Can I eat eggplant during late pregnancy?

Eggplant is a common food in people's daily life, especially in rural areas where people grow some eggplants. They can be picked and eaten at any time, which is very fresh and convenient. Eggplant also has many benefits for the human body, such as clearing away heat, detoxifying and anti-aging. Everyone must know that pregnant women have some dietary taboos in the late pregnancy, and some foods cannot be eaten. So can you eat eggplant in the late pregnancy?

Eggplant is rich in vitamin E, which can increase women's estrogen, improve fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Pregnant women can eat it.

Can pregnant women eat eggplant?

The vitamin P contained in eggplant can enhance the elasticity of capillaries and prevent micro-capillary rupture and bleeding. In addition, eggplant is rich in vitamin E, which can increase the vitality and quantity of sperm in men, increase the estrogen level in women, improve fertility and prevent miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant women can eat eggplant. During pregnancy, you should pay attention to balanced nutrition and consume a balanced amount of vegetables and fruits. Pregnant women eating eggplant has the following specific benefits:

1. Protect cardiovascular system and prevent scurvy: Eggplant is rich in vitamin P, which can enhance the adhesion between human cells, enhance the elasticity of capillaries, reduce the fragility and permeability of capillaries, prevent micro-vessel rupture and bleeding, and maintain normal cardiovascular function. In addition, eggplant can prevent scurvy and promote wound healing.

2. Prevention and treatment of gastric cancer: Eggplant contains solanine, which can inhibit the proliferation of digestive system tumors and has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer. In addition, eggplant also has the effect of clearing away cancer fever;

3. Anti-aging: Eggplant contains vitamin E, which has the function of preventing bleeding and anti-aging. Eating eggplant regularly can prevent the increase of cholesterol level in the blood, which has positive significance in delaying human aging.

Which pregnant women can't eat eggplant?

Since eggplant is sweet and cold in nature, it is a cold food. Therefore, pregnant women who are weak, have indigestion, diarrhea, spleen and stomach deficiency, asthma, and loose stools should not eat too much eggplant. It is also not advisable to eat eggplant before surgery because it may prevent the anesthetic from being decomposed normally, delaying the patient's awakening time and affecting the patient's recovery speed.

Precautions for pregnant women to eat eggplant

Although eating eggplant can bring certain benefits to pregnant women, you should still pay attention to some matters when choosing or eating it. For details, please refer to the following two points:

1. Choose fresh eggplants: When choosing, pregnant women should choose fresh eggplants. It is best not to choose old eggplants, especially old eggplants after autumn, which contain more solanine, which is harmful to the human body and should not be eaten too much.

2. Don’t eat too much: Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica": Eggplant is cold and laxative. Eating too much will cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. So, don't eat too much eggplant at one time.