Useful properties and contraindications of kissel during breastfeeding

To maintain health, it is important to use only fresh and high-quality products.Pregnant and lactating women need it twice. All the benefits and nutritional value of food affects breast milk, which during the first months will be the only source of nutrition for the newborn. Therefore, let us consider whether it is possible to use jelly during breastfeeding, and how this affects the child.

Fresh berries and fruits should occupy an important place in the daily menu of women during feeding. Available vitamins and minerals help speed up and facilitate the recovery process of the female body after childbirth. In addition, ripe fruits ensure the correct growth and development of the baby.

An important role is played by drinks, without which it is impossible to imagine your day. Sometimes mommies refuse tea and coffee because of the caffeine content, pressure surges, and sometimes you just want to try something new, to diversify the diet. During the period of GW, it is necessary to introduce unfamiliar products in such a way that it has a positive effect on both the mother and the child.

As a tasty and so simple in the preparation of a dessert-drink can make well-known kissel. By the way, it is wrong to consider it a drink - in fact, it refers to independent dishes, desserts, or liquid foods.

Despite the variety of flavors - fruit, berry, oatmeal, milk, nutty - in the first month after birth, nursing mom is recommended to use only oatmeal in the recipe, and cook it in water. Oats, as it is known, has a long list of useful qualities, it contains valuable chemical elements. The use of this dish significantly improves the condition of the woman, which affects the taste and quality of milk. Consequently, the health of the crumbs is also normalized.

Doctors advise to try a liquid dessert of sweet fruits from about the second month.

Liquid, boiled in water from fresh fruits, the drink is completely safe for the child's body. The benefits of the vitamin and mineral groups will have a beneficial effect on growth and mental development, and will significantly strengthen the overall immunity.

It will be a salvation for skinny kids who hardly eat - a sweet drink is very calorie.

Pediatricians advise to include in the children's feeding from 6 months - by this time the baby will grow up and get stronger. The already familiar ingredients from the time of breastfeeding will help to avoid allergic reactions and stomach upsets. Do not try to feed the child with something unknown, with an unusual taste - a small body is not yet ready for this.

Before talking about the benefits of jelly, it is necessary to disassemble its composition. The traditional recipe consists of water, starch, sweetener and the main component (berries, nuts, fruits, oat flakes "Hercules").

In principle, absolutely any product can be taken as a basis, the question is whether it will be useful for the baby.

A nursing mother is allowed to consume several similar compounds.

• Oatmeal - “Hercules”, oats. This species is the most balanced and nutritious, especially in the period of GW. It has a cleansing property that helps to remove toxins and excess fluid from the body. In addition, the circulatory system improves due to the normalization of cholesterol levels in the blood; walls of vessels and heart become stronger; all protective processes of immunity function.
• From berry fruits. As everyone knows, they are valuable sources of essential antioxidants and a group of vitamins. This composition improves the health of the mother and baby.Depending on the selected berry benefits and taste of the drink vary.
• Cranberry is a natural antibiotic. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial action.

• Currant (white, red, black) contains natural healing substances. Vitamins A and C - an excellent prevention of viral, catarrhal diseases. Strengthening the blood system, heart, blood vessels, improve brain activity ensures the presence of antioxidants and minerals.
• Raspberries can have antipyretic, diaphoretic effects; moreover, the condition of the skin and hair is improved.
• Blueberries contains a large number of substances - pectins, antioxidants. A beneficial effect on vision and memory, prevents the development of cancer cells, and also inhibits the aging process.

• From fruit / dried fruit. Each fruit contains most of the individual, unique vitamin, which in others, for example, is much less. For example: apples contain a lot of iron - this prevents anemia and anemia; citrus fruits (orange, lemon, grapefruit) are rich in ascorbic acid, which plays an important role in the functioning of the immune system; bananas are endowed with iodine, necessary to maintain the endocrine system, the thyroid gland; Red, white, black grapes are filled with natural sugar - glucose, so that quickly and permanently saturates the body, improves mood.
• Starch is a pure carbohydrate, does not possess any value. Potato starch can harm the female and small body - cause constipation. This can be avoided by replacing the corn version. Its jelly-like consistency ensures the normal enveloping of the stomach walls without aggravating the situation.

