Pregorexia or "mamirexia" was an obsession to stay thin during pregnancy, although it is not an exclusive obsession of pregnancy but can also occur in the postpartum period. I invent the term of "lactorexia" in the case of nursing mothers obsessed with losing weight, which can damage your own health and that of the baby on the way to get it.
When we talked about the advice to reduce exposure to contaminants in nursing mothers we left one of the points to stand out separately, because I was surprised and I think that in general it can be quite unknown. It's about the recommendation to the nursing mother not to lose weight in an exaggerated way.
This advice is justified because an excessive loss of maternal weight during breastfeeding would lead to greater mobilization of the toxic compounds accumulated in adipose tissue or fatty tissue into breast milk.
In this way, such contaminants would more easily pass to the breastfed baby, instead of being "dispersed" at less dangerous levels throughout the mother's fatty tissue.
This is so because many toxic chemical compounds are deposited in the body, especially in the adipose tissue, for decades, so that if suddenly that adipose tissue that contains the toxic ones disappears, the contaminants are relocated in the body and can pass to breast milk more easily.
The importance of a good diet
Anyway, that does not mean at all that the mother should not wear a balanced and healthy diet, something that will help both control weight (not increase it) and keep pollutants at bay.
But it is important to note that losing weight after childbirth is not a raceIt is not healthy to become obsessed, because the weight gained has a raison d'etre, even if it does not match what society seems to ask women. The extra kilos are the reserves for when the child is born, to replace the wear and tear of raising and feeding a child.
In this way, and to control the excess of toxins, it is necessary to take care of the consumption of fats (especially reduce animal fats, since many of the toxic chemical substances are found in high concentrations in animal fat, and especially avoid processed foods based on minced meat and leftovers).
We remember that in this sense it is recommended to eat a variety of foods that are not of animal origin (fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains), remove the skin and excess fat from meats and poultry and choose the varieties without fat or Low fat food from animals.
In short, crazy diets and the obsession to recover the line after pregnancy and childbirth can not only be harmful to the mother, which can be weakened and have nutritional deficiencies.
Losing too much weight during breastfeeding does not suit the baby either because more toxic pollutants could arrive, along with other nutritional deficiencies if the mother does not feed properly, increasing her caloric intake to meet the baby's needs, as specialists recommend.
Maintaining a balanced diet and exercising gradually will help you regain your previous weight, in addition to breastfeeding itself.
