Can pregnant women eat bitter melon?

　　Can pregnant women eat bitter melon?

　　1 Bitter melon is cold in nature, and pregnant women with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too much.

　　2 Bitter melon contains quinine, which can stimulate Uterus It can cause contractions and cause miscarriage, so many people think that pregnant women should avoid eating bitter melon.

　　Precautions for pregnant women to eat bitter melon

　　Quinine is a drug made by extracting active ingredients from plants. It does have side effects of stimulating uterine contraction and causing miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant women can eat bitter melon appropriately, but they must not eat too much. Mothers with gastrointestinal deficiency should try not to eat bitter melon to avoid causing diarrhea . As a trace element in bitter melon, quinine content is very small and its effect is very small. The gastrointestinal motility of pregnant women is slow. Bitter vegetables such as bitter melon and kale can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but can also stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice and promote gastrointestinal motility. They are good for improving digestion and absorption of pregnant women and increasing appetite.

　　Extended reading-nutritional value of bitter melon

　　1. Bitter melon has the effects of clearing heat and relieving heat, nourishing blood and qi, nourishing the kidneys and spleen, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. It has certain effects on treating dysentery, sores, heat stroke, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis and other diseases.

　　2. Bitter melon has a high vitamin C content, which can prevent scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's stress ability, and protect the heart.

　　3. The active ingredients in bitter melon can inhibit the canceration of normal cells and promote the recovery of mutated cells, and have certain anti-cancer effects.

　　4. Momordica charantin in bitter melon is known as the "fat killer" and can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharides.

　　5. Bitter melon contains bitter melon saponins (also known as saponins), which have medicinal and health-care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, anti-tumor, preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, antioxidant, antibacterial, and improving human immunity.