What happens if you eat junk food while pregnant?

We all know that the health of the child is related to whether the pregnant woman receives comprehensive care during pregnancy. If the most important thing in the family is a child, then pregnancy is a stage that some families pay great attention to. For pregnant women, it is normal to eat too much when they are hungry. So, if you eat junk food during pregnancy, will it affect the baby?

The effects of eating junk food during pregnancy

1. Fried and grilled foods contain a lot of carcinogens. Pickled and puffed foods contain a lot of harmful ingredients such as sodium nitrite. Some foods also contain too much artificial preservatives.

2. Waste food causes great harm to human health, but many people don’t realize it, and its temptation makes many people unable to resist. Garbage food tastes good and can stimulate people's taste buds. In contrast, although healthy foods are nutritious, they are rarely delicious.

Snacks you can eat while pregnant

1. Dried blueberries: can replenish qi and blood, promote dampness and reduce swelling. They are high in copper and can prevent anemia and edema. Although dried blueberries are delicious, you should not eat too much, especially some obese pregnant women or pregnant women with high blood sugar should never eat raisins.

2. Walnut kernel: Walnut kernel is a very nutritious food. It is rich in vitamin E, α-linolenic acid and unsaturated fatty acids, especially α-linolenic acid, which is important for promoting the growth and development of the human brain. But pregnant mothers should also pay attention to the fact that the fat content in walnut kernels is very high. Eating too much will inevitably cause the body to gain weight due to excessive calorie intake, thus affecting the normal blood sugar level, blood sugar and blood pressure of pregnant women.

In fact, for pregnant women, sometimes they can't eat anything, but in fact they can eat everything, as long as they don't eat too much, they can eat it. However, they should be more cautious about junk food, because junk food contains a lot of substances that are harmful to both pregnant women and babies. If they eat too much, it is easy to cause fetal deformity.