Does Eating Spicy Food Make Mother’s Milk Spicy?
October 12, 2006 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under advantages of breastfeeding, books, breast milk, breastfeeding basics, nutrition
With my kitchen torn apart for a redecorating project, I indulged in a lot of take-out food recently. That meant yummy Thai, Mexican and Chinese food. I enjoyed a tantalizing array of flavorful food, but when I bit into a particularly spicy chile relleno (stuffed pepper) the other night, it occurred to me to wonder whether the spicy foods I enjoyed made my breast milk spicy.
In fact, spices in a mother’s food do flavor the breast milk. Does that mean that nursing mothers should avoid garlic and spicy foods in favor of a bland diet? Absolutely not! The varied flavors of …read more
