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How Dates During Breastfeeding Can Help Improve Your Breastmilk Supply

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How Dates During Breastfeeding Can Help Improve Your Breastmilk Supply

Dates are not just good for the taste buds, but they also help boost your breastmilk supply. Here's how!

If you’re a breastfeeding mum and are having difficulties because of your low milk supply, you know the struggle to find accessible, delicious, and effective food to increase your breastmilk supply is real. But did you know that adding dates during breastfeeding may significantly improve your breastmilk supply? 

Dates During Breastfeeding: Dates fruit benefits 

Dates are delicious when eaten on their own—their chewy texture, combined with a distinct sweetness, make dates a delight to eat. But they are not just good for the taste buds, dates fruit benefits are not to be ignored, too. This includes boosting your breastmilk supply.

It’s a natural source of energy 

The body needs carbohydrates for energy, and producing breastmilk takes up even more energy than usual. According to a study found that your body needs an extra 500 calories to have the energy it needs to produce sufficient breastmilk. A cup of dates would roughly give you the necessary calories to keep up with breastfeeding. 

It contains a lot of nutrients 

One serving of dates during breastfeeding can improve potassium, magnesium, copper, manganese, iron, and Vitamin B6 in your body—all of these vitamins are necessary for you to function properly on a daily basis. And when you have all of these nutrients in your body, your breastmilk will have them, too! Furthermore, these nutrients will also be passed on to your baby when you breastfeed them.

dates fruit benefits

It has antioxidants found in polyphenols

Free radicals can cause your body to show signs of ageing. They have even been linked to diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Antioxidants protect us from free radicals, and micronutrients such as polyphenols contain them. Dried dates have been proven to have the highest polyphenols content compared to other dried fruits. This means that dates can be a good source of antioxidants to help fight free radicals.

It’s good for your metabolism

Dates have a great amount of fibre, which means it makes your metabolism work better by aiding in constipation. When your metabolism acts fast, you quickly get rid of the waste in your body. 

It may help you produce more breastmilk 

Eating dates have been touted to help your body produce more prolactin. Prolactin is a hormone that tells women’s bodies to produce more milk. Prolactin is typically increased by taking breastfeeding supplements such as fenugreek, eating grains such as quinoa or oats, or even pumping milk after you feed. Dates are thought to activate the production of prolactin.

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Upping your date intake has become easier and more delicious with simply taking a glass of Magnolia Fresh Milk with Kurma with every meal. Lactating mums should be drinking two to three servings of Magnolia Fresh Milk with Kurma a day, in order to get its maximum benefits. Fresh Milk wth Kurma has only two ingredients—100% full cream milk and real dates. It has no additives and no sugar added, nourishing you in a deliciously healthy way! 

How Dates During Breastfeeding Can Help Improve Your Breastmilk Supply

Magnolia Fresh Milk with Kurma is brought to you by Magnolia, the oldest and trusted Singapore brand for nutritious dairy products. Find Magnolia Fresh Milk with Kurma in all leading supermarkets nationwide. For more nutrition information on Magnolia Fresh Milk with Kurma, visit www.magnolia.com.sg/products/fresh-milk/kurma-milk.

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