Postpartum

Brown Sugar Egg Drink

Name: Brown Sugar Egg Drink
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

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#confinement

#blood_building

#protein

#iron

The simplest of the 16 lactation soups — egg swirled into brown-sugar water; warming and protein-rich, a handy blood-nourishing snack once lochia clears.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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11%

DAILY RDI

Protein

8.1g

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10%

DAILY RDI

DHA

19mg

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DAILY RDI

Iron

2.3mg

+ 5 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Brown sugar egg drink is the handiest warming blood-nourishing snack in confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Egg adds protein, brown sugar gives energy, trace iron and is 'blood-moving' — as users note, hold it until lochia clears.

ℹ️Limited evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Boil water with brown sugar.

Swirl in beaten egg.

Add a few goji; drink warm.

💡红糖活血，恶露未净前先不喝。

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

☀️Vitamin D

7%(1µg)

⚡Zinc

7%(0.8mg)

🌿Folate

6%(35.5µg)

Vitamin C

7%(5.8mg)

Calcium

6%(62.2mg)

DHA

10%(19mg)

Protein

11%(8.1g)

Iron

9%(2.3mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国哺乳期妇女膳食指南2022》.

哺乳期需充足能量与铁；红糖营养有限，注意时机与总糖量。

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