Body changes after childbirth makes many women to panic. Not infrequently they rush to perform weight-loss program. But be careful, the diet for post-natal mothers different with normal diets.

After delivery, your body undergo much change. Not only that, for you are breast-feeding, food intake must remain intact to provide quality milk.

But often the desire to beautify the body can not be stopped. Following postpartum diet tips from Dr. Caramel, Clinical Nutritionist from Primavita, Tebet:


1. The most appropriate moment to start a diet is six weeks after delivery. This time period is needed to give strength to body recovery after childbirth. At this time the mother's emotional state is also generally been more stable.

2. Eating healthy foods, eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and grains. Eat brown rice, wheat, cereals, because it is rich in fiber and carbohydrates.

3. Avoid junk food and snacks such as crackers, fried, chips and soda. These foods will only make your body without stretching, but did not have enough nutritional value. Just replace your snacks with a wide selection of fruit.

4. Eat according to calories the body needs about 1500-2000 calories for breastfeeding mothers. Reducing calorie intake makes you at risk of health problems such as anemia. Moreover, the condition of the mother who had just given birth to a lot of recovery to meet the shortage of post-partum blood.

5. Drink lots of water. Water intake may be useful to help clear toxins and can help increase your weight loss efforts.

6. Diet and exercise is a good combination if you want to lose weight. If you live in a house with a ladder, climbed down the stairs at least several times a day can help burn calories. Inviting your baby
the streets around the complex with the stroller also help accelerate fat burning.

7. Wearing a corset can also restore kekecangan stomach after giving birth. But do not wear a corset during sleep because it will make the skin does not breathe.

In essence, the diet after birth did not merely have to be done by reducing food intake. Simply by replacing

hoarders fat foods with other foods that are healthier. But also note the condition of your body, it could not hurt to consult a doctor nutrition diet program before you begin.