Can I eat sausage when I'm pregnant?

Grilled sausage is the most common snack in our life. Grilled sausage made from pork, chicken, beef, etc. is grilled in different ways and is deeply loved by people. There is no problem for ordinary people to eat grilled sausages, but during pregnancy, you must be careful about your diet. Some foods, if not chosen properly, may even affect the health of pregnant women. So, can you eat sausages when you are pregnant? Let’s take a look below.

Grilled sausage, a delicious grilled food, is a low-temperature meat product with traditional Chinese flavor produced using modern Western meat processing technology. It is a meat product baked in an electric oven and is deeply loved by consumers.

Grilled sausage is made from pork, chicken and beef as the main raw materials, and is processed through processes such as mincing, marinating, adding auxiliary materials, vacuum filling, smoking and roasting, and aseptic vacuum packaging. It requires cold chain distribution and warehousing throughout the process.

Pregnant women should be careful when eating grilled sausages.

Reasons why pregnant women should be cautious when eating grilled sausages: Expectant mothers should try to eat less or no grilled food during pregnancy. Grilled foods are grilled on the grill, which destroys vitamins and amino acids and denatures proteins, affecting expectant mothers' intake of these nutrients. Grilled foods also contain carcinogens. In addition, grilled sausages tend to be hot in nature, and spicy seasonings such as cumin, pepper, and chili make them even more irritating, which can easily stimulate the gastrointestinal motility and secretion of digestive juices in expectant mothers, thereby aggravating constipation. Grilled sausages are mostly sold in small shops or roadside vendors with limited hygiene conditions. Expectant mothers have weak gastrointestinal function during pregnancy and may suffer from diarrhea.

The correct way for pregnant women to eat grilled sausages: For spicy, hot and irritating foods, expectant mothers should try to eat less or no food. If you are craving for it, you can eat it occasionally, but of course you should choose grilled sausages sold in regular stores. In addition, the key to diet during pregnancy is not to be picky about food, and to eat as wide and diverse a diet as possible, eat more high-protein and high-quality protein foods, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, so that the nutrition is balanced.