Watermelon is rich in more than 94% water, and is also rich in vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D and glucose, which are all ingredients with high nutritional value.

And is rich in water, fructose, potassium salt, malic acid, amino acids, carotene and other nutrients, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, relieving vexation and diuresis;

It can be used for treating summer heat injury, head swelling, chest distress, thirst, dry throat, short and red urine, sore throat, sore mouth and tongue, hemoptysis, etc.

So pregnant women can eat watermelon.

Pregnant women should pay attention to eating watermelon.

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Pregnant women should not eat too much watermelon.

It is good for expectant mothers to eat watermelon, but it must be moderate, up to 200 grams a day. Because the endocrine of pregnant women has undergone physiological changes, the insulin in the body is relatively insufficient, and the stabilizing effect on blood sugar is reduced. If you eat too much watermelon and too much sugar, the sugar concentration in your blood will be high, and gestational diabetes will occur. Gestational diabetes mellitus is an important cause of miscarriage and premature delivery in pregnant women, so you must eat watermelon in moderation and not in excess.

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Pregnant women should not eat melons before and after meals.

A large amount of water in watermelon will dilute gastric juice and affect the digestion and absorption of food before and after meals, while eating watermelon in large quantities before meals will occupy the volume of the stomach and greatly reduce the intake of various nutrients during meals.

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Pregnant women should not eat "ice watermelon"

Eating iced watermelon in summer is good for relieving summer heat, but it is a serious injury to pregnant women. Watermelon contains carotene, sugar, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other substances, which are very beneficial to everyone, but after all, it is fresh watermelon that can have so much nutrition. If watermelons are frozen in the refrigerator, the nutrition will be destroyed, and the temperature contrast will also cause gastrointestinal system confusion. As a special group, pregnant women should especially avoid cold food in their daily diet. Some frozen fruits and drinks are the most harmful to pregnant women.