Contents:
- Medical Video: Growing Healthy Babies - Stanford Children's Health
- Sugar can be transferred through breast milk and increases the risk of obesity in children
- Fructose sugar content in breast milk
- Tips for maintaining food intake during breastfeeding
Medical Video: Growing Healthy Babies - Stanford Children's Health
If the mother does not pay attention to her food intake during breastfeeding, it will affect the health of your child, for example the problem of obesity. Because breastfeeding is a process of transferring food substances consumed by the mother to be given to her children through breast milk. That is the reason, it is very important for mothers to pay attention to the intake of nutritious and healthy foods during breastfeeding.
One of the foods that are prone to excessive consumption is sugar. Usually, under normal conditions breastfeeding mothers are easier to feel hungry and tend to like sweets, this is what sometimes makes mothers forget to control their own blood sugar
Sugar can be transferred through breast milk and increases the risk of obesity in children
A study conducted by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California showed that the fructose sugar content in food can be transferred from mother to baby through breast milk. From the research, it is known that the fructose sugar content transferred by mother through breast milk can increase the risk of overweight or obese babies.
Fructose sugar is not a natural component of breast milk, this type of sugar can be found in fruits, processed foods and soda. This fructose content is referred to as "residual sugar" derived from mother's food.
Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine, said that if babies and children are allowed to consume large amounts of fructose sugar during the growth and development process, they are more at risk of experiencing problems with cognitive development and creating lifelong risks obese, diabetes, liver disease and heart disease.
Other studies have shown that the sugar content of fructose and artificial sweeteners in breast milk is very damaging and dangerous during periods of critical growth and development in the first year after a child is born. That is why, the content of fructose in breast milk is very risky to children's health.
Fructose sugar content in breast milk
The first year after the child is born is a critical period to build brain tissue and strengthen the foundation of its metabolic system. If the baby swallows milk with high fructose content, the metabolic system will train the pre-fat storage cells to become fat cells, and consequently it will increase the risk of a baby becoming overweight or obese one day.
From the research data, the researchers say that on average a 1-month-old baby will consume 10 milligrams (about one rice) of fructose from the mother's milk per day. One microgram of fructose per milliliter of breast milk - a thousand times lower than the amount of lactose found in breast milk, is associated with an increase in body weight and body fat by 5 to 10 percent in infants at six months of age.
Tips for maintaining food intake during breastfeeding
Based on the research described above, that is why it is very important for mothers to pay attention to food intake that can be done by applying a balanced nutrition diet so that it can produce healthy milk, not only for the little one but also for your body's health.
To maintain and control food intake during breastfeeding, you can make lifestyle changes by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Start controlling the portion of food, adequate rest, controlling stress, and so forth.
You can also avoid foods based on their interests, such as avoiding all processed food products that are high in artificial sweeteners such as sodas, fruit juices, added sugar, candy, cakes, canned fruit, dried fruit and so on. It's good that you eat food in its original form. That is why, eating fresh fruits and vegetables is highly recommended during lactation. Don't forget, you also need to balance sugar intake from protein or fat.
