Pregnant women should eat moon cake, how much to eat?

Should pregnant women eat moon cake?

The full moon of August is approaching, the market is selling a variety of attractive moon cakes, new flavors.

Although moon cakes are very delicious, not everyone should eat this type of bread, including women who are pregnant, have just given birth or are breastfeeding. Women avoid eating too many moon cakes - cakes often have a long storage time.

Moon cakes contain many nutrients that are not good for pregnant women, and contain a lot of sugar in the cake, mainly in the form of quick absorption, so it is easy to cause hyperglycemia. If you eat too much, it can lead to diabetes and great impact on the fetus.

The main ingredients of moon cakes are sugar powder, butter, lard, green beans, peanut ribs, kernels . all of which are very high in fat and protein.

In addition, most of raw materials are processed or semi-processed so the content of minerals and vitamins is very low.

In the context of high energy content, low mineral and vitamin content, using too much bread will lead to the risk of overweight, obesity plus cholesterol from fat and meat is about 800-900 mg, triple times the threshold allowed in the day. Too much cholesterol causes bad effects on hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Can affect the fetus.

For people with poor digestion and absorption, eating too many moon cakes can increase the burden on the stomach, causing indigestion, diarrhea and other related diseases.

How many mooncakes are pregnant a day?

Doctors have advised that moms can eat moon cakes, but eat them in moderation. Need to choose cakes with reputable production place and still use shelf to avoid buying cheap, unlabeled cakes being sold on the market.

According to Dr. Thu Hoai, a former nutritionist of Thanh Nhan Hospital, he said that baked goods and cakes are indispensable food during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they are not nutritious in terms of nutrition. One should consider whether or not to eat these types of cakes.

Currently there are many types of moon cakes on the market but the quality is different. If consumers buy poor-quality cakes, do not guarantee food safety and hygiene when ingested, it is very dangerous for health such as food poisoning, digestive disorders .

Because moon cakes do not contain many healthy nutrients, so mothers need to eat cake as much as possible. Pregnant women should be careful when eating moon cake and it is best to eat only about 1/8 - 1/4 of the cake every day to protect the health of both mother and baby.

If in the process of eating bread or cutting cake if there is a strange taste, it should not be eaten because it may be moldy, or impregnated with unhealthy additives.