Doctor's sausage during breastfeeding

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Proper nutrition for a nursing mother is certainly important for the health of the child. In order for a child to grow healthy and strong, mother’s milk must be complete in nutritional composition, which means that the mother must eat properly. But not just “harmless products”, but complete in composition. Otherwise, the child will simply not receive enough vitamins, microelements and proteins. It is also true that some substances from food products pass into milk, giving it flavors (for example, onions, herbal teas, cabbage, sausage can change the taste of milk). However, there is no need to panic.

This is how a child gets acquainted with new food - by first “tasting” it with traces of taste in mother’s milk. If the mother is too careful during feeding, stops eating foods with bright flavors, and greatly narrows her diet, the child will not receive many nutrients. In the future, there will be problems with introducing complementary foods into the child’s diet (he will more actively refuse unfamiliar foods) and even food allergies to an “unfamiliar” product. It is quite obvious that later the child’s food whims will begin, refusals of meat, sausages, onions, carrots, tomatoes...

• Expiration dates and safety precautions
• How to choose the “right” sausage?

  Video - mother’s nutrition and baby’s tummy

• Is monosodium glutamate, which is added to boiled sausage, harmful?

Sausage: tasty, healthy... necessary?

Sausage is truly a very healthy product. Let’s make a reservation right away – it is sausage, and not “sausage meat-containing product.” Boiled sausage is made from high-quality chopped meat, which means that it is quickly and completely digestible. For 100 grams of boiled sausage there are approximately 70 grams of meat (this is about 12 grams of protein).

Boiled sausage for a nursing mother is one of the best quick sources of protein, especially considering that it is already ready to eat. Cut the sausage into slices, make a quick sandwich, fry it in batter, mix it with hot pasta, heat it in the microwave – it’s a matter of minutes. And now a quick lunch is ready. This is very important if a young mother is left alone with her child. There’s no time for complex dishes or long periods of standing at the stove! Especially if you need to organize a quick accumulation of milk for the next feeding. At the same time, the caloric content of the diet is easily controlled.

Additives of ingredients to boiled sausages (and according to GOST, this category also includes sausages and sausages) can be different - milk, lard in pieces or chopped, spices, salt, blood, vegetable and chicken protein, hydrolyzate, starch, dyes, flavor enhancers, etc. .d. Therefore, it is very important to proofread the label!

For a nursing mother, the best composition is meat, egg, milk, bacon, spices, salt, and several safe additives. And nothing else! These sausages are produced according to GOST.

If the product contains “vegetable protein,” then it is harmful for nursing mothers, since soy protein interferes with the production of its own hormones. For an ordinary person, this is not very scary, but a nursing mother may lose milk. Protein hydrolyzate is gelatin and collagen proteins obtained from boiled bones and skin. They are entirely of animal origin, but are not suitable for feeding a nursing mother, since it is impossible to build muscle tissue from them. These are incomplete proteins. And a child needs complete proteins from muscle tissue to grow. Sausage with gelatin, especially if it contains starch, will cause your mother to gain weight. Such sausages are manufactured according to specifications.

Important: Boiled sausage, made according to GOST, only on the basis of a traditional recipe, is useful for feeding nursing mothers. Sausage with soy, hydrolysate, starch, and thickeners added is useless and even harmful.

Expiration dates and safety precautions

Boiled sausage is healthy only while it is fresh. The usual shelf life is 72 hours from the date of manufacture, when stored at the correct temperature. But for safety reasons, never buy sausage that was produced more than a day ago, and do not even store it in the refrigerator for more than a day. No one can guarantee that it was stored correctly. If the expiration date is longer, the product contains preservatives. And the more of them, the longer the shelf life (sometimes up to 2 months!)

If in doubt, it is better not to buy, and if the sausage has already been purchased, before eating, boil it or bake it in the oven or microwave. If the sausage was purchased not as a whole stick, but as a piece or slice, heat treatment is required!

Smoking products: process features

In general, there are two types of smoking process: hot and cold. The most common is the first option, since it does not require much time.

• When cold smoking, more nutrients are retained.
• With the hot method, a temperature range of 40-120°C is used to prepare the product; with the cold method, 20-25°C.

In modern production, for quick and easy smoking, they use the “liquid smoke” technology, the essence of which is the following: a special liquid is applied to the product, resulting in the smell, taste and color of smoked meat. Such food is inferior in taste to natural smoked products, but does not contain carcinogens at all.

What kind of sausage can you eat while breastfeeding your baby?

It’s worth mentioning right away that the sausage product approved for nursing is not one that can be eaten in excessive quantities, but only the least harmful of all types. Therefore, you still can’t eat even such sausages too often.

If you are breastfeeding and decide to treat yourself to a sandwich, then it is better to choose boiled sausage. A slice of doctor's or dairy, as well as children's, is good, but additionally, just in case, it can be subjected to heat treatment again - boil in boiling water or bake a sandwich in the oven.

