What are the benefits of eating mutton for pregnant women?

Lamb is a food that many people like to eat. Stewed lamb, boiled lamb and roasted lamb are all very delicious. Lamb is rich in nutritional value, tastes delicious, and contains relatively high nutrients. Pregnant women can also eat lamb during pregnancy.

What are the benefits of eating mutton for pregnant women

1. Increase the body's rich nutrition

Mutton has high nutritional value, the meat is more tender than pork, the protein content is higher than pork, the fat and cholesterol content is lower than pork and beef, and it is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6 as well as iron, zinc and selenium. Therefore, mutton is the best tonic for replenishing deficiency and invigorating qi.

2. It can replenish qi and nourish deficiency for pregnant women

In winter, if pregnant women often eat mutton, it can replenish qi and nourish deficiency, promote blood circulation in the body, and enhance the ability to resist cold. In addition, mutton can increase the digestive enzymes in the stomach, protect the stomach wall and help its digestive function. In traditional Chinese medicine, mutton can replenish essence and blood, replenish deficiency and fatigue, nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, nourish the liver, warm the middle and strengthen the spleen. With these effects, it can not only resist the wind and cold, but also nourish the body. It has a certain therapeutic effect on wind-cold cough, chronic tracheitis, asthma due to cold, abdominal cold pain, physical weakness and fear of cold, soreness of waist and knees, sallow face and thin muscles, deficiency of qi and blood, physical weakness after illness or childbirth, etc.

3. In addition, pregnant women only need to pay attention to one thing when eating mutton, that is, because mutton is high in calories, so be careful not to eat too much mutton at one time, as this will cause getting angry.

Benefits of eating mutton for pregnant women

1. High nutritional value

Mutton has high nutritional value. Mutton is more tender than pork and has less fat and cholesterol than pork and beef. Compared with pork, mutton has more protein and less fat. It is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6, iron, zinc and selenium. The calories generated by eating mutton are higher than lean pork, beef and other meats, and it is a good product for replenishing deficiency and invigorating qi.

2. Replenishing Qi and tonifying deficiency

Pregnant women often eat mutton in the cold winter to replenish qi and deficiency, promote blood circulation, and enhance the ability to resist cold. Mutton can also increase digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall, and help digestion. Chinese medicine believes that mutton has the effects of replenishing essence and blood, replenishing deficiency, warming the middle and strengthening the spleen, replenishing the kidney and strengthening yang, and nourishing the liver. It can not only resist the wind and cold, but also replenish the body. It has therapeutic and tonic effects on general wind and cold cough, chronic tracheitis, asthma, abdominal cold pain, physical weakness and fear of cold, soreness of waist and knees, sallow face and thin muscles, deficiency of qi and blood, physical weakness after illness or postpartum, etc. It is most suitable for consumption in winter, so it is called a winter tonic and is very popular. In addition, it should be noted that mutton has a high calorie content, so don't eat too much suddenly! For people who rarely eat mutton, it is easy to cause the phenomenon of getting angry.

3. Promote fetal development in pregnant women

Compared with pork and beef, mutton has the highest protein content and the least fat content. It is also rich in vitamins B1, B2, zinc, calcium, and selenium, which can promote the development of baby's bones and brain and improve the baby's own immunity. It can also supplement the nutrition of pregnant women to a certain extent, and has a good effect on keeping out the cold for pregnant women in winter.

4. Increase appetite for pregnant women

Mutton can promote the secretion of digestive enzymes in the stomach, protect the stomach wall, and help improve the appetite of pregnant women with poor appetite. After eating mutton, eating a few strawberries can also promote digestion and absorption.

Precautions for pregnant women to eat mutton

1. Don’t eat mutton hotpot

Many pregnant women like to eat mutton in hot pot. Mutton may contain Toxoplasma gondii. If you only eat it in a hot pot, the soup in the pot is not enough to kill the Toxoplasma gondii in the mutton. When the unkilled Toxoplasma gondii enters the body of a pregnant woman, it will cause fetal deformity. So it is best not to eat mutton in hot pot.

2. Don’t overdo the warming

Mutton is good at warming and nourishing the blood, nourishing and promoting lactation, and has a strong warming and nourishing effect. If consumed in excess, it will cause excessive warming and nourishing. Therefore, pregnant women who eat mutton can eat some light and heat-removing foods, such as chrysanthemum tea, grapefruit, mung beans, etc. You can also add some vegetables and calcium-containing foods (eggs, fungus, shrimp) to increase the nutritional supplement for the fetus.

3. Other contraindications

Be careful when eating mutton in hot summer or when pregnant women have fever; and if pregnant women have bone steaming, malaria, or any febrile symptoms, they should never eat mutton.

Disadvantages of eating mutton for pregnant women

Pregnant women eating some mutton in moderation during pregnancy will not have obvious harm to the body, but if pregnant women eat too much mutton during pregnancy, it will cause too much heat and toxins in the body, which will easily cause pregnant women to get angry, and the fetus will often carry fetal toxins after birth. In addition, when pregnant women eat mutton during pregnancy, they must choose fresh and good quality mutton. If they accidentally eat spoiled mutton carrying viruses and bacteria, it will cause obvious harm to the body.