Can I drink brown sugar water when I am pregnant?

Brown sugar is a common ingredient in our lives. Many home kitchens will prepare some brown sugar. Adding some brown sugar when cooking will make the dishes taste better. Everyone’s impression of brown sugar is that brown sugar water can dispel cold, replenish qi, relieve female dysmenorrhea, and warm the body. Therefore, many women often drink some brown sugar water, but women who have just become pregnant should still be careful when drinking brown sugar water.

Can I drink brown sugar water when I am pregnant?

For pregnant women with weak constitution, cold and dampness and blood deficiency, drinking brown sugar water can increase the heat in the body, which has the effects of dispelling cold and warming the body, increasing energy, replenishing qi and blood, and relieving spasms and pain. However, brown sugar is warm in nature and can easily cause dryness and heat. Women with a hot constitution have severe internal heat. After drinking brown sugar water, it is easy for the internal heat to rise, forcing blood to move, causing bleeding to excrete the internal heat, which may eventually cause vaginal bleeding or even excessive blood loss. Therefore, expectant mothers should judge according to their own physical condition, and they can drink it if their physical condition can accept it.

How can pregnant women drink brown sugar water safely?

1. Storage method of brown sugar water:

It is best to use glass containers to store brown sugar, seal them and place them in a cool place.

2. Tips for choosing brown sugar water: Identification of tissue status:

When identifying the texture of brown sugar by sensory analysis, first sprinkle a thin layer of the sample on white paper for direct observation, and then prepare a 20% sugar water solution for observation.

3. Odor identification:

Good quality brown sugar: has the fresh aroma of sugarcane juice; inferior quality brown sugar: has a normal smell but a light fragrance; low quality brown sugar: has a smell of wine, sourness or other foreign bad odors.

4. Taste identification:

When checking the taste of brown sugar, you can take a little brown sugar and put it in your mouth and taste it with your tongue, and then prepare a 10% brown sugar aqueous solution to taste it.

The benefits of brown sugar

1. The glucose, fructose and other monosaccharide and polysaccharide energy substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells.

2. The folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, expand blood volume, and improve the nutrition, oxygen and water supply of local skin.

3. Some vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can balance the water metabolism in the intracellular environment by regulating the concentration of certain substances between tissues, eliminate cellular metabolic products, and keep the internal and external environment of the cells clean.

4. The various vitamins and antioxidants contained in brown sugar can resist free radicals, rebuild and protect the basic structure of cells, and maintain the normal function and metabolism of cells.

5. The amino acids, cellulose and other substances contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fiber structure and water-locking ability of the epidermis and dermis, strengthen the skin tissue structure and skin elasticity, while replenishing skin nutrition and promoting cell regeneration.

6. Brown sugar contains some natural acid substances that can regulate the accumulation of pigments in the human body, so it can prevent facial spots. It can effectively regulate various pigment metabolism processes, balance the amount of pigment secretion and pigment distribution in the skin, thereby achieving the purpose of beauty and skin care.