String beans when breastfeeding: when to enter into complementary foods and how to cook?

The feeding period is one of the main and crucial stages in the life of the mother. She should eat well and get the necessary nutrients, because her task is to acquaint her baby not only with the outside world, but also with new tastes.

Initially, the baby absorbs all this with mother's milk, and only then the carefully prepared baby's organism is found with other products. Unfortunately, for the mother there is no absolutely neutral diet without allergens and other irritants, which would protect her child.

That is why mothers need to gradually expand their menu, constantly filling it with new fruits, vegetables and other goodies. It is important to monitor the perception of the child on the innovations in nutrition. For some reason, often in the list of vegetables that are allowed to eat when you are breastfeeding, there are no legumes. There is an opinion that their use can cause indigestion in newborns. However, it is not. Haricot bean is a very useful product that promotes the production of breast milk.

When mothers hear the word "beans", they associate this with a hard-to-digest food, difficult to digest in infants. The best thing to do is start with the asparagus beans. If you competently enter it into the caring mommy’s menu, you can significantly improve her health and ensure that there is a large amount of vitamins and minerals in breast milk.

It is believed that the origin of green beans is South America, but today this vegetable is growing all over the world. People have long used these beans not only for food, but also for creating natural cosmetics, such as vegetable masks or powder.

Bean seeds contain copper, sulfur, iron, zinc.

Eating legumes, as well as other previously unused products, is permissible:

• if the person follows the rules of introduction to the diet;
• if there is no allergic reaction in both mom and baby;
• if the product is thermally processed correctly.

The nutritional characteristics of asparagus beans are explained by its exceptional composition of substances: amino acids, carotene, fluorine, magnesium, iodine, manganese, iron, vitamins A, B, C, E, and others. Compared to white and red beans, this vegetable is less rich in proteins, although here they are much easier to digest by the body, but it wins in terms of vitamin-mineral content.

Due to this composition, a number of positive phenomena occur in the body.

1. The human body remains in good shape, improves the condition of the skin, nail and hair.
2. Magnesium improves the stable functioning of the cardiovascular system, eliminates anemia and seizures.
3. Iron prevents anemia. Enough one serving of beans to cover the daily rate of iron needed by the body.
4. The low fat composition does not hit the figure (about 30 calories calorie per 100 g) and does not harm the baby's digestion.
5. Cellulose helps the intestines to function positively and toxins out of the body.

Asparagus beans fit perfectly into the diabetic diet. The plant has a positive effect on body weight, because, despite the low calorie content, it leaves a persistent feeling of saturation. Vegetable perfectly restores the hormones of women, especially after childbirth. The plant has a diuretic and sedative effect, restores energy.

Plus asparagus beans is also in the fact that it does not accumulate toxins from the everyday environment, so it is indispensable for nursing mothers and pregnant women, and for babies at the beginning of life.

Due to the fact that the asparagus beans does not cause an allergic reaction, it can be eaten as early as the first week after the birth of the baby. It is better to try a new recipe in the morning, and then watch the child’s reaction during the day.

Signs of intestinal colic in an infant:

• vanity, loud crying, pushing the legs;
• tight, swollen tummy;
• Calm comes after the waste of gases.

In order to avoid a negative reaction to asparagus beans in infants, you need to enter it, following the exact rules.

1. It is necessary to start eating a new product 4 months after the birth of a child, because at this time the process of formation of its digestive system is completed.
2. It is recommended to start with green beans, you can later proceed to its other types.
3. For the first time lactation is necessary to strictly regulate the fact that food is processed thermally. Cooking beans is enough for 6-8 minutes after boiling water.
4. The initial portion is not more than 5 pods. If the child reacts to the vegetable neutral, then carefully the number of beans can be increased.

Shopping is one of the crucial stages, After all, you must be confident in the quality of the acquired beans.

1. First you need to carefully check its appearance. A good bean has a monochromatic light green tint, the bean is not loose, the juice appears on the cut.
2. Avoid faded or wet pods. This indicates poor-quality storage of beans. In this case, the vegetable quickly deteriorates, brown specks appear, and useful properties are lost.

Wanting to save time, many seek to replace fresh beans with canned. This is absolutely the wrong decision, since such beans have restrictions on use.

