In keeping with my mission to help people understand raw and living foods better, I’ve decided to start a weekly series here on Raw Food Switch.
This week with Mother’s Day just gone by, I chose to focus on raw foods for mothers. Moms can most definitely benefit from raw foods, whether they go all raw or not. I’m not a mom, so many of these benefits are those reported by friends and other raw vegans.
1. Increased Breast Milk
If you’re a new mother having a hard time providing breast milk for your child, you will be pleased to know that raw food can help. You don’t need to go all raw in order to get the benefits of raw food, and provide enough milk to your children.
Simply drinking 8-16 ounces of green leafy juices every day will help you produce more milk. Here’s a simple recipe that you can use and adapt:
- 5 Leaves of kale, swiss chard, romaine lettuce, bok choy, or other green leafy vegetable
- 2 Stalks celery
- 1 Apple
- Half a lemon
You could also add some carrots, cabbage, or more apples to change the taste!
2. Weight Loss After Giving Birth
Every woman wants to be able to get back to their slim selves after giving birth. Sometimes it’s a lot easier said than done.
If you’ve been eating a high percentage of raw foods before and during your pregnancy, you won’t have much to worry about.
On the other hand if you put on some weight that’s just not coming off, be gentle with yourself and take the transition to raw foods slowly. You don’t want to experience detox while you are breast-feeding.
Just know that incorporating more raw foods, green smoothies, and salads in your diet will get you where you want to be. Oh, and that little thing called exercise too, but you’re smart and you already knew that. ;)
3. Reduced Post-Partum Depression
Be sure to eat enough chia seeds, flax seeds, walnuts, and other nuts & seeds before, during, and after your pregnancy. These foods give you tons of healthful Omega-3 fatty acids, that prevent post-partum depression.
Plus if you continue to feed your brain with these healthy oily nuts and seeds, you will be able to better deal with stress.
Being a mom can be a stressful job, so give your brain the ability to “shut down” the stress response when it needs to with these Omega-3 foods!
More Raw Food Benefits…
This post is part of the Raw Food Benefits Series.
- Raw Food For College Students
- Raw Food For Weight Loss
- Raw Food For Weight Gain
- Raw Food For The Elderly
- Raw Food For Mothers
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This was a fantastic little post! Loved it :)
Cheers,
Kristen
Very informative post! Thanks for sharing it :)
Emma
Very informative post! Thanks for sharing it :)
Emma
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