Can you eat spicy food during pregnancy?

For your baby's health, you should adjust your diet before pregnancy to welcome your baby in the best condition.

First, stop eating spicy food during pregnancy

Usually we may have a lot of hobby, such as some people like to smoke, drink alcohol, eat spicy foods and so on. These hobbies do not seem to be a problem at ordinary times, but for couples planning to become pregnant, especially for pregnant women who are already pregnant, these hobbies become serious obstacles to healthy pregnancy.

Scientific research shows that: spicy foods can cause normal people's digestive disorders, such as: stomach upset, indigestion, constipation, and even acne. After pregnancy, as the fetus grows up, it affects the digestive function and defecation of the pregnant woman. If the pregnant woman always maintains the habit of eating spicy food, the result will aggravate pregnant women's symptoms of indigestion, constipation or hemorrhoids. The aspect will also affect the supply of pregnant women to the fetus nutrition, and even increase the difficulty of delivery.

Therefore, couples planning to become pregnant should stop eating spicy foods 3 to 6 months before planning a pregnancy in order for you to have a healthy baby.

Second, stop eating high-sugar food during pregnancy

Prior to pregnancy, both husband and wife, especially women, often consume high-sugar foods, which may often cause glucose metabolism disorders and may even become potential diabetics. After pregnancy, due to the needs of the fetus in pregnant women, the intake of pregnant women will increase or continue to be pre-pregnancy. Dietary structures are very prone to gestational diabetes. Diabetes during pregnancy not only endangers the health of the pregnant woman herself, but more importantly threatens the healthy development and growth of the fetus in the pregnant woman's body, and is prone to premature birth, miscarriage or stillbirth. After the baby is born, the pregnant woman becomes a typical diabetic patient, and the baby may be a huge child or a patient with brain development disorder, which affects the baby's healthy growth.