No oil retention during confinement! Drink black bean and eucommia chicken soup for health

As the saying goes, "If the baby is born successfully, chicken and wine will be delicious; if the baby is not born successfully, the mother will die." This shows the great health risks posed by childbirth to the mother. However, crisis is also an opportunity. Chinese medicine believes that this is also the best time to readjust the physical condition. Special attention should be paid to dietary supplements during the confinement period. However, nutritionists remind that modern mothers have a different nutritional basis from traditional mothers, and the content of supplements must also keep pace with the times and be adjusted flexibly to get just the right amount of supplements and avoid greasy fat.

If you want to eat healthily without worrying about obesity, new-age mothers should focus on the balanced intake of six major food groups during confinement.

Chen Guanzhen, a specialized postpartum nutritionist at Chiayi Catholic St. Martin's Hospital, said that modern people's nutritional intake is better than that of their grandmas and mothers. If new mothers use traditional thinking and only eat sesame oil chicken, fish soup, kidneys, pig hearts and other foods every day to nourish their bodies, but do not touch vegetables and fruits, they may find that they have become fatter after the confinement period, as if the baby is still in the womb.

The calorie demand during breastfeeding is high, but nutritional balance is important, so you don’t need to be fat

If you want to eat healthily without worrying about obesity, new-age mothers should follow the recommendations of the Chinese daily dietary guidelines, focus on a balanced intake of six major food groups, and adjust nutritional needs appropriately during pregnancy or lactation. For example, during the confinement period, because of breastfeeding, protein should be increased from the usual 4 to 7, and calorie intake should be 500 calories more than usual, so the recommended daily calorie intake is about 2000 to 2500 calories.

Postpartum women should eat more low-calorie dark green vegetables to supplement dietary fiber and prevent constipation.

There is a lot to learn about breastfeeding, and it’s not just a matter of calories! Nutritionist Chen Guanzhen said that when breastfeeding, mothers should also be careful to avoid foods that can reduce milk production, such as ginseng, leeks, and raw malt. She is recommended to drink more soups or foods that can increase lactation, such as pig's trotter stewed with peanuts, pig's trotter soup, or pork rib soup, so that they do not have to worry too much about insufficient milk.

Do not neglect calcium, blood and fiber supplements during confinement

Other dietary principles for confinement include moderate supplementation of calcium and iron to make up for the nutrients lost during breastfeeding; consuming more dark green vegetables to prevent constipation, such as amaranth, spinach, red amaranth, royal vegetable, Sichuan pepper or sweet potato leaves, but avoid melons and fruits that are cool in nature; choose more blood-enriching fruits, such as grapes, cherries, red plums or apples; the recommended cooking method is to use natural ingredients and the flavor of the medicinal materials themselves, reduce the addition of additional seasonings, and avoid edema problems.

[Recipe Demonstration/Black Bean Eucommia Chicken Soup]

• Ingredients: 10g Eucommia ulmoides, 20g black beans, 1 pair of chicken legs (100g), 5 red dates, 500g water, 30c.c. cooking rice wine, 2 slices of ginger, and salt to taste.

• practice:

  1. Wash the red dates and Eucommia ulmoides; wash the black beans and fry or steam them.

  2. After blanching the chicken legs, remove them and set aside.

  3. After all the ingredients are boiled, put them into the rice cooker, add half a cup of water in the outer pot, and cook until the switch turns off before eating.

• Nutritional analysis: 213 calories, 24 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat, and 9 grams of carbohydrates.