Can pregnant women eat fish balls? Dietary precautions for pregnant women

Our body is very fragile during pregnancy, and there are many things we need to pay attention to. We must pay attention to our diet during pregnancy and eat more foods that are good for the body. The diet and nutrition during pregnancy will not only affect ourselves but also the baby in our belly.

Can pregnant women eat fish balls?

Many pregnant mothers like to eat fish balls and shrimp balls, but unless they are natural balls made by themselves, it is best not to eat them if they are bought casually on the market. Because artificial seafood products such as fish balls, shrimp balls, crab sticks, etc. usually contain more than a dozen additives such as edible gelatin, flavors, pigments, whitening agents, etc. The nutritional value of artificial seafood foods "blended" by these food additives is extremely low. In addition, pregnant women should also be careful to prevent allergies to raw materials when eating homemade balls, and they must be cooked before eating, otherwise they are prone to diarrhea.

Dietary considerations for pregnant women

1. Don’t eat these seafood no matter how greedy you are!

Do not eat raw fish and shellfish. For example, sushi, sashimi, oysters, scallops, clams, etc. Do not eat frozen or uncooked seafood. For example, pickled, smoked, and air-dried seafood, but smoked fish can be eaten after secondary baking or cooking. What is cooked? The internal temperature should reach 63 degrees Celsius when cooking fish. Cooked fish means that the fish meat can be separated into thin slices and the whole body is opaque. Shrimp, lobster, and scallops should be cooked until the meat is milky white. Clams, mussels, and oysters should be cooked until the shells open. Those that do not open should be thrown away and cannot be eaten. In addition, fish with high mercury content such as swordfish, shark, mackerel, mackerel, and tilefish are best not to be eaten by pregnant women. Excessive intake of mercury can damage the baby's developing nervous system. You can choose fish with low mercury content, such as shrimp, salmon, cod, catfish, anchovies, and salmon. (It is recommended that pregnant mothers can eat 230-280 grams of seafood per week)

2. Meat + poultry + eggs must be fully cooked!

The risk of food poisoning increases during pregnancy, and your reaction will be more severe than when you are not pregnant. Food poisoning can also affect the baby in your belly. Make sure meat and poultry are fully cooked. Hot dogs and luncheon meats should be boiled before eating. Avoid eating refrigerated meat products directly. But canned or aseptically packaged ones are OK. When boiling eggs, make sure the egg whites and yolks are coagulated. Change your habit of eating soft-boiled eggs. Don't eat some expensive eggs marked as edible raw, or Japanese food with raw eggs mixed with rice...

3. When choosing dairy products, check the pasteurization label.

There are many low-fat dairy products, such as skim milk, mozzarella, and farmer's cheese, that are good dairy products, but any unpasteurized dairy product is not safe. Avoid soft cheeses such as Brie, feta, and blue cheese unless they are labeled pasteurized or made from pasteurized milk, and avoid unpasteurized juices.

4. Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly

Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating to eliminate harmful bacteria. Do not eat any raw sprouts (such as bean sprouts and radish sprouts) because they may contain pathogenic bacteria. Be sure to cook them thoroughly before eating.

5. You really can’t drink too much coffee

Caffeine can cross the placenta and affect the fetal heart rate. Many studies have mentioned that excessive caffeine intake is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. Doctors recommend that pregnant women consume no more than 200 mg of caffeine a day. For reference: a cup of brewed coffee (237 ml) contains about 95 mg of caffeine, a cup of tea (237 ml) contains about 47 mg of caffeine, and a can of cola (355 ml) contains about 33 mg of caffeine. By the way, online celebrity milk teas are often found to contain excessive caffeine.

6. Drinking during pregnancy is no joke

A rare drink is unlikely to cause harm to the fetus, but any alcoholic beverage is unsafe for pregnant women. The safest option is to stay away from alcohol completely during pregnancy. Think about the risks of drinking: drinking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth, and excessive alcohol intake can also cause many serious complications, such as facial deformities, heart maldevelopment, and mental development delays in the baby. Even moderate drinking may affect the brain development of the fetus. If you drank before you found out you were pregnant, don't guess and communicate with your doctor. When you are pregnant, there are indeed many foods that can affect the health of you and your baby, perhaps more than you think. Pay more attention to what is mentioned in the article. Don't eat what you shouldn't eat, and eat whatever you like for the rest, and don't be too nervous. A balanced diet is important for pregnant mothers and fetuses.

