It is good for pregnant women to eat bitter gourd properly. Pregnant women have slow gastrointestinal peristalsis. Bitter vegetables such as bitter gourd can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, which is good for improving the digestion and absorption of pregnant women and stimulating appetite.

Bitter gourd has a good effect of lowering blood sugar and blood fat. Eating some bitter gourd properly for pregnant women can effectively prevent pregnancy-induced hypertension and pregnancy-induced diabetes, which is good for the health of pregnant women and fetuses.

Bitter gourd has the function of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and has certain curative effect on treating fever, polydipsia, heatstroke, fever and excessive miliaria. During pregnancy, the body temperature rises and it is difficult for the body to dissipate heat. At this time, eating bitter gourd or making bitter gourd into juice can play a role in relieving summer heat.

Although eating bitter gourd has many benefits, pregnant women need to control their food intake so as not to eat too much bitter gourd and cause harm to their health. Because bitter gourd is cold, it may cause irritation to human stomach, so pregnant women with stomach deficiency should not eat bitter gourd too much to avoid diarrhea.

In addition, it should be noted that bitter gourd contains quinine, which can stimulate uterine contraction and cause abortion. So some people advocate that pregnant women should not eat bitter gourd. However, as a trace element in bitter gourd, its effect is minimal. Although the content of quinine in bitter gourd is very small, it is not serious for pregnant women to eat it in moderation. However, in order to be prudent, pregnant women should eat bitter gourd in moderation.