The harm of eating leftovers for pregnant women

In daily life, leftovers are difficult to avoid, but occasionally eating leftovers once or twice will generally not cause much impact on human health. However, pregnant women are a special group of people. It is usually not recommended for pregnant women to eat leftovers, especially green vegetables, otherwise it will be harmful to the health of pregnant women. It is best for pregnant women to eat fresh food and eat more foods with high protein content.

The harm of eating leftovers for pregnant women

1. Cancer risk

As leftovers are left out for longer, the nitrate content in the food continues to increase. Nitrite is a strong carcinogen, and eating such leftovers frequently can easily increase the risk of various cancers.

2. Food poisoning

Because the leftovers have been left for a while, they will be contaminated with a lot of bacteria. If they are eaten directly or just slightly heated before eating, it will cause poisoning to varying degrees. The patient will have symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or even worse.

3. Malnutrition

Generally, meals contain different nutrients, but after repeated heating, the vitamins in the food will continue to decrease until they disappear. Frequent consumption of such food will cause malnutrition and will be harmful to the body.

4. Cause gastrointestinal diseases

The starch in rice will be broken down and absorbed by the intestinal mucosa after entering the small intestine, but after being heated above 60 degrees Celsius, it will "gelatinize" and become aged after cooling. After being heated again, it will no longer return to "gelatinized" molecules, which will greatly reduce the hydrolysis and digestion ability of starch. If consumed for a long time, it will cause indigestion and induce some gastrointestinal diseases.

5. Decreased appetite

Leftovers are much worse than fresh meals in terms of taste and color. Also, meals that have been stir-fried many times look soft and rotten, which is really unappetizing. It will reduce your appetite and make you lose the joy of eating.