• Naturally, it is always necessary to check the expiration date of a sausage product before purchasing, so as not to provoke intestinal upset - such food is not always completely safe for health and is produced in compliance with the required standards.
• When choosing sausage, a nursing mother should not save money - often budget types of sausage products are prepared from low-quality raw materials and using more flavor enhancers and flavorings. Therefore, it is better to buy just a couple of slices of an expensive product than half a kilo of a cheap one.
• The phrase “homemade sausage” often misleads young mothers. The fact is that this term is often used to describe products that are sold in markets directly from hand. But more often than not, such a product has nothing in common with truly homemade sausage, and therefore such a product can sometimes be even more dangerous to the health of a nursing woman than cervelat from a store.

If you really love sausages and find it difficult to give them up during breastfeeding, then it is better to master simple culinary recipes that will help you prepare tasty and natural products with your own hands. Fortunately, there are now a huge number of such instructions on the Internet, including detailed video recipes. Delicious homemade sausage tastes just as good as store-bought sausage, and you can eat it every day.

When choosing products in supermarkets, pay attention to those that have names:

• "Dairy",
• "Children's"
• “Baby”, etc.

Most often, such products do not contain many harmful ingredients, and therefore they are sometimes bought even for children (hence the names).

Smoked sausage: effects on the body of a nursing mother

Is it possible to smoked sausage while breastfeeding? This is a question that puzzles many young mothers during the lactation period. A strict diet in the first months after childbirth leads to the fact that many mothers begin to dream of tasty, but not entirely healthy food.

Smoked sausage during breastfeeding is the most dangerous type of sausage, this also applies to salami.

Manufacturers seeking to improve the taste of their products do not hesitate to add preservatives and other harmful substances. Most of all, you should be wary of them in smoked sausage, semi-finished products and sausages.

What sausage should a nursing mother not eat?

As with any diet, you can always indulge yourself a little and allow yourself to deviate a little from your usual diet. Sausage is a product that many people love, and therefore not every mother of a newborn baby can easily refuse it. At least for a long time.

In fact, sometimes you can eat sausages even during breastfeeding - this is not prohibited. Another thing is that not all such products will be beneficial for the health of a woman and her child.

If you are going to buy yourself the coveted stick of your favorite sausage, then it is better not to do this for now: any raw or smoked sausage, especially fatty one, is not recommended for a nursing mother.

This is especially true for cervelat, salami sausage and others, which even an ordinary person should not consume, let alone a young mother who is breastfeeding!

If you are sitting at the holiday table and are going to eat just one or two slices of a harmful treat, then nothing too bad will happen after that if your baby is already three months old. But if you do not know how to stop in time or the child is less than three months old, then it is better not to show such freedom in nutrition.

It is strictly forbidden for women during breastfeeding to indulge in smoked fatty sausages, which contain a lot of fat and lard - this will harm both the health of the mother and her baby, since such products subsequently cause severe intestinal colic to the baby. So first you will have to stop breastfeeding, and only after that you will have to buy the treasured Bavarian or hunting sausages.

If you don’t know whether you can eat the selected type of sausage or not, then there are simple criteria for not making a mistake:

• Sausages that are prohibited during breastfeeding are most often sold in “sticks” - they are characterized by a high degree of fat content and the presence of carcinogens, artificial colors and flavor enhancers;
• If you find large pieces of lard inside the slice, and the sausage itself leaves fatty juice, then you definitely shouldn’t eat it if you are feeding a newborn baby;
• Smoked sausages and sausages that have a dark shade (brown, dark red, burgundy, etc.) are a true taboo for all women who are breastfeeding. The fact is that usually this color of the product is obtained not so much due to long-term smoking (which, by the way, is also very harmful for the digestive system of the mother and her baby), but due to the abundance of food additives;
• If a child is allergic and does not tolerate new foods in the mother’s diet and reacts sharply to them, then it is better to completely abandon purchased sausage products during breastfeeding. However, it is not prohibited to prepare boiled sausage at home - for example, you can easily replace a store-bought stick of sausage with homemade diet sausage made from chicken.

Also, you should not consume such products if your baby often suffers from gas, indigestion, colic, or if he is not gaining weight well.

Those sausages that use a lot of spices in their recipes - garlic, pepper, salt, and so on - are also harmful to the health of any baby.

Of course, not every mother starts having problems after eating a piece of forbidden sausage - some ate it both during pregnancy and after, and the baby’s body reacted to it quite calmly. But it is important to understand that spicy and fatty smoked sausage poses another threat - excess weight for an already accomplished mother.

Therefore, you should not get carried away with such a harmful product if you are overweight after giving birth - sausage products are rich in fats and simple carbohydrates, which accelerates the process of forming extra centimeters.