On the shelves of the stores presented powder for homemade jelly with different flavors. Experts recommend to treat this product with caution. Contained chemical components, getting into the stomach, can start the process of intoxication.

Of course, the benefits in the purchase of "sweet" will be much less, but eating it during the feeding period, you should carefully approach its choice.

• To get started, look at the composition - only natural concentrated juice or fruit and berry extracts are allowed.
• Experts advise to refuse packaging, indicating the presence of starch, sugar, citric acid, flavors and dyes. A drink brewed in this way will be completely useless, and there is a risk of an allergic reaction.
• Avoid a dye called Crimson 4R - a dangerous ingredient that promotes the formation of cancer cells.
• Best of all, if the list includes corn starch - it is easy to digest and more optimal for the state of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Do not forget to pay attention to the appearance of the briquette - it should not have dents, scratches and other damage. Form - smooth.
• High-quality packaged kissel - bulk, without lumps.
• Be sure to look at the date of manufacture and shelf life - the powder is stored for about 6 months.

In order for such a dessert drink to bring a nursing mother exclusively benefit, as well as have a positive effect on lactation, it is necessary to carefully choose the sweet ingredients. It is important to use only hypoallergenic ingredients, since all hazardous substances for the baby will reach it through the mother’s breast milk. In addition, you protect yourself and your baby from digestive problems, colic and poor health.

As useful properties of jelly can be identified such:

• removal of toxins, slags, salts and excess fluid;
• cleansing the intestines from toxic substances;
• improves the performance of the pancreas, liver;
• the gastrointestinal tract is functioning;
• the enveloping effect relieves the condition in case of gastric diseases - gastritis, ulcer, dysbacteriosis;
• blood cholesterol levels stabilize;
• metabolic processes are regulated;
• protective functions of immunity are strengthened;

• colds, infectious diseases, sore throat are weakened;
• has anti-inflammatory effects;
• raises a tone, relieves from stress, irritability;
• improves the condition of the skin;
• hair and nails become stronger;
• strengthens the circulatory system.

Despite the fact that a delicious and fragrant kissel has many useful qualities, sometimes the inclusion of this product in the usual diet adversely affects the health of not only women, but also her baby.

Keep in mind that you need to prepare the drink from fresh ingredients of high quality. Excessive consumption and overeating can also be harmful to health.

Doctors have identified several contraindications and hazards that must be reviewed before using the product:

• increased carbohydrate content provides a set of extra pounds, which are likely to lead to obesity;
• women with diabetes should abandon the fruit, too sweet drink options - the best will be oatmeal;
• Potato starch in the composition is harmful for gastrointestinal problems and constipation;
• flavors and other flavorings can cause an allergic reaction.

If during breastfeeding you decide to try jelly, it is important to start with small portions - one teaspoon will be enough for a start. After that, for two days, you need to monitor the child's well-being - colic, bloating, rash speak of a child’s rejection of the added product.

In the case of a positive response, you can gradually increase the dose to a whole glass. Cooking kissel is allowed only on a water basis. Cow's milk can cause allergies in the newborn. In addition, animal protein increases the caloric content of the already sweet, saturated drinks.

During the week it is recommended to drink no more than two or three glasses.

Remember that in the first month it is allowed to use fruits and berries (necessarily hypoallergenic) for cooking, on the basis of oatmeal - after 3 months, with milk - after 7 months.

Before cooking, do not forget to sort out the fruits and berries, getting rid of rotten and substandard. Rinse the sweet fruit several times under cold water.

As for starch, give preference to corn - it is better absorbed by the female body during the period of GW. Try to make jelly liquid - this consistency has a positive effect on lactation. The most useful is considered a warm dessert.

Doctors advise to abandon the purchase of products in the form of powder, at least for the time of breastfeeding. The risk of food poisoning and allergies is very high, so you should not risk the health of the baby.

To saturate the body with valuable vitamins, as well as raising the water level per day, one cup is enough.

Such a dish familiar from childhood and still so tasty as jelly can be added to the daily menu for women during breastfeeding. Adequate amount of water and valuable ingredients will greatly benefit the mother and baby. To do this, it is important to select fresh, high-quality ingredients that do not cause allergies in infants.

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