Can I eat eggplant during late pregnancy?

Pregnant women should maintain good eating habits throughout the pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, when the fetus's organs are maturing and the body is growing and gaining weight rapidly. Pregnant women should pay attention to a balanced diet and absorb more nutritious foods in the late pregnancy, but can they eat eggplant in the late pregnancy? Eggplant is rich in nutrients, especially for people with gastritis. It can also be eaten by pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy, but not too much.

1. Can pregnant women eat eggplant?

Eggplant is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and reducing swelling, and widening the intestine. It is suitable for intestinal bleeding, hot and toxic sores, skin ulcers, etc. It has a good effect on internal hemorrhoids and bloody stools.

Eggplant can also soften capillaries and prevent small blood vessel bleeding. It has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, hemoptysis, purpura (subcutaneous hemorrhage, congestion) and scurvy.

Eggplant also has antioxidant function, which can prevent cell canceration; at the same time, it can lower the cholesterol content in the blood and prevent arteriosclerosis; it can regulate blood pressure and protect the heart.

In addition, eggplant has a certain inhibitory effect on cancer, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on dysmenorrhea, chronic gastritis and gastritis edema.

From the above analysis, it is edible. In general, it is edible, but it also depends on your physical condition and you should not eat too much. As with all foods, the healthiest diet is one that is balanced, moderate, and has a balanced combination of foods.

2. Which pregnant women should not eat eggplant?

Since eggplant is sweet and cold in nature, it is a cold food. Therefore, pregnant women who are weak, have indigestion, diarrhea, spleen and stomach deficiency, asthma, and loose stools should not eat too much eggplant. Also, do not eat eggplant before surgery, as the anesthetic may not be broken down normally, which will delay the patient's recovery time and affect the patient's recovery speed.

3. What are the benefits of eating eggplant for pregnant women?

1. Protect cardiovascular system and prevent scurvy: Eggplant is rich in vitamin P, which can enhance the adhesion between human cells, enhance the elasticity of capillaries, reduce the fragility and permeability of capillaries, prevent micro-vessel rupture and bleeding, and maintain normal cardiovascular function. In addition, eggplant can prevent scurvy and promote wound healing.

2. Prevention and treatment of gastric cancer: Eggplant contains solanine, which can inhibit the proliferation of digestive system tumors and has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer. In addition, eggplant also has the effect of clearing away cancer fever;

3. Anti-aging: Eggplant contains vitamin E, which has the function of preventing bleeding and anti-aging. Eating eggplant regularly can prevent the increase of cholesterol level in the blood, which has positive significance in delaying human aging.

4. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Eggplant is cold and laxative. Eating too much will cause abdominal pain and diarrhea."