Vegetables are the food that everyone should eat every day, because they contain a lot of nutrients that the human body needs, especially dietary fiber and vitamins. Pregnant women need to supplement adequate nutrition after pregnancy, so they should eat all kinds of vegetables, some of which are good for pregnant women. What vegetables should they eat at the beginning of pregnancy? What vegetable is the best for early pregnancy?

1. Amaranth

Amaranth contains plant aromatic volatile oil, sulfide, cellulose and other ingredients that are beneficial to human health, which can play a role in tonifying kidney and strengthening spleen, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. During pregnancy, women's uterus compresses the rectum, which is easy to cause constipation. Eating leek and other foods containing crude fiber has a good laxative effect.

2. Lettuce

Women need to supplement a lot of folic acid during pregnancy, so as not to affect the brain development of the fetus and avoid the occurrence of fetal malformation. Lettuce contains a lot of folic acid, and women often eat lettuce during pregnancy, which is helpful to help the normal formation of fetal spinal cord; Moreover, lettuce also contains a lot of zinc and iron, which is easily absorbed by human body, which is beneficial to the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, and can also stimulate appetite, stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis.

3. Lettuce

Lettuce contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, and is rich in water, dietary fiber and vitamin C. It also contains effective components such as mannitol, which has the functions of analgesia and hypnosis, lowering cholesterol, diuresis and promoting blood circulation. Eating more lettuce in the early pregnancy can effectively improve blood circulation, promote the digestion and absorption of fat and protein, and remove garbage and toxins from the body. However, it should be noted that pregnant women can't eat lettuce raw. Raw lettuce contains a lot of bacterial pesticides, which is easy to diarrhea and is not good for the fetus. Pregnant women must wash lettuce before cooking.

4. Potatoes

Potatoes are comprehensive in nutrition and easy to be digested and absorbed by human body. The crude fiber contained in potatoes can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate the metabolism of cholesterol in the intestine, effectively reduce cholesterol, moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, help to improve constipation symptoms during pregnancy, and also help the fetus to grow and protect health during pregnancy.

5, corn

Corn contains high dietary fiber, which can effectively stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate excretion, help relieve pregnancy constipation, and also have the effects of diuresis and blood pressure reduction, enhance metabolism and fine skin. Vitamin E in corn fat is beneficial to prevent cell oxidation and aging, which is beneficial to the development of fetal intelligence. Using corn silk to decoct water instead of tea can also prevent pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, hepatobiliary inflammation and indigestion.

6. What kinds of nutritional elements should be supplemented?

protein: When you are pregnant for one month, you should ensure that you take 6 to 8 grams of protein every day to ensure the normal development of fertilized eggs.

carbohydrates: when you are pregnant for one month, you should ensure that you consume more than 15 grams of carbohydrates every day to supplement the energy you need during pregnancy.

Folic acid and vitamins: Supplementing a large amount of folic acid during pregnancy can avoid fetal malformation, premature delivery and abortion in pregnant women; Vitamin supplementation can help pregnant women absorb more nutrients.

water and inorganic salts: supplementing water and inorganic salts (that is, various trace elements) plays an important role in the early formation and development of embryos.

7. What not to eat in the early stage of pregnancy

Pregnant women should avoid eating more irritating food: irritating food mainly refers to seasonings and vegetables such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, mustard and curry powder. This is because these spicy foods will enter the fetus with the maternal blood circulation, which will give bad stimulation to the fetal heart. It will make pregnant women dry mouth, sore eyes, upset and irritable, which is not conducive to the normal development of fetal heart.

Pregnant women should not eat artificial foods, such as snacks, canned food and instant noodles. Mainly because it consciously adds a variety of synthetic or natural pigments, flavors, preservatives and so on in production, processing and storage. Animal experiments have proved that it can cause bladder cancer, abnormal cell chromosomes and placental growth disorder.

pregnant women should not eat more fried dough sticks: when making fried dough sticks, a certain amount of alum is needed, and alum is an inorganic substance containing aluminum. When frying fried dough sticks, 15 grams of alum is used for every 5 grams of flour. That is to say, if pregnant women eat 2 fried dough sticks every day, it is equivalent to eating 3 grams of alum, so the amount of aluminum they consume is quite amazing. The aluminum contained in these alum invades the fetal brain through the placenta, increasing the incidence of dementia.

pregnant women should avoid eating salty food: during pregnancy, they should also control salty food. Because the changes of nerve and endocrine or arteriole spasm in the late pregnancy will cause sodium retention in the tissue, thus causing edema. If there is too much salt and alkali in the food, it can increase the burden on the kidneys and cause pregnancy-induced hypertension such as high blood pressure and edema, especially in the middle and late pregnancy, the food should be as light as possible, and a salt-free diet should be adopted if necessary.

Pregnant women should avoid eating cold drinks: Some women like to eat cold drinks because of internal heat after pregnancy, which is not good for their health. The gastrointestinal tract of pregnant women is very sensitive to the stimulation of cold and heat during pregnancy. Eating more cold drinks can make the gastrointestinal blood vessels suddenly contract, reduce the secretion of gastric juice and reduce the digestive function, thus causing loss of appetite, indigestion, diarrhea, and even stomach cramps and severe abdominal pain. The respiratory mucosa of pregnant women's nose, pharynx, trachea, etc. are often congested and have edema. If they eat a lot of cold drinks, the congested blood vessels will suddenly contract and the blood flow will decrease, which will lead to local resistance reduction.