What Is the Best Protein Powder for Women After Delivery​?

Are you looking for the best protein powder for women after delivery​? Discover how to safely supplement your postpartum protein intake.

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Protein Powder for Women After Delivery​

Is Protein Powder Good for After Delivery?

In the months following childbirth, daily activities include breastfeeding and caring for your newborn.

It follows that eating a balance of healthy, nutrient-rich foods is important as nutrients are transferred from mother to infant through breast milk.

For many new mothers, however, the desire to lose baby weight can take precedence over eating foods that support milk production.

A low carb diet is usually the go-to weight loss strategy, but it is not recommended, not only for milk production, but also for recovery and hormone regulation.

Modestly reducing calorie intake, on the other hand, can be a great way to jumpstart your weight loss efforts without compromising your or your baby’s health.

And increasing the percentage of your calories that come from protein can help with this because:

• Protein is the most satiating macronutrient, meaning it can curb cravings and overeating.
• Eating protein increases thermogenesis, or your energy expenditure. 
• If do strength training, eating protein can help you build muscle, and people with more muscle have faster metabolisms.

In short, a high protein diet can help you lose baby weight at a safe rate.

And if you struggle to get enough protein from foods like eggs and meat, adding a protein powder to your diet can be a great idea.

How Much Protein Do I Need After Delivery?

Breastfeeding moms need extra nutrients to support postpartum recovery and milk production. 

According to the American Pregnancy Association, most moms should consume about 71 grams of protein per day while breastfeeding.

This is a about 30% more protein than what they would normally need.

Again, if you are struggling to eat all this extra protein, then adding protein powder to smoothies, oatmeal, and other recipes can help you bridge the gap.

That said, not all protein powders are created equal.

What Is the Best Protein Powder for Women After Delivery​?

Many protein powders contain ingredients known to cause painful side effects for moms and possibly long-term health problems for infants.

Among these potentially harmful ingredients are food additives and protein concentrates and isolates. 

Avoid Food Additives

Regularly eating emulsifiers like lecithin, thickeners like carrageenan, artificial sweeteners like sucralose can not only upset your stomach, but also alter the composition of your gut microbiome.

Over time, this can lead to gut dysbiosis, which is associated with poor infant gut health.

Poor infant gut health, in turn, is linked to increased risk of metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.

Here is a list of the most common food additives in protein supplements:

• acacia fiber
• acacia gum
• acesulfame potassium
• artificial flavors
• ascorbic acid
• aspartame
• calcium carbonate
• carrageenan
• cellulose gum
• dextrin
• dicalcium phosphate
• dipotassium phosphate
• erythritol
• gellan gum
• guar gum
• gum arabic
• inulin
• locust bean gum
• maltitol
• maltodextrin
• mono- and diglycerides
• ‘natural’ flavors
• rice bran extract
• rice dextrin
• rice hulls
• rosemary extract
• silica
• silicon dioxide
• sodium alginate
• soluble corn fiber
• sorbitol
• soy lecithin
• sucralose
• sunflower lecithin
• tocopherols
• tricalcium phosphate
• xanthan gum
• xylitol
• zinc oxide

Basically, if you could not find an ingredient in nature or make it at home, it is probably a food additive.

Avoid Protein Concentrates and Isolates

You should also try to avoid protein concentrates and isolates.

Most protein supplements are made from protein concentrates and isolates, which have been mechanically and/or chemically stripped of everything but the protein.

This includes the enzymes, fiber, and other natural digestive aids that help your gut break them down.

You therefore do not digest them in the same way that you do whole foods, which can affect everything from satiety to gut health.

In fact, studies show that regularly eating protein concentrates and isolates can disrupt your gut microbiome and cause the formation of toxic byproducts in your gut.

Sticking to whole food protein sources when buying protein supplements​ is therefore never a bad idea.

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Drink Wholesome Is the Best Protein Powder for Women After Delivery​

Finding a protein powder free from food additives and protein concentrates and isolates is hard.

In fact, 99% of protein supplements contain one or more of these problematic ingredients, which is why we created Drink Wholesome.

We make the best protein powder for after delivery​ because we use a short list of simple ingredients.

Our Ingredients

egg whites

coconut

vanilla

monk fruit

NOT Our Ingredients

• acacia gum

• acesulfame potassium

• artificial flavors

• carrageenan

• erythritol

• guar gum

• inulin

• maltodextrin

• 'natural' flavors

• silica

• soy lecithin

• sucralose

• xanthan gum

• xylitol

Note that instead of using protein concentrates or isolates, we use whole food protein sources like egg whites and almonds, which are easier to digest and absorb.

It follows that our customers experience fewer digestive issues with our Protein Powder than with any other type of protein supplement.

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