Canned beans are prohibited to use if:

• there is an ulcer, dysfunction of the digestive tract, gout, malfunction of the gallbladder and liver;
• the baby is too sensitive to legumes - in this case, the beans must be introduced into the food even more carefully than the fresh ones;
• experts do not allow them during breastfeeding, considering the place in which they harvested and harvested beans that do not meet the standards of healthy nutrition for the baby, and therefore its use is risky for the health of the mother and her baby.

The cost of the product is quite affordable. You can buy a package of frozen beans in almost every store. In the summer, of course, it is preferable to buy fresh vegetables. Huge selection provide markets, vegetable pavilions.

And yet, if your choice fell on canned beans, Here is a brief list of which bank is best to choose.

1. Beans are best suited in transparent jars. Let their price more, but you can inspect the contents.
2. Do not forget about the time of manufacture and shelf life. The presence of tomato paste in canned beans reduces the time.
3. If there is sediment at the bottom of the jar, this means that the quality of the goods is unsatisfactory.
4. It is forbidden to purchase beans in metal packaging if its bottom or lid is swollen. Their presence is evidence of the depravity of the goods.
5. Vegetable can stand in the refrigerator for no longer than 3 days after opening.

Good cooking during lactation is extremely important. String beans are subjected to all types of processing: boiled, stewed, baked, added to soups and salads.

But doctors do not advise to eat the plant fresh while breastfeeding, because without heat treatment it can cause intoxication. At the same time, while the mother feeds her child, it is better to refuse fried foods in order to avoid liver overload.

CouncilWith the use of raw beans should wait (not earlier than 4-5 months from the birth of a child). Such beans are richer in fiber than processed ones, therefore, the percentage of malaise in an infant is much higher. The baby will be able to digest heavier foods without negative consequences by half a year from the date of his birth.

Any pickles and marinades are unacceptable while nursing a baby. Haricot perfectly replaces meat to vegetarians. It is delicious, and its recipes are a great many.

There are some simple bean dishes.

You need: carrot - 1 piece, beets - 1 piece, cauliflower - half of the head, tomatoes - 2 or 3 pieces, onions - 1 or 2 pieces, asparagus beans - 300-350 grams.

Rinse the vegetables. Peel carrots and beets. Components, excluding tomatoes, should be cut into small squares about 2 cm in size, mix, place on a baking sheet and pour vegetable oil. Put the baking tray in the oven and bake at 140 degrees for 20 minutes. After that, the mixture must be put in a non-flat container, put chopped fresh tomatoes there and cook on low heat until absolutely ready.

Put salt as much as you like and sprinkle with chopped greens. It is contraindicated because it impairs the quality of breast milk.

You will need: asparagus beans - 400 grams, onion - 1 or 2 pieces, chicken breast - 200 grams.

1. Beans should be soaked in cool water for 5-6 hours or left overnight.
2. Cook the beans for one hour. At this time, boil the breast.
3. Onion cut into half rings and fry in vegetable or butter.
4. Cut boiled chicken breast.
5. Put boiled beans in layers in a pot, stir-fried onions and finally put the breast.
6. Cover the pot on top and place in an unheated oven. Bake the dish at 160 degrees for 35 minutes.

You will need: white beans - 300 grams, broth (meat or poultry) - 1 liter, potatoes - 2-3 pieces, onion - 1-2 pieces, carrots - 1 piece.

1. Soak beans in cool water and leave overnight.
2. Put potatoes, onions, beans and carrots in broth.
3. Boil until absolutely ready.
4. Remove each ingredient, grind in a blender to obtain a uniform state. Return the original mixture to the broth and boil for about 15 minutes. on low heat.
5. When serving, you can add chopped fresh herbs and put crackers to the soup.

You need: beans - 200 grams, carrots - 1 piece, parsley, dill.

1. Boil the beans and carrots, which are pre-cut into slices.
2. Add greens, apple cider vinegar and olive oil.
3. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Stir the contents and boldly cover the table.

This little masterpiece contains all the important substances needed for breastfeeding.

String beans - an unusually useful plant not only during feeding, but also in everyday nutrition. Its use will allow to sate a human body with all irreplaceable substances and elements.

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