Postpartum

Brown Sugar Millet Porridge

Name: Brown Sugar Millet Porridge
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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#staple

#confinement

#blood_building

#vegetarian

A warming iron porridge — millet soothes the stomach, brown sugar warms; helps replenish blood once lochia clears.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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26%

DAILY RDI

Iron

7.1mg

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21%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

2.3mg

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16%

DAILY RDI

Folate

97µg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Brown sugar millet porridge is one of the most iconic warming confinement porridges.

🔬 Modern Science

Millet is gentle and digestible; brown sugar adds energy and trace iron and is 'blood-moving' — as users note, hold the brown sugar until lochia clears.

ℹ️Limited evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Simmer millet 25 min until soft and creamy.

Stir in brown sugar before turning off heat.

💡红糖活血，恶露未净时先不加。

Add a few goji or red dates if desired.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

💪Protein

15%(10.6g)

⚡Zinc

21%(2.3mg)

🍊Vitamin C

7%(5.8mg)

Calcium

10%(102.2mg)

Folate

16%(97µg)

Iron

26%(7.1mg)

* % 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，注意添加时机与总糖量。

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