. Dinner: between 17:30-18:30.
5. Evening snack: between 19:30-20:30 (small amount).
Don’t forget to drink soup during confinement, it will have double the effect of health care
Drinking soup is one of the best choices during confinement. It can not only replenish water, but also provide nutrients to the body and accelerate the body\’s metabolism. Below are soup recipes suitable for postpartum period.
1. Abalone soup.
2. Wolfberry beef soup.
3. Black-bone chicken soup.
4. Pig heart soup.
5. Vegetarian fried asparagus soup.
Pay attention to the dietary taboos during the confinement period, and eat both delicacies and taboos
Dietary taboos during confinement are a relatively important part of Chinese culture. It should be noted that if you do not eat according to the taboos, you may be in trouble.It will cause various discomforts in the mother\’s body and the health effect will be greatly reduced.
1. Raw, cold and fried foods: Cold foods are easy to damage the gastrointestinal tract and are difficult to digest and absorb.
2. Spicy: The maternal resistance is reduced and it is difficult to digest and absorb.
3. High-fat food: It is not conducive to wound healing and increases the risk of silk embolism.
4. Too salty and sweet: it can easily cause thirst and affect the appetite and appetite of the mother.
5. Carotene-rich vegetables and fruits such as carrots are not conducive to breast smoothness.
Summary
The body\’s recovery period is important, but confinement is only temporary. Reasonable diet planning and recipe arrangement can not only greatly improve the mother\’s physical condition, but also allow mothers to cook delicious food for their families. Strengthen the emotional connection with your children and make the whole family\’s life happier.
