Cranberry in Pregnancy

The taste of cranberry jelly or compote is familiar to us from childhood. Influenza and cold cured very quickly - the temperature decreased, the recovery was accelerated. At the grandmother in a pantry always there was a jar of fragrant curative cranberries grated with sugar. Now we roll up sugar cranberries in the jars, so that in the winter we can treat our children for colds. Cranberry during pregnancy also helps to cope with acute respiratory infections in very early stages. Kissel, juice, extract, jam, compote and mors from cranberry or cranberries during pregnancy facilitate the condition in many diseases.


Cranberry during pregnancy - contraindications

Contraindication to ingestion of cranberries during pregnancy is:

What is useful for cranberries for pregnant women?

Cranberries are very useful in pregnancy, its fruits contain a large number of organic acids, sugars, pectin substances and vitamins. With regard to acids - then the body of a pregnant woman when consuming cranberries will be saturated with lemon, ursolic, benzoic, malic, chlorogenic, quinic, oxalic and succinic acids. Of the sugars in the berries, glucose and fructose prevail, and a small amount of sucrose is contained. Of the group of polysaccharides, the main place is occupied by pectins, which are found in large quantities in cranberry berries. As for vitamins, here too the cranberry can surprise. According to the content of vitamin C, cranberries are equated with grapefruits, oranges, lemons, and wild strawberries.

Of other, not less useful substances, you can call betaine and vitamin P or bioflavonoids (bio-+ flavonoids) is the name of a group of vitamin-like substances that have the ability to normalize the permeability of capillaries). In the fruit, a large amount of potassium, slightly less calcium and phosphorus. Also contains iodine, zinc, aluminum, silver, tin, titanium, cobalt, iodine, boron, barium, magnesium, nickel, lead, chromium, aluminum and others.

Cranberry in Pregnancy

Cranberry during pregnancy is good for edema, and also as an antiscorbutic agent, for rheumatism, beriberi, colds, tonsillitis and unexpressed hypertension. Cranberries are very valued as a means of preventing and treating inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system. For the prevention of pyelonephritis and cystitis, it is enough to drink one glass of cranberry compote per day. If you use thirty tablespoons before meals, two tablespoons of cranberries a day can avoid cystitis.

Recipes from cranberries

We propose several recipes for preparing cranberries for pregnant women. It is worth noting that during heat treatment, most of the vitamins and other substances are destroyed.

From cranberries during pregnancy, you can prepare Morse, for this you need 1.5 tbsp. water, 1 tbsp. cranberries and sugar to taste. After boiling 2-3 minutes, you need to mash the berries and boil for another 5 - 10 minutes. Wipe berries through a sieve and add sugar, let it brew for 2 to 3 hours. During pregnancy, you can drink no more than 2 glasses a day.

For the preparation of jelly from cranberries, 3.5 tbsp. water, 1 tbsp. cranberries, ¾ st. sugar and 1/3 tbsp. starch. Cranberries to sort out, crush with a wooden spoon and squeeze, enter into the cranberry juice a glass of water with diluted starch. Stir the mixture, add water and sugar and boil, after thickening the jelly is ready for use.

In our article, we talked about the beneficial properties of cranberries during pregnancy, about ailments that can be easily cured if you eat red berries in food.