Pregnant women should eat with caution. In areas south of the Yangtze River, ham soup is often used as an appetizing food for pregnant women or after illness. Because ham has the function of accelerating wound healing, it is now used as an auxiliary food after surgery. However, pregnant women cannot eat ham sausage. Eating ham sausage may cause certain harm to the baby in the belly.

Ham is a kind of meat product that is very popular among consumers. It uses livestock and poultry meat as the main raw material, supplemented by fillers (starch, plant protein powder, etc.), and then adds condiments. (salt, sugar, wine, MSG, etc.), spices (onions, ginger, garlic, cardamom, amomum villosum, aniseed, pepper, etc.), quality improvers (carrageenan, etc.), color-protecting agents, water-retaining agents, preservatives, etc. The substance is made by pickling, chopping (or emulsifying), high-temperature cooking and other processing techniques. It is characterized by delicate meat, fresh and refreshing taste, easy to carry, simple to eat, and long shelf life.

For the sake of your baby's health, it is best for pregnant women not to eat ham. However, ham meat is warm in nature and sweet and salty in taste. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, promoting body fluids and blood, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence. Compared with ham sausage, the additive content is still less, so pregnant women can still eat it in small amounts with other ingredients. For example, you can make your own vegetarian ham, or you can cook fried shrimp with peach kernel ham. Shrimp has nutritional and strengthening effects. Pregnant women can nourish the kidneys and stomach by eating it, and it also has brain-boosting effects on the fetus.