Would you try the zuo yuezi postpartum diet?
L.A. Times
2013/01/14 16:00:00
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Five months into her pregnancy, Jessica Su was already thinking about what she would eat after her baby was born. Whatever she chose, she planned to observe the Chinese custom of zuo yuezi, or "sitting the month," after giving birth.
According to believers, the monthlong regimen helps women recover from childbirth, produce more breast milk and recalibrate their bodies. In addition to the special diet, new mothers are supposed to rest in bed and avoid contact with water — that is, no shampooing or showering for 30 days.
Skeptics say the health claims are not scientifically sound and that the high-fat, high-protein foods can be harmful to mother and child. Still, the practice is widespread among Southern California's Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants. Families call on companies like Huang's Jing Mommy as a way to follow tradition while sparing themselves from the kitchen.
According to believers, the monthlong regimen helps women recover from childbirth, produce more breast milk and recalibrate their bodies. In addition to the special diet, new mothers are supposed to rest in bed and avoid contact with water — that is, no shampooing or showering for 30 days.
Skeptics say the health claims are not scientifically sound and that the high-fat, high-protein foods can be harmful to mother and child. Still, the practice is widespread among Southern California's Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants. Families call on companies like Huang's Jing Mommy as a way to follow tradition while sparing themselves from the kitchen.
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Top Opinion
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~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2013/01/14 21:00:44
http://www.squidoo.com/zuoyuezi
To each their own...that is definitely not my own.
Uh no, they don't, unless they're refined and simple carbs, like white rice, white flour, and white sugar.
"So high carb content in the diet is what leads to obesity."
Wrong again. Excess calories leads to obesity.
"Protein is much more efficient and you can eat less."
High protein diets have been proven time and time again to be extremely harmful to internal organs, which is why doctors are so against quack diets like Atkins.