Can pregnant women eat hot pot in the early stage?

Hot pot is a very popular food and can be found in every part of our country. Due to different regions, there are many types of hot pot. Chongqing hot pot is very spicy. If a woman is pregnant, she should try to eat less spicy food. If it is a northern shabu-shabu hotpot, you can eat it in moderation, but not too much, because such hotpots are high in purine, fat, and cholesterol, which are bad for your health.

When we eat hot pot, high-fat meat is always present, and soy products and vegetables are rarely eaten. Meat is high in fat and eating too much of it can lead to obesity, while the soup from hot pot meat contains a high level of purine. However, if high-purine, high-fat, and high-calorie foods are consumed excessively, they will have certain side effects on the kidneys of healthy people.

The ingredients for hot pot are mutton, beef, pork and even dog meat. These raw meat slices may contain Toxoplasma larvae and other parasites of livestock or poultry, which are invisible to the naked eye. If the meat is not thoroughly cooked when eating hot pot, people may be infected with parasites after eating it. These parasites may enter the mother's body and cause serious harm to the fetus.

Hot pot soups often have a heavy taste, and some are Chinese medicine hot pots. Pregnant women’s diet in the early stages of pregnancy should be light, and Chinese medicine foods should be avoided throughout the pregnancy. In addition, mixing raw and cooked food together when eating hot pot may induce gastrointestinal inflammation or intestinal parasitic diseases.

You must pay attention to food hygiene when eating hot pot, because the dishes in hot pot are all raw and cooked and eaten immediately. If you eat them without cooking, it is easy for the body to be infected by bacteria and parasites. In addition, hot pot is very hot, so pregnant women should wait for the cooked dishes to cool down before eating them. This can prevent high temperature from damaging the gastrointestinal tract and affecting digestive function.