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Papaya & Snow Fungus Soup

10
MINS
🍽
1
SERVINGS
👩‍🍳
Easy
LEVEL
#confinement
#vegetarian
#lactation
#anti_swelling

The light, silky dessert from the 16 lactation soups — snow fungus stewed until gelatinous with sweet papaya; an un-cloying afternoon treat in confinement.

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Nutritional Highlights

🍊
114%
DAILY RDI
Vitamin C
96.8mg
🌿
16%
DAILY RDI
Folate
96µg
6%
DAILY RDI
Zinc
0.7mg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Papaya snow fungus soup is one of the rare light dessert-style lactation soups.

🔬 Modern Science

Snow fungus offers plant gums and fiber, papaya adds vitamins and flavor; light and hydrating to support lactation — direct galactagogue evidence is limited.

ℹ️Limited evidence
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Instructions

3 steps
1

Soak and tear snow fungus, stew 1 h until gelatinous.

💡小火久炖才出胶。
2

Add papaya, stew 15 min more.

3

Add a little rock sugar.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

Zinc
6%(0.7mg)
🦴Calcium
4%(43.7mg)
💪Protein
3%(2.4g)
Iron
4%(1.1mg)
Vitamin C
114%(96.8mg)
Folate
16%(96µg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] Bazzano AN, et al. (2016). Ochsner Journal, 16(4), 511-524.

Traditional galactagogue foods are widely used; supply mainly driven by demand, hydration and nutrition.

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