Fresh litchi is the best fruit in this season, but for special people, for example, can pregnant women eat litchi? Can pregnant women eat litchi have an impact on the fetus? Besides fresh litchi, litchi can also be eaten. Rich in vitamin C and protein, pregnant women can eat litchi, which can help pregnant women enhance their immune function and disease resistance.
Can pregnant women eat lychees
Litchi is rich in nutrients. Litchi taste sweet, sour, warm, into the heart, spleen, liver, pregnant women can eat litchi? The answer is yes. Pregnant women can eat some lychees in moderation. But should not eat more, pregnant women eat litchi every time to 100-200g is appropriate, generally not more than 10.
Because of the high content of sugar in litchi, it may cause hyperglycemia if eaten in large quantities. If the concentration of blood sugar is too high, it may lead to the disorder of glucose metabolism, which may lead to the discharge of sugar from the kidney and the occurrence of glycosuria. Although high blood sugar can return to normal within 2 hours after eating a large amount of sugar, repeated consumption of lychee can continuously increase the blood sugar concentration, which will easily lead to fetal gigantism, dystocia, delayed delivery, postpartum hemorrhage and infection.
In addition, eating litchi to prevent 'allergy', eating litchi allergy will generally appear facial flush, sore throat and other symptoms, but also will appear toothache, chest tightness, stomachache, urination pain. What's more, the whole body is red and swollen, with small red pimples, which is extremely itchy. These symptoms are customarily called 'Litchi allergy'.
However, for normal people, litchi is not likely to cause disease. According to the epidemiological survey, people who eat 2kg of litchi every day for a week may suffer from Litchi disease, and most of them are children. Therefore, as long as pregnant women eat litchi not greedy, it should not be a big problem.
Benefits of litchi for pregnant women
1. Litchi meat is rich in vitamin C and protein. Pregnant women eating litchi can enhance their immune function and disease resistance;
2. The rich sugar in Litchi can supplement energy and increase nutrition. It has been proved that litchi has nourishing effect on brain tissue. Pregnant women eating litchi can significantly improve insomnia, forgetfulness, mental fatigue and other symptoms;
3. Litchi is rich in vitamins. Litchi can promote the blood circulation of microvessels, prevent freckles and make the skin smoother;
4. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, litchi pulp has the functions of Tonifying the spleen and liver, regulating qi and blood, warming the middle and relieving pain, and tonifying the heart and tranquilizing the mind.
Precautions for pregnant women to eat litchi
1. Pregnant women should not eat more than 200 grams of litchi per day.
2. Drinking salt water, herbal tea or mung bean soup properly before and after eating litchi can prevent 'false fire'. Or fresh litchi peeled and immersed in light salt water, put it into the freezer and eat it after ice, which can not only prevent 'false fire', but also have the effect of refreshing the spleen and eliminating stagnation. In addition, litchi shell fried water to drink, but also to solve litchi heat.
3. Don't eat litchi on an empty stomach. It's best to eat it half an hour after dinner.
4. Originally pregnant women had ulcerative colitis, hot constipation and acne, upper respiratory tract infection and pharyngitis, gum swelling and pain, or pregnant women with diabetes, eating litchi should be very careful, it is best not to eat.