What dietary taboos should you pay attention to during pregnancy?

In fact, there are really no dozens or hundreds of fasting lists posted on the Internet during pregnancy. The core is to avoid a few types of foods that clearly have health risks. Most of the so-called "taboos" can be controlled in quantity, and there is no need to stick to taboos at all. A while ago, I went with my cousin who was just 6 weeks pregnant to have a prenatal check-up. She even had to check for a long time whether she could eat room-temperature yogurt, and she didn't even dare to touch hot pot milk tea. As a result, the deputy chief physician of the prenatal check-up laughed and said that if she continued to be so anxious, it would have a much greater impact on the child than eating hot pot occasionally.

The only thing that is not controversial and is recognized by the entire industry as a food that must not be touched is any food containing alcohol, whether it is liquor, beer, home-brewed rice wine, fermented glutinous rice, or even tiramisu or drunk crab and shrimp with alcohol added. There is no safe threshold for the impact of alcohol on the fetus. Even a little bit may cause developmental teratogenic risks. This is really not negotiable. There are also foods that are not fully cooked, such as sashimi, soft-boiled eggs, medium-rare steaks from Japanese restaurants, fresh milk that has not been pasteurized, freshly squeezed goat milk, cold dishes that have been left for more than 2 hours, and undercooked bean sprouts. It is easy to carry Listeria, and if a pregnant mother is infected, it can easily affect the fetus. I once met a sister who was 31 weeks pregnant in a group of pregnant mothers. She was infected by eating soft-boiled eggs that were not cooked thoroughly. In the end, the baby was born prematurely and had to live in an incubator for half a month. It was really painful.

The rest of what everyone is struggling with is mostly controversial content. There is no absolute right or wrong. It depends more on personal physical conditions and choices. Take coffee, for example. Some studies say that consuming no more than 200mg of caffeine per day (about the amount of a medium-sized American cup) will not affect the fetus. Many obstetricians in first-tier cities will also allow pregnant mothers to drink a cup occasionally. ； However, there are also more conservative doctors who recommend not touching it when the fetus is unstable in the first trimester. After all, everyone metabolizes caffeine at a different rate. Pregnant mothers who are prone to insomnia and panic do not need to join in the fun. As for what the elders said about eating crabs to cause miscarriage and eating hawthorns to cause miscarriage, they are even more exaggerated. There are currently no clinical studies proving that normal consumption will cause miscarriage, unless you eat three to five kilograms of crabs at a time as a meal, or eat them from a can of hawthorn every day. , it may be due to excessive cold stimulation or the contraction-promoting ingredients in hawthorn. When I was pregnant with my second child, I was greedy and ate two steamed hairy crabs. Nothing happened. As long as you don’t eat drunk crabs or dead crabs, you’ll be fine.

There are also "junk foods" that many pregnant mothers struggle with, such as milk tea, hot pot, ice cream, and spicy sticks. In fact, as long as you don't have gestational diabetes and have no gastrointestinal problems, it doesn't matter if you eat them once in a while to satisfy your cravings. When I was vomiting in the early stages of pregnancy, I relied on iced Coke to suppress morning sickness. I drank a small sip at a time. All prenatal checkups during the entire pregnancy were green. The doctor also said that as long as you don't feel uncomfortable after eating and control the frequency, it is better than not being able to eat anything and not keeping up with nutrition. After all, eating during pregnancy really doesn’t have to be like walking a tightrope. The core is clean, safe, and balanced. What’s more important than dietary taboos is actually your mood. If you’re always so entangled in one bite that you can’t sleep, it’s not good for your baby.