What fresh juice is good for pregnant women?

Due to the physical condition of pregnant women, they cannot drink beverages on a normal day, even the fruit juice sold in supermarkets. However, pregnant women themselves want to drink something sweet or sour during pregnancy. It would be very awkward if they cannot drink fruit juice. In fact, pregnant women can drink fruit juice, but it must be freshly squeezed. If you want to make freshly squeezed fruit juice for pregnant women, you must first pay attention to these methods.

Fresh fruit is better than freshly squeezed juice

Fruit is an indispensable and important part of the diet during pregnancy, but now that living conditions are better, people pay more attention to everything. When eating fruit, they don't even bother to chew it with their front teeth as it is too much trouble. Instead, they have to put the fruit in a juicer that costs hundreds to thousands of dollars, turn it into liquid and then drink it. But from a nutritional point of view, eating fresh fruit directly is more suitable for pregnant mothers.

There are three reasons :

1. Loss of nutrients

Compared with fresh fruits, dietary fiber and some health-promoting ingredients are removed during the juice making process, and the vitamin C and antioxidants in them are also significantly lost.

2. High sugar content

The sugar content of apple juice and orange juice is over 8%, and the sugar content of grape juice is as high as 15% to 20%, which is almost twice that of cola! From one apple, you can only squeeze out half a cup of juice at most. Drinking two or three cups of juice is equivalent to drinking the sugar content of 4 to 6 fruits. Moreover, juice is in liquid form and does not need to be chewed. It empties from the stomach quickly and is absorbed quickly in the intestines, so blood sugar rises much faster. In this case, how can we control weight and blood sugar during pregnancy?

Can pregnant women drink freshly squeezed juice? Can pregnant women drink squeezed juice? Can pregnant women drink freshly squeezed juice?

3. Finished juice may contain a lot of additives

If you buy ready-made fruit juice, in order to ensure the taste and shelf life of the juice, the merchant may use sweeteners, preservatives, food coloring and other ingredients. Excessive intake will increase the metabolic burden on pregnant mothers.

Therefore, we recommend: If you have the conditions to eat fresh fruits, don't bother squeezing them into juice.

Of course, in addition to whether it is better to drink juice or eat fruit directly during pregnancy, there are still many nutritional misunderstandings, such as the following points:

Clear soup is better than thick soup

After pregnancy, in order to supplement nutrition, bone soup, fish head soup, tonic soup... are on the table for every meal, especially in the south, where soup is even drunk like water. However, although soup is nutritious and easy to digest, if you drink it incorrectly, not only will the nutrients be lost, but it may also become a hidden danger to your health.

For example, thick soup made with high-fat, high-calorie ingredients is not suitable for pregnant mothers.

Old hen soup, fat duck soup, pig's trotter soup... During the stewing process, the oil contained in the ingredients will slowly seep into the soup, causing fat to accumulate in the body. Drinking like this every day will cause you to exceed the weight limit.

However, clear soup stewed with low-fat ingredients such as lean meat, fresh fish, fresh shrimp, skinless chicken and duck meat, winter melon, loofah, radish, tomato, seaweed, kelp, mung bean sprouts, etc. is nutritious and not greasy, and will be more suitable for pregnant mothers.