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Plant-based diet during breast-feeding
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1. The types of plant-based diets and the safety of their use
Some of the most popular vegetarian diets include vegetarianism (also known as lacto-vegetarianism), which involves abstaining from eating meat and fish, allowing animal products (e.g. eggs, dairy, honey), and veganism, which excludes meat, fish, and all other products derived from animals. However, some people also abstain from eating dairy products, but in their diets they allow eating meat (dependent on dairy) or including eggs in the diet, but the diet (experts from the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) recommend that the use of vegetarian and vegetarian ingredients at the same time is necessary.2. Energy and macromolecules
It is assumed that the total energy consumption during this period increases by about 500 kcal during the first 6 months of lactation and gradually decreases over the next few months. Additional energy can be provided by increasing the amount of food already consumed or by introducing an additional snack. Consumption of a small amount of energy can also reduce the level of nutrition in the context of dietary acidity, thus adversely affecting the production of omega-3 fatty acids from the source of coconut oil or from the body of the ovaries.3. The micro-components
Breastfeeding should therefore increase the demand for vitamins C, E and B during breast feeding, but if the diet includes products commonly found in the vegetable apple diet (which includes whole grains of cereal grains but contains vegetable grains, cereals, or wheat grains in practice, Warsaw 2023). Breast-feeding needs to increase the need for vitamin C and E and group B. However, if the food intake includes products that are commonly present in the cereal-grain diet (including whole grain cereals but contains grain-grains, wheatgrains and wheatgrass grains), it should increase the supply of these nutrients to the growing crop in practice.4. It's a fluid
During breastfeeding, the demand for fluids increases from 2000 ml to 2700 ml. This includes both beverages (water, juices, vapors) and water taken with food (in the form of soup, contained in fruits, vegetables, etc.).5. Coffee
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) currently considers it safe to consume 200 mg of caffeine per day, which is equivalent to about 2 cups of coffee or 6 glasses of tea.6. Supplementation
The use of a plant-based diet is associated with the need to implement supplements to maintain a good nutritional status for a woman and to support proper food production. The table shows the doses of ingredients to be supplemented. Please note that some women may need to use additional supplements or other doses, so you should consult a doctor. Source: Kibil I., Wege.7. What to avoid when breastfeeding
During breastfeeding, elimination diets are not required if the mother's health does not require them. There is also no need to stop breast-feeding if the baby develops baby bumps. This is a disorder of the baby's digestive tract that goes away on its own and its causes are not well understood. However, the mother does not affect their occurrence in the diet.8. Effect of the plant-based diet on milk composition
Research published so far has shown that female milk contains similar amounts of macro- and micro-contributes in the traditional and plant-based diet (N. Ureta-Velasco et al. 2023; M. Perrin et al., 2022). Some differences have been observed in vitamin B12 and DHA concentrations, which are often lower in vegetarian and vegetarian milk, confirming the need for additional supplementation. It is also emphasized the importance of adequate energy supply.
