Is it good to eat grapefruit during late pregnancy?

You can eat grapefruit in the late pregnancy. This fruit will not cause any effect on your body even after eating. You can also eat some pears, which is also a kind of fruit that needs to be eaten frequently during pregnancy. After eating it, it can achieve the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and it can also moisten the lungs and relieve cough, which can prevent pregnant women from any cough and cold during pregnancy.

1. Autumn pear – clears heat and lowers blood pressure

Autumn pear is known as the "king of all fruits" and is one of the oldest fruit trees in China. It is crispy and juicy, sweet and refreshing, with a mellow and pleasant aroma. It is sweet, cold and slightly sour in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat and diuresis, moistening the throat and lowering blood pressure, clearing the heart and lungs, relieving cough and phlegm, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production. It can treat edema of pregnancy and pregnancy induced hypertension. It also has the effects of calming the mind, nourishing the heart and protecting the liver, and relieving inflammation and pain, and can prevent and treat lung infections and hepatitis. After removing the core of a raw pear, stuff it with 10 grams of rock sugar, 5 grams of Fritillaria, and an appropriate amount of water, simmer it over low heat, and drink the soup and eat the pear to prevent and treat diseases such as exogenous colds, coughs and sputum.

2. Citrus: a treasure trove of vitamins

There are many varieties of citrus, including sweet orange, southern orange, seedless tangerine, grapefruit, etc. They all have the common advantages of being rich in nutrition and valuable all over. Its juice is rich in citric acid, amino acids, carbohydrates, fat, multiple vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, and is a food that pregnant women like to eat. 500 grams of oranges contain 250 mg of vitamin C. Eating citrus fruits regularly can prevent scurvy and night blindness.

However, citrus fruits are warm in nature and sweet in taste, and they replenish yang and qi. Excessive consumption can easily cause dryness and heat, which can lead to stomatitis, periodontitis, pharyngitis, etc. After eating a large amount of citrus fruits once or multiple times, the carotene in the body will increase significantly. The liver will not have time to convert the carotene into vitamin A, causing the carotene to be deposited in the skin, leading to jaundice-like changes in the skin, especially on the hands and soles of the feet, and often accompanied by nausea and vomiting symptoms.

Pregnant women should not eat more than 3 citrus fruits a day, with a total weight of less than 250 grams.

3. Apples: good for your brain and good for preventing asthma

Apples are known as "brain-enhancing fruit" and "memory fruit", and there is also a saying that "eat an apple a day, keeps the doctor away." This is because it is not only rich in trace elements such as zinc, but also rich in nutrients such as lipids, carbohydrates, and multiple vitamins. In particular, it is high in fine fiber, which is beneficial to the development of the hippocampus in the marginal part of the fetal cerebral cortex and helps the fetus's acquired memory. Moreover, surveys and studies have found that if women eat more apples during pregnancy, the probability of their children suffering from asthma in childhood can be greatly reduced.

Pregnant women can meet their zinc needs by eating 1 to 2 apples a day.