What to eat after childbirth to lose weight and reduce swelling?
1, melon
Pumpkin, wax gourd, watermelon, these melons and melons. Pumpkin can restore renal function and promote metabolism, while wax gourd can quench thirst and diuresis, and can reduce edema of lower limbs. In addition, watermelon is diuretic in summer to prevent pregnancy edema. The latter two properties are cooler, while pumpkins lose weight and reduce swelling, so postpartum mothers may wish to eat more.
2. beans
Red beans and mung beans: Red beans are rich in potassium, which helps to excrete excess salt in the body, and the saponins contained in them have diuretic effect. In addition, it can stimulate the intestine, remove toxins and excess water in the body, and promote blood and water metabolism. Mung bean has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and eliminating edema, helping mother to regulate endocrine and protect liver, kidney and spleen. These two kinds of beans are good foods for removing edema.
3. Macroalgae
Kelp is also a miracle of diuresis and detumescence, which contains a lot of iodine, which is very effective in treating obesity caused by hypothyroidism and can help eliminate postpartum edema.
4, white radish
Radish is a good food. Eating radish at a certain time can help the body drive away the cold. For example, when you have a cold, winter is better. Radish can also help the body to eliminate edema, eliminate the accumulated heat in the body and help you lose weight.
5. Coix seed
Coix seed can help the body quickly eliminate edema, and through excretion, the body can help eliminate excess heat and excess water in the body and help eliminate edema.
What are the methods of postpartum weight loss and swelling reduction?
1, reduce the intake of salt or seasoning.
The water produced by various factors of pregnancy must be discharged slowly after the mother gives birth. Therefore, if the food eaten during confinement is too salty or contains condiments such as soy sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, etc., or eats pickled food and canned food, it will make the water in the body stay, it is not easy to discharge, and the weight will naturally not be reduced.
2. Use the abdominal belt and exercise in time.
Be sure to tie the abdominal belt after delivery, which can not only help the recovery of the body, but also prevent the sagging of the internal organs and the relaxation of the skin, and eliminate the stretch marks. However, in order to use the abdominal belt specially designed for pregnant women, it can be freely fastened along the body curve from bottom to top, so that the sagging abdomen can be completely lifted, supported and shaped. Generally speaking, abdominal muscle contraction, sit-ups and other exercises can start from postpartum 14 days. In short, postpartum exercise will be very effective as long as it is persistent.
Step 3 breastfeed yourself
In order to produce milk, mother's body will consume fat tissue stored during pregnancy bit by bit. It takes about 500 ~ 800 calories to produce milk every day. Many medical studies have proved that breastfeeding one's mother can recover faster and reduce the incidence of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
What are the recipes for postpartum weight loss and swelling reduction?
1, red mung bean slimming porridge
Practice: Wash red beans and mung beans, soak them in clear fire for 2 hours, and wash hawthorn and red dates for later use. Put clear water in the pot, add mung beans and cook until soft, add rice and red beans and cook until mung beans and red beans bloom, add hawthorn and jujube and cook until thick.
Efficacy: Red beans have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence, and are especially suitable for new mothers with postpartum edema.
2. Braised eggs with crucian carp
Practice: Scales, gills and viscera of crucian carp are removed, washed with clear water, and several oblique knife flowers are cut on both sides of the fish. Put the pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, add appropriate amount of crucian carp and refined salt, and cook for about 1 min, then put the soup into a bowl for later use. Knock the eggs into a bowl, add clean water and refined salt, stir well, steam in a cage until solidified, take them out, then add crucian carp, pour in the original soup of boiled fish, sprinkle with shredded ginger, pour in vegetable oil, put them in a steamer, and steam over high fire for 5- 10 minutes, then serve.
Efficacy: Carassius auratus has the effects of detumescence, dredging veins and promoting lactation.
3, red and green rain silk plate
Practice: Cook the vermicelli in the boiling water pot, take it out and let it cool, drain the water, cut it into 6 cm long sections, put it in a bowl and add a little salt to mix well. After washing spinach, blanch it with boiling water, take it out and drain it, cut it into sections, and mix well with a little salt. After washing and blanching tomatoes, peel and slice them. Just set the plate once.
Efficacy: Conducive to detumescence.
How long can you start to lose weight and reduce swelling after delivery?
Don't go on a diet to lose weight immediately after delivery. Start with diet planning. It is suggested that the first week after delivery should focus on diuresis and detumescence, the second week should focus on strengthening tendons and bones, the third week should focus on tonifying blood and qi, and the fourth week should focus on tonifying kidney and essence. About six weeks after delivery, you can consider a weight loss plan according to your physical condition and physique. Usually, six months after delivery is the best golden period for weight control.