First, the benefits of pregnant women eating oranges

1. Oranges contain vitamin C and citric acid, which have the functions of beautifying and relieving fatigue.

2. Oranges contain dietary fiber and pectin, which can promote defecation and lower cholesterol.

3. Lower blood pressure and dilate the coronary artery of the heart. Hesperidin can enhance the toughness of capillaries, lower blood pressure and dilate the coronary artery of the heart. Therefore, orange is a food to prevent coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, which can reduce cholesterol deposited in arterial blood vessels and help reverse atherosclerosis.

Second, precautions for pregnant women to eat oranges

1, you can't eat before meals and on an empty stomach. There are many benefits of oranges, but you should not eat more or eat oranges on an empty stomach, because orange pulp contains certain organic acids, which is easy to stimulate gastric mucosa.

2, do not eat with radish, radish will quickly produce a substance called sulfate, and soon metabolize to produce an antithyroid substance thiocyanic acid. If you eat oranges, the flavonoids in oranges will be decomposed in the intestines and converted into hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid, which will strengthen the inhibitory effect of thiocyanate on thyroid and affect thyroid function.

3. If you don't eat it with milk, protein in milk will easily react with fruit acid and vitamin C in oranges, which will affect digestion and absorption and cause abdominal distension, diarrhea and other symptoms. So don't drink milk for 1 hour before and after eating oranges.