When the desired pregnancy occurs, women begin to wonder what is useful to eat, and what should be discarded. It is known that in the diet during pregnancy should contain a rational ratio of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements. We will consider whether it is possible for pregnant pumpkin seeds and what they are useful for the body.
Are pumpkin seeds useful during pregnancy?
The benefits of eating pumpkin and its seeds have been known since ancient times. Pumpkin seeds contain quite a lot of nutrients that are necessary for a pregnant woman. So, pumpkin seeds for pregnant women are useful in raw form, after heat treatment, most of the useful substances are destroyed. The maintenance in seeds of a plenty of iron is a good preventive maintenance of an iron deficiency anemia at pregnant women. Of the other minerals in pumpkin seeds contain a large amount of phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, potassium and zinc. Therefore, when eating pumpkin seeds during pregnancy, the need for additional calcium intake decreases, which improves the condition of hair, skin and nails. The intake of pumpkin seeds improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system, nourishes the heart muscle.
It is also known that pumpkin seeds have an antihelminthic effect. During pregnancy, pumpkin seeds are used as a well-known folk remedy for heartburn , to regulate the regular emptying of the intestines. In the first trimester of pregnancy, pumpkin seeds help to eliminate the symptoms of early toxicosis.
Kashitsu from pumpkin seeds can be applied to long-term healing wounds and burns.
Contraindications to the use of pumpkin seeds in pregnancy
Strangely enough, some pregnant women with the intake of a large number of pumpkin seeds occasionally have characteristic symptoms of intoxication: nausea, vomiting, headache, upset of the stool. These symptoms are explained by physicians as an individual intolerance to pumpkin seeds. Therefore, when taking sunflower seeds, you should listen to your body. Also, eating pumpkin seeds is contraindicated in the presence of gastritis with increased production of hydrochloric acid, as this contributes to the progression of the disease.
We examined whether pumpkin seeds are useful to pregnant women and saw that the substances in their composition strengthen the heart muscle, help prevent iron deficiency anemia and strengthen the skin, hair and nails.