Non-pregnant normal people eat amaranth has some nutritional health effects, but during pregnancy consumption of amaranth can stimulate the uterine smooth muscle to cause contraction, especially in the early and late stages of pregnancy is prone to cause miscarriage or preterm labor.

Additionally, amaranth belongs to the cold food, pregnant women eat sensitive body easily caused by diarrhea, easy to lead to the fetus transient hypoxia, the fetus and pregnant women's health is not good.