1. Can pregnant women eat pumpkin vines?
Pumpkin vine is not only a vegetable, but also a traditional Chinese medicine.
Pumpkin vine, as a vegetable, is eaten by pinching the tender stems of pumpkins with leaves. As an ordinary vegetable, pregnant women can eat it.
Pumpkin vine, as a traditional Chinese medicine, is made from the old stem of pumpkin, which is dried and used as medicine. Strong medicinal properties and cold nature are not suitable for pregnant women. If you need to take pumpkin vine for indication treatment, you must use it under the guidance of a doctor.
2. The benefits of pregnant women eating pumpkin vines
(1) Supplementary nutrition
Pumpkin vine contains crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, carbohydrates, potassium, sodium, iron, magnesium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B, carotene and other nutrients. Pregnant women can supplement the trace elements and vitamins needed by the body.
(2) relieve constipation
Pumpkin vine is rich in dietary fiber and has strong water retention ability. After absorbing water, the volume of intestinal contents is increased, which makes the stool loose and soft, and it will be smoother and more labor-saving when passing through the intestine. Moreover, dietary fiber can also be used as a foreign body in the intestine, which can stimulate the contraction and peristalsis of the intestine, accelerate the excretion of feces and relieve constipation. Pregnant women with constipation may wish to eat pumpkin vines for a while to relieve constipation.
(3) Relieve the constitution of dryness and heat
Pumpkin vines are cool and enter the liver, stomach and lungs, which has the effect of clearing heat and purging fire. However, pregnant women are often hot and dry in the third trimester, and some pregnant women even wake up in the middle of the night. Eating pumpkin vines is very helpful to relieve the dryness and heat.
3. How many pumpkin vines do pregnant women eat?
According to the tips in the Dietary Guide for China Residents, the average person's daily intake of vegetables should be between 300 and 500 grams (raw weight), because the dietary fiber content in vegetables is high, and it will be difficult to digest if eaten in excess.
Therefore, the amount of pumpkin vines eaten by pregnant women every day needs to be adjusted according to the proportion of other vegetables in the diet. If other vegetables account for 400g, it is better for pregnant women to eat pumpkin vines within100g every day.
4. The taboo crowd of pumpkin vines
From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, pumpkin vines are cool, and people with deficiency and cold constitution had better not eat them, so as not to aggravate the cold in the body.
5, pumpkin collocation taboo
1, pumpkin spinach
Pumpkin is rich in vitamin C decomposing enzymes, which will destroy vitamin C in spinach and reduce its nutritional value.
2. Vinegar pumpkin
Acetic acid will destroy the nutritional elements in pumpkin and reduce its nutritional value.
3. Pumpkins and red dates
Jujube is rich in vitamin C, sweet and warm, easy to indigestion when eating more, while pumpkin is warm. Eating them together will not only destroy vitamin C, but also aggravate symptoms such as indigestion.
4. Pumpkins and sweet potatoes
It is easy to stagnate. If they are not cooked, they will cause bloating. If eaten together, it may even lead to flatulence, abdominal pain, acid water spitting, etc.
5. Hairy pumpkin
Hairtail is rich in high-quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, DHA, vitamin A, vitamin D and so on. It has the functions of tonifying deficiency, nourishing liver and producing milk, but eating with pumpkin will be harmful to health.
6.pumpkin and mutton
Both of these foods are hot, and eating them together may lead to abdominal distension, constipation and other diseases. People with infectious diseases and fever symptoms should not eat it to prevent the illness from getting worse.