How to eat fish balls when pregnant

Homemade fish balls for pregnant women

Ingredients: 650g swordfish meat, 150g fatty pork minced meat, 2 egg whites, 250g ice cubes, 200cc water, 100g cassava starch, 40g sugar, 10g chicken powder, 15g salt, 2 teaspoons pepper, 2 tablespoons sesame oil.

practice:

1. Peel the skin, bones and red meat of the fish, cut the clean meat into cubes and freeze it into semi-frozen state. Freeze the minced pork into semi-frozen state as well.

2. Use a food processor or juicer to blend the semi-frozen fish and minced pork with salt, chicken powder, pepper, and half of the ice cubes for about 3 minutes.

3. Open and add the remaining seasonings and blend with ice for about 1 minute.

4. Take it out and put it into a cooking bowl, add egg whites and cassava starch water (200c.c. water + 100g cassava starch), stir in the same direction until evenly mixed. You can also use a mixing machine.

5. Put the finished fish paste in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. (If you don’t have time to make it right away, you can even refrigerate it for half a day before making it)

6. Bring water to a boil at 80-85 degrees, keep the heat at medium-low (not boiling), use the tiger's mouth to push out the meatballs, use a spoon dipped in water to scoop them up and put them into the water, and you can make fish balls!

Fish Ball and Radish Soup

Ingredients: 150g white radish, 100g homemade fish balls, 1 teaspoon (5g) chopped celery, 1/2 teaspoon (3g) each of salt and white pepper, 1 teaspoon (5ml) sesame oil, 1 bowl (250ml) of broth.

practice:

1. Wash, peel and cut the white radish into rectangular pieces.

2. Wash the fish balls, cut a nice cross shape on them and set aside. Also prepare a few green celery leaves.

3. Pour broth into the pot and bring to a boil, add fish balls and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and add salt and white pepper powder and cook evenly, finally add chopped celery and drizzle with a few drops of sesame oil.

Asparagus and fish ball congee

Ingredients: 1 cup of white rice, 4 to 6 asparagus, 8 to 10 fish balls, 30 grams of minced pork, 10 grams of enoki mushrooms, some coriander or celery, some carrots, some salt, a little white pepper, and a little sesame oil.

practice:

1. Cut asparagus into sections; chop coriander or celery; wash fish balls and enoki mushrooms; cut green onions into chopped green onions; cut carrots into small diamond-shaped pieces.

2. Wash the rice and put it into the pot together with the fish balls, minced pork and carrots. Then add appropriate amount of water. Cook over high heat until boiling, then turn to medium heat.

3. After the white rice is fully cooked, add the asparagus and enoki mushrooms, and season with appropriate amount of salt and a little white pepper.

4. When the asparagus is cooked, add chopped coriander or celery and chopped green onion, then drizzle with sesame oil.

In addition to artificial pills, what else can pregnant women not eat?

1. Margarine

In order to imitate the shape and taste of natural butter, "margarine" is made by hydrogenating vegetable oil into solids and adding some preservatives, flavors, pigments, etc. For example, butter cakes and milk tea contain margarine. Long-term excessive consumption of margarine may not only cause heart disease, but also induce tumors.

2. Artificial processed meat

Artificial processed meat products, such as ham and canned meat, are added with a certain proportion of fat and starch to achieve a better taste, resulting in high fat, high carbohydrate, low protein and low nutrition. They also contain nitrites. Excessive intake of nitrites can lead to food poisoning, headache, dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, etc. Long-term consumption may even cause cancer.

3. Artificial jelly food

Jelly foods such as jelly and pudding are made from water, sugar and thickeners. In order to make jelly foods taste smooth, seaweed and carrageenan are added. They cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body and may remain in the intestines for people with poor digestion. Although these colloid substances are harmless to the human body and will eventually be excreted from the body, they will affect the body's absorption of minerals such as calcium and zinc, which is not good for health.

4. Pie-like foods

If you look at the ingredient list of puff pastry, you will find that more than a dozen or twenty ingredients are additives. Although puff pastry is called "non-fried", its fat content is not low.

5. Puffed food

Artificial puffed foods generally use puffing agents, which contain a lot of lead and aluminum, which can damage the nervous system. Long-term intake can damage brain function, and in severe cases, dementia may occur. If children eat too much puffed food, it can lead to developmental delay, osteomalacia, and even damage the nervous system.

6. Canned tomato sauce

Canned ketchup is a very bad food. The resin in the lining of the can contains bisphenol, a synthetic estrogen that causes a range of conditions from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Studies have found that most people have excessive levels of bisphenol in their bodies, which can inhibit sperm growth or damage chromosomes. There are 50 micrograms of polyphenols in each liter of canned ketchup, which is enough to affect people's health, especially young people.