Can women drink drinks during pregnancy?
Of course!
Women are not tools for giving birth to babies, and preparing for pregnancy is not a punishment. It is too much to prevent women from drinking drinks at the beginning of pregnancy. Moreover, too much restriction on people may induce anxiety and depression.
Having said that, it is not taboo to drink a drink during pregnancy. Women who are trying to conceive should follow the following principles when drinking beverages:
1. It is recommended that female friends who are trying to become pregnant should follow the principle of appropriate amount when drinking beverages. And try to replace full-sugar drinks with less sugar, sugar-free drinks to reduce the risk of blood sugar abnormalities.
2. Women with stomach diseases or stomach discomfort symptoms are recommended to reduce the consumption of cold drinks, particularly acidic drinks, carbonated drinks or coffee and other beverages that stimulate the gastric mucosa.
3. Try to choose beverages that do not contain preservatives. If this is not possible, several drinks containing different preservatives are rotated. Don't let a certain preservative reach the poisoning threshold.
Speaking of this preservative, that's a long story. People's attitudes towards food preservatives can be described as a twist and turn. In the early days, people's attitude toward preservatives was to "talk about discoloration" and abandon all food additives, including preservatives. Later, after the continuous development of science, the improvement of the people's knowledge level and the continuous popularization of various nutritionists, doctors and food scientists, more and more people began to hold a correct attitude towards preservatives, believing that food additives are safe as long as they meet the national "Food Additive Use Standards".
I used to think so too. But with the gradual deepening of research and the change in the attitude of some foreign countries towards preservatives, I have found that some preservatives that were once considered very safe are actually not safe. Take sodium benzoate as an example, it is widely used in the fields of food, medicine and cosmetics due to its low price. However, animal studies in recent years have found that it not only leads to apoptosis of female ovarian cells, which in turn impairs the ovarian reserve function of women, but also affects the quality of male sperm and makes sperm deformity. What's even more frightening is that it also has a certain degree of accumulation, in other words, as people ingest sodium benzoate increases, its toxicity to the male and female reproductive systems is constantly accumulating!
It is precisely because of concerns about its toxicity that many foreign countries, such as Japan, have stopped producing sodium benzoate and explicitly prohibited its addition to food.
Therefore, for men and women who are trying to get pregnant, in a cautious manner, I still recommend that you consider more for yourself and the next generation, minimize the intake of foods and beverages with preservatives, and food sensitive people containing sodium benzoate can not eat without eating, especially those who are pregnant.
Author: Dr. Chen of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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