You can eat sweet potatoes in moderation in confinement. Sweet potato is also called sweet potato and sweet potato. Cooked sweet potato tastes soft and sweet, rich in vitamins and starch, and is easily absorbed by the human body. Because the rectum is compressed during pregnancy, the gastrointestinal function is weakened during puerperium, the intestinal peristalsis is slow, and the intestinal contents stay in the intestine for a long time, which is easy to cause constipation. Sweet potato is rich in nutrients and dietary fiber, which can effectively promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote digestion and defecation. Therefore, moderate consumption of sweet potato during the second month can relieve constipation symptoms before and after delivery. The benefits of eating sweet potatoes during confinement are as follows:

Balanced nutrition

Sweet potato has the functions of "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin", and contains a lot of vitamins, starch, cellulose, more than 65,438 trace elements and linoleic acid, which can effectively supplement the nutrition lost by lying-in women in the production process, and at the same time, it is beneficial to the dietary balance when eaten together with vegetables, fruits and foods rich in protein.

Control weight

Sweet potato is a good low-fat and low-calorie food. Its fat content is only 1/4 of that of the same quality rice, and its calories are only 1/3 of that of the same quality rice. A large amount of dietary fiber contained in sweet potato is not only difficult to be absorbed by intestine, but also can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve constipation, speed up excretion, effectively organize sugar absorption and convert it into fat, which is an ideal diet food with little exercise during the second month.