Why is smoked sausage dangerous during lactation?

Smoked sausage during breastfeeding can negatively affect the body of a nursing woman and child.

The disadvantages of smoked sausage include:

• High risk of an allergic reaction due to the increased content of food additives and flavorings.
• The appearance of bloating and colic in the baby.
• Smoked sausage, if the product is abused, can cause dehydration, as a result of which the amount of milk in a nursing mother decreases and the lactation process is disrupted.
• The presence of carcinogens can cause poisoning.
• "Empty" composition. Smoked sausage does not contain any beneficial substances.

If a young mother decides to introduce smoked sausage into her diet, a number of rules should be followed to minimize the impact of this product on the baby’s body.

How to choose the “right” sausage?

There are rules to distinguish a good product from a poor one.

1. Be sure to read and inspect the label. It should be well designed and easy to read. Blurred, crooked inscriptions are a sign of a fake. You already know which composition to choose.
2. Check the production date.
3. It is better if the sausage is produced at a local enterprise, there is a better chance that it is fresh.
4. If possible, you need to look at the cut (perhaps you will only do this at home, then you will have to remember whether you can still buy one or not). The cut should be smooth, slightly velvety and moist, uniform in texture and color. If individual fibers, tendons and cartilage stick out, layering is visible - this is a low-quality product, it contains a lot of hydrolyzate. If the cut is too smooth and shiny, and covered with cut small bubbles (like a cut of cheese), there is too much gelatin in this sausage. Such slices are also very elastic and easily curl into beautiful “petals” and “pounds.” The characteristic slightly sweet taste is a sign of soy.

   

5. If possible, give preference to chopped ham rather than milk sausages - ham sausages obviously contain more real meat.
6. If the manufacturer indicated that the sausage contains “pork” and “mechanically separated chicken,” you can be sure that there is no more than 5% pork, everything else is chicken with bones and possibly even ground feathers. DO NOT buy such products.
7. Never buy sausage made according to specifications, even if all other indicators are perfect. TU is always less demanding on product quality than GOST.
8. “Special”, “prime”, “best” sausages are just imitations. “Molochnaya” is a brand, “Molochnaya Special” is a fake.
9. To find out whether there is starch in the sausage or not, drop a drop of iodine on a slice. Sausage with starch will turn blue. Starch is not terrible in itself (it’s just very high in calories, and there’s not enough meat in such sausage). Think of this sausage as meat with a side dish.
10. Check the calorie content of the sausage and its protein content. If the protein content is less than 10%, the product is not worth buying. You will get this amount of protein (and also incomplete) from 100 grams of bread, but without salt and chemical additives.
11. Beautiful packaging is not yet an indicator of quality; do not forget to watch programs that talk about the examination of product quality.

Video - mother’s nutrition and baby’s tummy

Is monosodium glutamate, which is added to boiled sausage, harmful?

Research by scientists has shown that monosodium glutamate does not change the composition of milk, and is completely harmless to the mother in amounts of less than 10 grams per day (that’s 2 heaped tablespoons of powder). To get this amount with sausage, you need to eat 20 kilograms... But it’s still better not to risk it. The less flavor enhancer in the sausage, and the more real meat, the better for mother and child. But it’s better to avoid sausages labeled MOM altogether.

How to eat smoked sausage during breastfeeding

As we have already found out, smoked and raw smoked sausage during breastfeeding are far from the healthiest foods. When using it, nursing mothers should follow the following rules:

• Smoked sausage can be introduced into the diet of a nursing mother only from the age of 5-6 months. After this, you should monitor the child’s health for two days. If there is no allergic reaction, you can gradually increase the amount of product consumed. If, however, the baby develops any symptoms (rash, itching, colic, etc.), you should give up smoked sausage for another couple of months, and then try introducing this product again.
• Avoid eating smoked sausage in its pure form. Add it to salads, soups, and make sandwiches.
• Try to choose smoked products processed using the cold smoking method.

From all of the above it follows that smoked sausage during breastfeeding is a product that should be treated with caution. However, by following all the recommendations given, you can occasionally treat yourself to this delicious delicacy.

Rules for eating sausages while breastfeeding

If you can’t completely eliminate sausage products from your diet, then you need to know a few rules for its consumption in order to minimize the risks for your baby.

We recommend reading: What kind of cheese can a nursing mother eat?

