"What Are the Top 15 Foods Pregnant Women Should Avoid in Their Diet?"

Being a mother is a blend of immense joy, pain, and happiness! However, being pregnant can be quite painful. You cannot be with your beloved phone, chase Korean dramas on your computer, indulge in your favorite Häagen-Dazs, consume many of your favorite fruits, or go shopping with your best friends on the streets. There are many restrictions, accompanied by various inconveniences, which can seem quite daunting. Yet, illnesses often stem from our diets, and understanding the taboos of a pregnant woman's diet is crucial. Here are foods you should avoid:

Foods to Avoid During Pregnancy

1. Avoid crabs, kelp, and turtles: Consumption can lead to early pregnancy bleeding and miscarriage.

2. Do not eat coicis seeds (job's tears) and purslane: Coicis seeds, also known as coix seed, promote uterine contractions and can induce miscarriage. Purslane also increases uterine contractions and intensity, making it risky for pregnancy.

3. Avoid apricots and almonds: Apricots' heatiness and slippery nature are taboo for pregnant women. Almonds contain toxic substances; children consuming 7-10 almonds can be fatal, and pregnant women should abstain.

4. Do not eat black fungus (wood ear mushroom): It promotes blood circulation and eliminates blood stasis, which is detrimental to embryonic stability and growth.

5. Avoid hawthorns: Hawthorns can contract the uterus and should be avoided.

6. Canned foods: Contain additives that can harm the baby if consumed excessively by pregnant women.

7. Cold drinks and soda: Pregnancy weakens gastrointestinal function; cold foods can suddenly constrict gastrointestinal blood vessels, weakening digestion and causing diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc. Soda depletes iron in pregnant women, leading to anemia and affecting fetal development.

8. Spinach: Its oxalic acid affects calcium and zinc absorption, reducing these minerals in pregnant women and impacting fetal growth.

9. Pig liver: Modern feed often contains excessive growth promoters, resulting in high vitamin content that accumulates in animal livers. Excessive consumption may cause birth defects.

10. Prolonged stored potatoes: High alkaloid content can affect fetal development when consumed in excess.

11. Certain spices: Including pepper, star anise, cinnamon, five-spice powder, and chili powder, can cause constipation in pregnant women.

12. Fried dough sticks: Contain aluminum from added alum, which can pass through the placenta to the fetus's brain, hindering brain development.

13. Caffeine-containing drinks and foods: Excessive intake by pregnant women can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, and tachycardia. Caffeine also crosses the placenta, affecting fetal development.

14. Spicy foods: Strongly stimulating spices like chili peppers, pepper, and spices can cause constipation in normal individuals. Pregnant or planning-to-be-pregnant women may experience digestive dysfunction if consuming these in excess.

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Additional Precautions

15. Sugar: Its metabolism in the body consumes significant calcium, and calcium deficiency during pregnancy can hinder fetal teeth and bone development.