It is said that ‘breast milk is the first immunization for babies.’ Breast milk has a lot of substances to enhance immunity that babies can’t get from milk. Breast milk has a lot of good things.

But moms have some burden and obligation. And also, mom and child get constipation easily in this season. This time, we will introduce 7 foodstuffs for mom and newborns to effect constipation.

7 foodstuffs for mom and newborns to improvement constipation

Foodstuff 1 Green and yellow vegetables

Carrot, pumpkin, spinach, especially green vegetables can blood current smoothly and help breast milk smoothly. Breast milk is made of mom’s blood, so it is affected by meal. It is basic that quality of blood and increase meal.

It is preventive for breast inflammation to have balanced Japanese food. Especially moms need protein, calcium, and iron nutrients. You should take those nutrients more after childbirth. Green and yellow vegetables have a lot of irons and alimentary fibers, so it is effective for constipation.

Foodstuffs 2 Root vegetables

Burdock, lotus, and Japanese radish have effects that warm body and digestible, so these vegetables are effective for constipation. During lactation, moms are always hungry and eat a lot.

But if you have a lot of root vegetables, it is a long-lasting feeling of satiety and preventive constipation so it is also preventive adiposity. Root vegetables are good for Japanese food menu, so you should use it for stew stuffs or one-pot dishes to take warm meal.

Foodstuffs 3 Natto, Tofu

Protein is a constituent of breast milk. It is called ‘meat of croft’ that soy has a lot of proteins. In addition, Natto has a lot of ‘Vitamin K’ as Basella rubra and spinach. These nutrients are not so popular, but these are absolutely imperative for newborns.

If newborns failure these nutrients, they might develop ‘melena neonatorum.’ Also, these nutrients are not in breast milk, so babies who have breast milk develop this disease a lot.

This disease is for newborns who growing of bacteria in intestines is immaturity and bleeding from the alimentary canal as bowel. Several days after birth, hospitals give ‘Vitamin K syrup’ for babies to prevent melena neonaterum. After discharge from a hospital, moms should take Vitamin K from vegetables and give it for babies as breast milk.

Foodstuffs 4 Brown rice

Brown rice has a lot of alimentary fibers than white rice. It is good for constipation, but if you feel a sense of discomfort, you can mix brown rice and white rice to eat. Brown rice 1 and white rice 2 and a little bit extra water to boil them for delicious rice.

Or you can get rice cake of brown rice, so you can choose the best style to eat brown rice.

Foodstuffs 5 Seafood

‘DHA’ is one of unsaturated fatty acid of fishes and it is good for activation of brain of babies. But here is one more thing that helpful for babies’ brain development, it is ‘taurine’ which is one of amino acid. This is also absolutely imperative nutrient for newborns to develop their brain exponentially, but newborns can’t combination it in their body.

So they need to get it from breast milk a lot. Taurine is good for development brain, neurocyte of brain agitation as same as DHA, and keep calm of heart. In addition, it is preventive decrease eyesight, fatigue recovery, and fat combustion.

Taurine is also good for mom’s body, not only for babies. Taurine is in squid, octopus, crab, scallop, shrimp, and Japanese littleneck.

Foodstuffs 6 Seaweed species

In Korea, moms eat ‘brown seaweed soup’ which is made of chicken bones, brown seaweed and green onion every meal in afterbirth care center. In China, moms eat ‘Samgyetang’ as a habit. And in Japan, moms eat soup of sea red bream. Brown seaweed or laver as seaweed species belch wastes out and effective for constipation.

Especially, alimentary fiber as slime constituent decreases high blood pressure or blood current smoothly. Also, it has fucoidan and lodine that is effective cancer cell, mineral for maintain body, and vitamin for body in brown seaweed. You should take it in a positive manner.

Foodstuffs 7 Dairy products

Dairy products have some allergy, but it has a lot of calcium so good for constipation. It is no problem that you don’t eat too much. Yogurt is preventive for cold and pollen allergy, you can have it one in a day. Milk might be caused of blaps, so drink 1 or 2 cups of milk in a day.

If you want to eat something what you want, you can eat them no nervosity.

Stress is really bad for mom’s body. You are ok if you don’t eat too spicy or too sweet food. You absolutely can’t drink alcohols and have cigarettes. And also, it’s easy to get thirsty during lactation but you should drink hot herb teas with relaxing effects than coffee or cider. Babies need moms.

Please eat delicious food and then, be happy to spend healthful life with babies.

Summary

7 foodstuffs for mom and newborns to improvement constipation

Foodstuff 1 Green and yellow vegetables
Foodstuffs 2 Root vegetables
Foodstuffs 3 Natto, Tofu
Foodstuffs 4 Brown rice
Foodstuffs 5 Seafood
Foodstuffs 6 Seaweed species
Foodstuffs 7 Dairy products