Can I eat salted duck eggs during early pregnancy?

When most female friends are preparing for pregnancy, they already have a certain understanding of the daily diet and schedule in the early stages of pregnancy. Especially in terms of diet, expectant mothers are more concerned about it. So, what food should you eat when you are 2 months pregnant? Can I eat salted duck eggs during early pregnancy?

Can I eat salted duck eggs during early pregnancy?

Salted duck eggs are a special kind of duck eggs, which are pickled eggs. Salted duck eggs are rich in protein and carbohydrates. Salted duck eggs also contain a variety of nutrients needed by the human body. Salted duck eggs taste good, so they are loved by people.

Compared with chicken eggs, duck eggs have a stronger fishy smell. After being pickled in salt water, the fishy smell can be removed. In terms of taste, pickled duck eggs are more tender and refreshing.

And after being pickled, the duck eggs still have high nutritional value. It contains fat, protein, and a variety of carbohydrates needed by the body. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals and various nutrients and vitamins essential to the body, and is easily digested and absorbed by the body.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, salted duck eggs are better than unpickled duck eggs in clearing lung fire and reducing yin fire, and cooking them can cure diarrhea.

Among them, salted duck egg unsalted butter has the effect of clearing eyes and protecting eyes, can also treat children's indigestion, and can be used externally to treat burns and eczema.

There are two ways to prepare salted duck eggs: first, wash the fresh duck eggs of uniform size, wrap them with yellow mud or wheat straw ash mixed with water and salt, then put them in a jar with a large mouth and seal them for one month; or directly soak them in salt water, also seal them for one month, then take them out and boil them. After the former is boiled, it can be seen that the egg yolk naturally absorbs the chili oil, and the egg yolk is "fine sand"; the density of the latter oil is much lower than the former, and the taste is not as delicate as the former.

Although salted duck eggs have many benefits, they are not suitable for pregnant women or people with insufficient spleen yang.

Special reminder: this delicious and refreshing salted duck egg is the culprit that causes edema in pregnant women.

Because the estrogen level in pregnant women continues to rise as the pregnancy month increases, estrogen has the effect of promoting excessive retention of water and salt in the body. If the pregnant woman's diet is not well prepared, it is easy to cause edema in pregnant women, especially salted duck eggs. Each salted egg contains more than 10 grams of salt, while the human body needs about 5-8 grams of salt per day. It can be seen that the salt contained in a salted egg exceeds the daily requirement of pregnant women. In addition to salted eggs, pregnant women also need to consume salty foods every day, which makes the salt intake far exceed the body's needs. In the human body, salt and water are twin sisters. Excessive consumption of salt will cause dry mouth. Drinking a lot of water will cause water and salt to accumulate in the body, exceeding the metabolic capacity of the kidneys, thus causing high edema in pregnant women.

It is worth mentioning that, like the principle of eating salted duck eggs, excessive consumption of pickled foods such as idle fish, bacon, pickled radish, sausage, etc., can also lead to the above results.