Does eating corn after giving birth lose milk?

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Corn is a nutrient-rich food with an abundant source of vitamins and minerals, very good for health. Many women eat corn after giving birth to improve their health, beautify their skin, prevent constipation,... However, women need to pay attention to eating corn properly to ensure enough milk for their babies and avoid some health risks

1. Why should pregnant women eat corn after giving birth?

Is it good for pregnant women to eat corn? The answer is yes. According to research, corn is a food that contains many nutrients, proteins, minerals and vitamins (B1, C, E, ...) that are very good for health. Women who eat corn after giving birth get many benefits such as:
Effective weight loss support: Corn contains a lot of vitamin C, water and fiber, helping to release fat and excess body fat. Eating corn helps pregnant women feel full, limit snacking, and help control weight effectively; Provide nutrition and increase milk quality: With the question of whether eating corn will lose milk, the answer is no. In contrast, eating corn helps to add more protein, vitamins, calcium and iron to the body to improve the health of mothers after giving birth, and at the same time improve the quality of milk for the baby. According to Traditional Medicine, women who eat corn kernels cooked with rice wine will have abundant milk and firm breasts; Beautify skin, prevent aging: Corn has vitamin C and vitamin E ingredients, promotes cell division, increases skin elasticity; Protecting the heart: Women who eat corn after giving birth will add vitamin B to the body, reducing homocysteine ​​levels - a substance that can destroy capillaries, leading to myocardial infarction and stroke. Therefore, eating corn after giving birth helps to protect the mother's heart better; Digestive support: Corn contains a lot of fiber, which helps to improve constipation for pregnant women after giving birth. On the other hand, corn also has the ability to prevent cancer and is very good for the brain.

2. Other effects of corn

According to Oriental medicine, corn is sweet, average, tonic, useful for gas, good for health. Some other effects of corn include:
Treatment of goiter, malaria: Eating corn provides many vitamins for the body, helps regulate thyroid gland, enhances iodine absorption, prevents malaria; Support for cancer treatment: For patients with stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, you can crush 100g of corn kernels (not ground into a fine powder), simmer into porridge to eat, effectively reducing pain. For liver cancer patients, the decoction of corn silk should include 60g of corn silk + 60g of Jiaogulan, drink instead of tea daily; Prevention of cardiovascular disease: Cook corn silk with a large bowl of water, remove the beard residue, use the broth to cook soup with pig's heart. Eating for a while will see that the heart is less tired, the patient can breathe easier and sleep better; Treatment of hypertension: Patients can drink boiled water of corn silk, corn cobs, corn stalks or cob cobs; Cure painful urination, difficulty urinating, kidney stones, edema: Cook corn silk or corn cobs to drink;

Replenish kidney and yang, replenish energy, help eat well, sleep well: Popcorn water: Roast corn kernels with shell until golden, cook for drinking water instead of tea every day. You can use that water to cook with dove, pigeon meat, cockles, gou pin,...; Corn soup cooked with pork bones: Prepare 0.5kg of pork bones + 1 cob of corn, simmer and eat. It has the effect of curing physiological weakness; Hepatobiliary disease, jaundice or stones: Prepare 30g of corn silk + 30g of bare kernels, brake or decoction to drink water instead of tea daily to increase bile secretion. You can use corn stalks to replace corn silk, cook for drinking water; Stomach disease: Patients can eat corn porridge or drink corn silk juice. It helps to treat heartburn, bloating, stomach prolapse. However, this remedy is not used for people with stomach ulcers; Children with fever, fussiness or whooping cough, cough caused by measles: Use corn silk to cook for children to drink; Children with anorexia, diarrhea with raw feces: Cook young corn porridge with carrots or corn porridge with white beans, feed them to children.

3. Some notes to be careful about for pregnant women to eat corn after giving birth

Although corn has many benefits for women after giving birth, if it is not eaten properly, it can be dangerous to health. Specifically:
Postpartum women who eat too much corn may have a corn allergy. Breastfed babies may have colic, skin rashes or fussiness. Therefore, after eating corn, mothers need to observe whether the baby has any abnormal expression; Postpartum women should not eat too much corn for a long time because it can lead to indigestion. The reason is because corn contains cellulose - the human body cannot digest it all; Pregnant women who eat a lot of corn can upset the intestinal lining, affecting the digestive system. In addition, postpartum women who eat too much boiled corn can also cause chronic diseases because the ratio of Omega - 6 and Omega - 3 that corn provides is 25 : 1, which is harmful to the body; Corn is high in carbohydrates, which if eaten in large quantities can raise blood sugar levels. Therefore, women with diabetes should limit their intake of corn.

Therefore, you need to pay attention to some problems after eating corn:
Pregnant women should not eat too much corn. The serving size for a healthy adult is 1 cob/day, half a cup of corn smoothie (= 50g corn). You can diversify the way of processing corn such as corn milk, stir-fried corn with shrimp or corn tea,...; Should not eat raw corn to avoid the risk of abdominal pain, diarrhea; Should choose corn with grain, shiny, even, washed before processing; With young corn, it should be boiled instead of baked and should not be spread with baking fat to avoid the harmful effects of burning fat; Do not eat moldy corn to avoid the risk of cancer. To the question: Does eating corn lose milk, the answer is no. Corn has many effects for pregnant women and normal people. However, postpartum women should eat corn in appropriate amounts to avoid adverse health risks.

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