Pregnant women need to pay attention to supplementing nutrition in their diet, so many people think they should eat more meat. However, there are 5 types of meat that pregnant women should not eat!
【Meat that Pregnant Women Should Not Eat】
1. Frog meat
Frog meat has the effect of promoting dampness and generating heat when consumed in large amounts, which is not suitable for pregnant women.
2. Crab claws
Crab claws can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Consuming them can cause abortion. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating them.
3. Sparrow meat
According to traditional Chinese medicine, sparrow meat is very hot in nature and is not suitable for pregnant women who already have a deficiency of yin and excessive internal heat. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating sparrow meat and sparrow brains, which can easily cause fetal gas.
4. Donkey meat
Donkey meat has a mild nature and a sour and sweet taste. It has the functions of nourishing blood and invigorating qi. However, pregnant women should avoid eating donkey meat because consuming too much can easily lead to difficult childbirth.
5. Rabbit meat
Rabbit meat has a cold nature and can cool and invigorate the blood, but it can also damage the yang energy of the body. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid eating it. Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that "rabbit meat is sweet and cold, eating too much can damage the primordial yang, pregnant women should especially avoid it."
【Balanced Nutrition for Pregnant Women】
No matter how you supplement, you should ensure an adequate intake of carbohydrates, including grains such as rice and noodles, root vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams, as well as miscellaneous grains such as corn.
A diverse range of food varieties is beneficial for the health of pregnant women and their babies. For example, a pregnant woman weighing 60kg needs to consume about 250-300g of staple food (calculated by the weight of raw rice or noodles) every day.
However, some pregnant women replace staple foods with meat, eggs, fish, and shrimp, or fruits in order to supplement nutrition or to avoid gaining weight too quickly. This occupies too much limited space in the stomach and not only affects weight gain and the intake of B vitamins but also interferes with the development of the baby's nervous system.
