Forbidden Foods for Nursing Mothers

Certain foods or drinks below should not be consumed by breastfeeding mothers. Why? Here's why.
- Isotonic drinks These drinks usually contain sodium, calcium, potassium and substances the body needs the other. But if consumed when the body is not doing heavy physical activity, then the ion content in these drinks does not give positive effect.

- Softdrink Sugar content is very high in the soft so that it can improve blood sugar levels in the body.
- Alcohol Alcohol, including types of unhealthy beverages that are not recommended for consumption, either pregnant or lactating mothers. Alcohol content is shown to provide negative effects for the body.
- MSG In some countries the consumption of MSG that are still tolerated is 0,3-1 grams / day. It said excessive consumption of MSG when already more than 30 mg / kg bw per day. The problem is not easy to calculate how much MSG is mixed in each meal or snack that enters the body.
MSG is a collection of symptoms suspected of causing a disease called Chinese Restaurant Syndrome (CRS). Symptoms include feeling numb in the back of the neck, arm and whole body feels weak and an increase in pulse rate. MSG is also associated with various disorders tercetusnya allergies such as asthma, itching, skin infections, arrhythmia, peripheral nerve disorders and indigestion.
- Food berpengawet / dye Hazardous substances commonly used in foods such as textile dyes such as Rhodamine B, which affect yellow methanyl cause liver dysfunction to cancer.
Artificial sweetener consumed excessively in the long term can cause bladder cancer. Harmful preservatives such as formaldehyde and borax are widely used in meatballs, noodles, tofu. Once chloramphenicol to preserve shrimp.