Can pregnant women drink snake soup?

Snake soup is a soup made from snake meat. It has high nutritional value and good medicinal value. Many people like snake soup, but pregnant women should try not to drink snake soup. We know that snakes are wild animals and they may have certain parasite problems. Sometimes these parasites may not be completely killed by high temperatures. If they enter the body of a pregnant woman, they may have an adverse effect on the health of the fetus.

Can pregnant women drink snake soup?

Pregnant women can drink snake soup, but after all, it is difficult to prepare this uncommon thing yourself, and the parasites cannot be killed, which is harmful to the body. If there are some reliable restaurants outside, you might as well try them, but don't drink too much. People who are allergic to foreign high protein or those with cold and fever should not drink this soup.

Eating snakes for nourishment is one of the dietary concepts of Guangdong people. People eat snakes in winter because the snakes at this time reserve a lot of energy for hibernation. They are the fattest, most nutritious and have the best tonic effect in the year. They can calm the liver and improve eyesight, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, remove wind and dampness, dredge meridians and relieve pain, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, disperse toxins and knots, strengthen bones and body, nourish yin and tonify yang, blacken hair and strengthen teeth, lower blood lipids and blood sugar, and beautify the skin.

Snake meat is delicate and delicious. When cooked into a thick soup, it is full of fragrance. Add yam, cordyceps flower, chicken feet, yuanyuan, wolfberry and tangerine peel to cook together. The taste is more layered and the efficacy of the snake soup can be further enhanced.

It is particularly worth mentioning that snake soup can dispel rheumatism, disperse wind and cold, relax meridians and activate collaterals, strengthen nerves, and prolong life. It can treat physical weakness after illness, rheumatism and numbness, joint pain and other symptoms. It has certain soothing and therapeutic effects on our common periarthritis of the shoulder and cervical spondylosis. People suffering from this disease may wish to drink it frequently.

What foods can't pregnant women eat?

Crabs are cold in nature and have the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. They are not good for pregnant women, especially crab claws, which have obvious abortion effects.

The nature of soft-shelled turtle is salty and cold, and it has a strong effect in clearing blood vessels and dispersing blood stasis, so it has certain disadvantages of inducing abortion. In particular, the abortion effect of turtle shell is stronger than that of turtle meat.

Carbonated drinks contain a lot of carbon dioxide, which will consume calcium in the human body. During pregnancy, the fetus needs a lot of calcium supplementation, so it is best not to drink carbonated drinks.

Due to the effect of hormones during pregnancy, pregnant women's skin is drier and more prone to allergies. The components in alcohol will aggravate the occurrence of allergies and cause pregnancy discomfort.

It is written in "Bencao Zheng" that pregnant women should not take too much malt. It is also good at inducing labor and abortion. Oats also have the effect of inducing labor, so pregnant women should not eat these two foods.

Caffeine can cause fetal finger and toe deformities, cleft palate, and other malformations. There is a close relationship between women drinking more than 8 cups of coffee or tea a day during pregnancy and congenital malformations in their babies. Although its teratogenic effect has yet to be confirmed, for the health of the future child, pregnant women should not drink coffee or strong tea.