Breastfeeding mothers sometimes resort to various ways to increase lactation. One of the most common misconceptions of recent times is the popular myth that drinking beer contributes to an increase in breast milk. How true and reliable this information is - let's try to figure it out.
Beer while breastfeeding: pros and cons
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Hearing such “valuable” advice, the newly made mothers rejoice at the opportunity to “kill two birds with one stone” at the same time: treat yourself to the taste of beer forgotten during pregnancy and affect the flow of milk. This zealous desire was fueled by the observations of some scientists, who revealed the relationship between the consumption of beer drinks and increased lactation. These scientists believe that lactation increases due to the content of barley polysaccharide and yeast in this low-alcohol drink.
But medical professionals are in a hurry to debunk the myth of the benefits of beer for breastfeeding. And there are quite logical reasons for this:
- When drinking beer, breasts increase not from the influx of milk, but from the retention of salts and fluids in the tissues of the mammary glands. The amount of milk remains the same.
- Beer, like any other alcoholic beverage, freely enters the baby's body with breast milk. This is fraught not only with colic and bloating, but also serious poisoning of the child.
- Even a small amount of alcohol is completely eliminated from the body of a woman after 6-7 hours. With breastfeeding, this is a fairly long time.
- Beer does not contain any unique vitamins and minerals that are not found in other products that are more suitable for feeding a lactating woman.
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Taking into account the above arguments, mothers should think twice before skipping a glass of beer. In extreme cases, if the desire is so huge, you can afford to drink non-alcoholic beer (in small quantities).
If mothers care exclusively about increasing lactation, then other methods can be used for this purpose. Currently, there are a large number of special herbal decoctions, different varieties of tea, products that can increase milk flow in a short time.
I always called myself jokingly drinking a nursing mother, because I can’t refuse beer under any circumstances, of course, observing the dose. My body had a very quick reaction to beer for beer, regardless of the dose, it then flooded me for the next two days, until the stagnation. Now I understand that it was just water held up by salts.
I would not recommend drinking beer while feeding the baby. It is not always possible to drink it for an adult, but there is nothing to talk about babies. In children, the digestive system is just being formed, why can complementary foods be introduced only after a few months, and are you ready to give beer almost from birth?
In no case should you resort to such a method to increase the amount of milk! Special fees for increasing lactation are sold in pharmacies - it is better to brew and drink them. They helped me well.
Yes, I’m with you, according to beer, harm to a person, well, but it’s definitely
Only fools, forgive me, they will drink beer while feeding! Aw! Wake up! What kind of beer? And why not vodka right away or gerych ... How to justify your alcohol addiction, better think of a little man who unknowingly uses this poison. Madhouse !!!