Lactation Diet Chart
Lactation Diet Chart
Lactation Diet Chart
OR
8.30AM -9AM • RAGI IDLY OR MIX VEG IDLY / RAGI DOSA / RAGI ROTI / MULTI 4 NOS
GRAIN ROTI
1 CUP
WITH VEG SAMBHAR OR DAL
1 CUP
& CHUTNEY ( TOMATO, ONION , GARLIC ,)
OR
2 CUP
• VEGETABLE SEMIYA WITH PANEER OR DHAL CHUTNEY( 1 cup)
OR 2NOS
• BROWN BREAD PANEER VEG SANDWICH
1.5 CUP
OR
GUIDELINES:
1. Cereals: Choose a variety like whole wheat, wheat bread, multigrain bread, ragi, or any millets over
the week. (1 roti – 25gms /1 cup of rice – 200gms of cooked weight)
2. Pulses: Include a wide variety like lentils, dhals, green gram, horse gram, soy beans, black eyed beans
and dhals. ANY ONE protein source with 3 meals daily.
3. EGG : One DAILY .
4. Chicken/ fish – 80-100gms (twice –thrice a week ) . (Prefer skinless chicken )(Choose fish from
anchovies/salmon/sardine/rohu/catla/tilapia and avoid high mercury fishes like shark mackrel tuna
swordfish).
5. Fruits: Eat 2 whole fruits everyday. [total 200gms one citrus and non citurs] Choose any seasonal fruit.
6. Dry fruits and nuts: a small fistful daily [15-20grams] Walnuts daily 3, flax seeds 1-2 tsp or chia seeds
1-2 tsp (soak them for 4-5 hours)for Omega-3 needs. + any other unsalted nuts or dryfruits.(1-2)
7. Vegetables: Include 2 cups each with lunch and dinner. Green leafy vegetables: everyday. Gourd family
vegetables for better milk production
8. Milk and milk products: Choose skim or tonned milk for preparation .Curds daily one cup for good
probiotic effect .Include 500ml everyday milk and curd. 1 cup.
9. Oil: 3-4 tsp of oil every day . Change your cooking oil every month or use a combination from gingelly
oil, rice bran, groundnut ,soybean , mustard along with extra virgin oil . (Do not mix oils )
10. Jaggery /Honey : 2-3 tsp per day
11. Drink at least 3- 4 litres of water everyday
12. Raw salads: Include for at least one meal a day
13. Consume small frequent meals and no fasting.
AVOID/ LIMIT
• Coconut and Groundnut and cashewnut in excess
• Deep fried foods like bajji, vada, bondas, namkeen, khakra, sev
• Sweets, chocolate, ice cream, , payasam, halwa, burfi in excess
• Salty foods like pickle, papads, processed foods, salty snacks, MSG , salted nuts.
• Extra spicy food with excess of green chillies and red chilles.
• Maida based foods like cookies, white bread, naan, kulcha, parota, roomali roti
• Pastries, Doughnuts, Baked goods
• Fats like vanaspati (hydrogenated fat), re used oils
• Rich gravies like paneer butter masalas, butter chicken, malai kofta., kebabs.
• Limit eating out . Sodas, Canned Juices,
Galactagogues : Galactagogues are substances that aid the initiation and maintenance of milk supply at a
level which meets the needs of the baby. Some of the food are : Garlic , ginger , fennel , fenugreek , cumin
seeds , milk and milk products , shepu leaves , gourd family vegetables.