EFFECTIVENESS MUNG BEAN EXTRACT FOR INCREASE BREAST MILK

Abstract

Maternal nutrition is one of the factors in the process of breast milk production. One of the causes of breast milk is not smooth due to nutritional factors. The amount and quality of maternal food greatly affects the amount of breast milk produced. Breastfeeding mothers are higly recommended to obtain additional nutrition for milk production and mother’s energy. Increasing breast milk can be done by consuming foods that are high in protein such as mung beans. Mung beans contain active compounds, namely polyphenols and flavonoids that function to increase the hormone prolactin. When the hormone prolactin increases, milk secretion will be maximized so that the quantity of breast milk will increase. This study  is to analyze effectiveness mung bean extract for increase breast milk at Cibeureum Health Center, Cimahi City in 2021. This type of research uses a quasi experimental design with a one group pretest and posttest design research. The analysis of this study uses paired T test analysis. The sample in the study was 32 nursing mothers. The analysis showed that the mean volume of breast milk before being given mung beans extract was 44.22 ml, the average volume of breast milk after being given mung beans extract was 70.13 ml and the value was 0.000, which means mung beans are effective for increasing breast milk. The results of this study showed that there was an effect of mung beans extracting on the production of breast milk.