• You can try sausage for the first time no earlier than 3-4 months after the child’s birth.
• The first time you can eat a piece weighing no more than 30 g. If there are no negative reactions from the baby, then you can slightly increase the portion, but not exceed 70-100 g at a time.
• During breastfeeding you can only eat boiled sausage without fat. It is best to prefer low-fat ham, “Doctorskaya” or “Molochnaya”.
• You can't eat sausage every day. Such products are permissible in the diet of a nursing woman no more than once a week.
• It is best to eat a boiled piece of sausage. This minimizes the risk of poisoning if the product is not very fresh. In addition, cooking will reduce the amount of fat in the sausage.
• When buying sausages or sausages, you need to carefully look at the expiration dates. It must be remembered that high-quality products made from natural ingredients cannot be stored for long.
• You also need to pay attention to the price. A good sausage made from natural meat is quite expensive - from 550 rubles. per kilogram and above. But you still need to read the ingredients.
• You cannot buy sausages for future use. They spoil quickly and can cause serious poisoning.

Another type of sausage that a nursing mother should not eat is liver sausage. Offal contains a lot of fat, which is undesirable when breastfeeding. In addition, the composition contains many spices and harmful additives.

If possible, it is better to replace sausages with simple boiled meat. You can take turkey, rabbit, chicken breast, lean pork or beef. This option will be 100 times more useful.

You can also prepare salads, sandwiches with boiled meat, and eat it with any side dish.

Can a nursing mother eat this product?

Nutritionists recommend that a nursing mother eat boiled sausage if she has such a desire. It contains much less preservatives and heavy substances than smoked products, and it will be much easier for both mother and baby to absorb it.

Important! Choose boiled sausage made only according to GOST. This way there will be less chance of encountering an unexpected element in its composition and triggering an allergy in the baby.

Carefully study the label before purchasing, and also be sure to pay attention to expiration dates.

From what month?

It is recommended to try sausage products in small quantities no earlier than three months after the birth of the child, and to be absolutely sure that it will not harm the child - from six months. First, try a small piece, and then feed the baby and watch him.

If everything goes well and your little whims did not provoke an allergy, then the experiment can be considered successful. But don't get carried away! In large quantities, a new and unknown product can lead to colic or even poisoning in a child.

Benefit

There is only one unconditional benefit here - it is the satisfaction of mother’s desire to eat something tasty. Since current varieties of boiled, smoked and other types of sausages contain very little meat - approximately 30%, and the remaining components are either food additives or dyes, we cannot talk about actual benefits here. It will be healthier to eat a piece of boiled meat or fish.

Homemade sausage recipe

• Minced pork – 2.5 kg;
• Minced beef – 0.5 kg;
• Ice water – 0.3 l;
• Salt – 65 g;
• Ground allspice – 6 g;
• Sugar – 10 gr.

When breastfeeding, it is safe to use only homemade minced meat. If this is not possible, it is better to buy whole pieces and grind them through a meat grinder. In a blender, blend the beef with salt and half the volume of water. Then add pork, remaining water, sugar and pepper, beat the mixture thoroughly until smooth. The mixture is placed in a special polyamide shell and tied with a rope or jute twine.

The mass is placed in hot water at a temperature of 35-40 degrees above zero and left for 15 minutes. Then the sausage is cooked for about 40 minutes.

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Milk sausage during breastfeeding, studying the composition of the product

Pediatricians recommend introducing new products to the menu only when the baby is already 3-4 months old; before this period, it is advisable to adhere to a strict diet. Milk sausage (unlike smoked sausage) is not strictly prohibited, but with the condition that it is a fresh, high-quality product.

Before you buy and start trying sausage, which, judging by the name “Milk”, seems to be dietary, you must first carefully study its composition, usually indicated on the label.

Milk sausage, boiled meat product of the highest grade GOST 23670-79, manufactured in accordance with technological conditions and recipe.

Evenly mixed homogeneous thin minced meat, elastic and dense consistency, light pink color, in a natural tight-fitting shell, without damage.

Based on the composition, it can be determined that the main ingredients of milk sausage are natural meat, milk and eggs, which indicates its nutritional value, healthfulness and high protein digestibility.

Energy value (240-250 kcal), the presence of vitamins B1, B2, B3, PP, E and minerals necessary to improve the quality of life of the mother, as well as for the rapid growth and development of the child: calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, iodine, iron, phosphorus make it possible to include low-fat boiled milk sausage in a gradually expanding list of products for a nursing woman.

Next, you should pay attention to the production date and expiration date.

Sausage is considered fresh if no more than 24 hours have passed since it was made.

The manufacturing plant is also important. It is better to buy boiled sausage from reputable well-known brands. It will undoubtedly differ favorably from the rest in composition, appearance, taste and aroma. Finding high-quality low-fat milk sausage in food supermarkets is quite difficult.

To reduce the cost of their product, many today's production limits the amount of meat and adds by-products, cartilage, fatty layers, soy, palm oil, and sinew to the sausage mince. And a similar look and taste is achieved with the help of harmful chemical dyes, thickeners, flavors, preservatives and other food additives. You should not buy such sausage; it will definitely not bring benefits to the health of mother and baby.

Varieties of sausages