Olives

Olives are mainly known because they are used to decorate pizzas. Olives come from the sunny Mediterranean area such as Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal. There are lots of olive trees growing.

Vegetable or fruit?
Sometimes there's confusion about whether olives are a fruit or a vegetable. The Nutrition Center says an olive is a vegetable as it is equipped with a stone pit.

Olive trees up to 1000 years old
Olive trees can ber very old, sometimes up to 1000 years. The older the olive tree, the riper the fruit. Non ripe olives can be toxic. The tree itself does not need much water, they are fit to survive in hot and dry areas.

The fruit
It may take up to 5 years before an olive tree bears fruit (olives). In this round fruit there's one hard pit. The ripening of the fruits happened approximately from July to September. The olives they pick from the tree are not yet ready for consumption because they still are bitter and hard. After picking, they first need to soaked in to a solution of water, salt and vinegar. The olives must then be carved. Great olives or carved on 2 sides. Sometimes you can see at the top of the olive that there is a cross. Many factories sell olives without a pit and fill it up with: nuts, peppers and feta cheese (cheese from sheep or goats).

Green and black olives
Green olives are actually still olives that are just not mature enough. If they get a purple color than they are just ripe. Black olives are overripe. Many people may either green or black olive or neither of them. The flavor of the olives is additionally determined by the amount of sunshine that the fruit has been given. The darker the olive, the more and the stronger the flavor.

Olive oil
Manufactures create Olive oil. With this you can bake and fry meat in the pan.

Health
Olives contribute to a good health. Each olive contains: Vitamin B6, Sodium, Salt, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Selenium, Copper, Zinc and Carbohydrates. This is already a very big part of our daily vitamins that we need as human beings. Olives are sometimes used in medicines.

Healthy diet during breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the most nutritious you can give to your baby. All the necessary nutrients that the baby need is present in the milk. However, there are some issues that need to be observed so that the milk does not give too much colic. It is possible that when the baby has cramps this is the cause of the food we eat, for example eating a lot of onions or leek. To give your little baby breastfeeding on a comfortabel way you can wear a breastfeeding bra. And to prevent leakage of the breasts you can use nursing pads.

Breastfeeding tips and dieet

Vegetables that can give colic
All coal except cauliflower and broccoli, so you best avoid Brussels sprouts, red cabbage and white cabbage.
celeriac
leek
onions
paprika
peppers
Legumes such as peas and all kinds of beans

Fruit that can give colic
Most exotic fruits give colic
Kiwi

What you certainly need to avoid is spicy cuisine.

What can be eaten
Vegetables like carrots and broccoli, chicory and much more.
For fruit you can eat apples, pears and bananas.

Obviously, you do not need to leave everything, but keep in mind that if you eat one of the not recommended fruit or vegetables while you give breastfeeding you do it in small amounts. Finally, a crying baby is not pleasant for your baby and for you as mam.