How should pregnant women eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?Rice dumplings.

1. Rice dumplings are delicious, so pregnant women shouldn't eat too much.

The benefits of eating rice dumplings: fromMillet,rice is rich in vitamin B and can tonify the spleen and stomach, replenish middle qi, making it a mild health tonic that has the effects of replenishing deficiency, nourishing blood,strengthening the spleen, warming the stomach, stopping sweating.It is suitable for symptoms such as nausea due to coldness in the stomach and spleen, reduced appetite, diarrhea, and weakness caused by qi deficiency, including abdominal distension during pregnancy.From this perspective, pregnant women can eat rice dumplings.The downsides of eating rice dumplings: most rice dumplings are made from glutinous rice, which is sticky and easily causes digestive problems such as stomach acid overproduction, diarrhea, bloating, and pain.

Rice dumplings are delicious,reddates,

mung beans, fresh meat,egg yolks... come in many varieties, making it impossible to avoid eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival.Misunderstanding: pregnant women are everyone's concern; they eat at home and even bring a big bag when visiting their mother-in-law.However, pregnant women should be careful. Rice dumplings can't be overeaten; there are several precautions to take while eating them.First, eat lessrice dumplings generally use glutinous rice as the main ingredient, which is sticky and difficult to digest.For pregnant women in their first trimester with weak stomachs, eating too many rice dumplings can cause digestive issues such as bloating and pain, affecting the intake of other nutrients.

Therefore, do not eat more than one per meal and avoid having it as a staple food every day.

Second, eat according to your conditionnowadays, rice dumplings are more exquisite with meat, mung beans, egg yolks... various fillings inside, leading to high fat, sugar content, and calories.Pregnant women who are overweight or have hypertension should avoid eating too much.

Even if you don't have these conditions, it's best not to eat them with added sugar.

Third, eat with other foodsRice dumplings can easily make people feel full. Try to eat less and pair them with fiber-rich vegetables or drink someadzuki beans

soup,

etc., to aid digestion.Do not eat rice dumplings together with cold food such aswatermelonas it can increase the burden on your stomach and cause discomfort.Fourth, change the way you eatActually, as long as the shape is still a rice dumpling, you can change the ingredients inside.

Since pregnant women are not suitable for eating glutinous rice and high-calorie foods, try using other nutritious grains such as adzuki beans,

sweet potatoes, etc. Rice dumplings can also be made into healthy foods.Tip:Rice dumplings are difficult to digest, so pregnant women should avoid eating them in the morning or before bed.

Even during regular meals, don't eat too much rice dumpling and make sure to eat vegetables as well.

Make sure to store leftover rice dumplings properly. Unfinished rice dumplings should be refrigerated and not kept for more than three days; reheat them when you want to eat but avoid multiple reheating sessions. Store in the freezer no longer than two weeks. Check if there are sticky threads on the unopened rice dumpling, indicating it might not be fresh.2. Preserved duck eggs are tasty, but eating too much can cause edema.

Preserved

duck eggs,

which taste delicious and refreshing, are actually a culprit for worsening hypertension symptoms and causing pregnant women to develop edema.Preserved duck eggs have high salt content; people with high blood pressure should not eat too many salty foods.During pregnancy, the level of estrogen in a woman's body increases as the pregnancy progresses. Estrogen has the effect of retaining water and sodium in the body.If pregnant women do not adjust their diet properly, they are likely to develop edema, especially with preserved duck eggs. Each egg contains more than 10 grams of salt, while an adult needs about 5-8 grams of salt per day.Thus, one preserved duck egg already exceeds the daily requirement for salt. Furthermore, in addition to eating preserved duck eggs, pregnant women also consume other salty foods, leading to excessive salt intake.Excessive salt consumption can cause thirst and lead to increased water intake. When excess water and salt accumulate beyond the kidney's excretion capacity, it results in severe edema in pregnant women.

Severe edema during pregnancy may lead to preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension), which affects placental blood flow and can cause fetal hypoxia, impacting the growth and development of the fetus.How is this more healthy eating?Pregnant women should also have a healthy "rice dumpling festival".Excessive salt intake can cause thirst, leading to excessive water consumption, with water and salt accumulating in the body beyond the kidneys' excretion capacity, resulting in severe edema in pregnant women.Severe edema in pregnant women may trigger preeclampsia, which then causes placental ischemia, leading to fetal hypoxia in the uterus, affecting fetal growth and development.

So, eating zongzi this way seems more healthy, doesn't it?Moms-to-be should also celebrate a healthy "Zongzi Festival".