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12/23/2014
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Learn which foods and drinks can pass into breast milk and affect the baby's health
In principle, the breastfeeding woman need not restrict any food and must maintain a natural, healthy diet. But we know that as well as medicines, drugs and toxins can pass to the baby through the milk, so do the components of maternal nutrition. Each child is unique, and there is always the chance that your child has some sensitivity to the components of a food. Below see some foods that can affect breast milk:
Chocolate: Most mothers can eat chocolate without exaggeration, but should always be alert to possible negative effects on infant behavior. Chocolate contains theobromine, a substance that can cause irritability and diarrhea in the baby if large amounts are consumed by the mother.
Coffee, tea and soft drinks: Coffee, tea, mate and colas in excessive amounts can cause irritability and poor sleep patterns. But if your baby is another that does not sleep amended by the mother coffee consumption, there are other good reasons not to overdo the caffeine intake. In the first months of life, the exhaust is great and every minute of sleep is valuable. If the mother uses coffee to stay awake, it may be that she miss the opportunity to rest while the baby sleeps in the afternoon. Furthermore, caffeine has diuretic and during lactation adequate hydration is essential for good milk production.
Drinking: While the harmful effects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy are well established, the consequences alcohol during the breastfeeding period remains understudied. But some data have been identified as: we know that half of women in Western countries consume alcohol during the breastfeeding period; consumption of alcohol may reduce milk production; ethanol in breast milk passes at the same concentration in the mother's blood and compared to adults, infants have the ability to metabolize half, ie to remove the ethanol body. As there are no special recommendations for nursing mothers, it is good to avoid any type of alcoholic beverage during this phase of utmost importance to the health of the baby.
Milk and milk products: Baby can present both lactose intolerance as allergies to cow's milk and its derivatives. The mother when consuming dairy products through the milk proteins that can cause allergies in the baby because your digestive system can not digest proteins and your immune system means that this protein is an aggressor to the baby's body. Intolerance to lactose, a cow's milk carbohydrate, the baby does not have or produce little lactase, an enzyme digests lactose which is also passed in breast milk. In breastfed baby, both intolerance and allergy to cow's milk can cause similar symptoms such as blood in the stool, diarrhea, cramps, rashes and intense crying. In allergy, skin and respiratory system may also be affected and the degree of allergy can range from immediate and serious to a more chronic and mild form of allergy.
Oilseeds: Some children develop allergies or hypersensitivities the oil consumed by the mother. The group is made up of oil walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, peanuts, pistachios and others. It is very common in Brazil, but in the US, for example, peanuts are a major cause of food allergy.
other foods
The first months of a child's life are accelerated development and tissue formation and still do not know all the factors that interfere positively and negatively on children's health. Studies with food additives during breastfeeding are scarce. But it is known that artificial coloring tartrazine (FD & C yellow # 5), sulfites and monosodium glutamate are causing allergic reactions. Tartrazine can be found in processed products such as juices, jellies and candy as monosodium glutamate may be present in the salt products such as industrial seasonings. Have sulphites are used as preservatives in foods such as dried fruit, wine and processed juices.
If the baby has no signs or symptoms, is not recommended deleting a feed food. The withdrawal of a without professional guidance diet food group can cause imbalance in the nutritional quality of milk. Moreover, it can enhance the appearance of food allergies. Many mothers believe that by excluding from the diet potentially allergenic foods such as cow's milk, wheat, peanuts, soy, egg and corn, prevent the onset of food allergies in the baby. Studies show that the effect may be opposite and in some cases the child predisposed to allergies in the future. Mothers who consume potentially allergenic foods antibodies to transfer your child through breast milk, making them more resistant to food allergies.
If you think that some food can ail the well being of your baby, you can remove the suspect food and watch the baby's reaction. And as soon as possible, look for a skilled professional, doctor or nutritionist to identify the real causes of the problem. Recalling that, colic, runny nose, restlessness and sleep disordered are not unique symptoms of hipersensiblidade the components of maternal diet and can have other causes unrelated to food.
Source: My Life
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