Craving for spicy and sour food during early pregnancy

In the early stages of pregnancy, not only do you feel nauseous and vomit, but you also often want to sleep. After a long time, you feel very hungry, but you don’t want to eat. Many pregnant women begin to want to eat sour and spicy foods in the early stages of pregnancy, but because they think it will be unhealthy for the baby in their belly, they dare not eat sour and spicy foods. As a result, the pregnant women are in a bad mood because they can’t eat what they want. What should you do if you want to eat sour and spicy foods in the early stages of pregnancy?

Can pregnant women eat hot and sour noodles?

Pregnant women need a highly safe and healthy eating environment. They cannot eat carelessly and need to strictly control their eating habits and hygiene. People say that a pregnant woman's appetite will change greatly after pregnancy, and she will love sour and spicy food, so people often say sour boy and spicy girl. As the name suggests, the meaning of sour boy and spicy girl is very clear, but excessive sour and spicy food can easily stimulate the secretion of various functions in the pregnant woman's body, thus affecting the fetus in the womb.

First of all, let me explain that hot and sour noodles originated from the southwest folk. Its main ingredients are sweet potato flour, alum, and cooked starch paste; seasonings include chopped green onion, chopped ginger, coriander, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper, Sichuan pepper powder, MSG, salt, sesame, chili oil, old soup (from chicken soup or bone soup), etc. The taste is mainly sour and spicy, which gives it its name.

It can be seen that many of the ingredients are irritants, such as pepper and chili oil. Normal people can easily get inflamed and have dry stools if they eat too much of these things, let alone pregnant women. Also, eating too much of these condiments can easily cause local squeezing of the uterus, fetus, and blood vessels, leading to insufficient blood supply, which can easily cause high blood pressure, miscarriage, premature birth, or fetal malformations. What's more frightening is that these things can easily change the normal nutritional supply of the baby in the pregnant woman's body, so it is not suitable to eat too much.

Secondly, let’s talk about the manufacturers and sellers of hot and sour noodles. There are so many black-hearted workshops and unscrupulous merchants now. How can you be sure that what pregnant mothers eat is made of chemicals or real sweet potato noodles? So it is really not easy to eat authentic and clean food nowadays. It is more reliable to make some delicious meals by yourself and provide your baby with safe and risk-free nutrition.

During this special period when women become mothers, they still need to restrain themselves and avoid certain foods. Besides, it’s only a few months before a cute and healthy baby is born. It's worth it too! All in all, hot and sour noodles are not suitable for pregnant women to consume in excess!