What Are The Fruits To Eat When Pregnant?

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Are you going nuts fussing over what you should eat and what you should avoid during pregnancy? Healthy eating is necessary during pregnancy and doctors usually strongly recommend intake of fruits and vegetables. However, your dietitian may have given you a list of healthy fruits that you need to avoid during pregnancy. Are you clueless whether it is safe to eat any during pregnancy or not? If yes, Check out these fruits you should eat when pregnant!

1. WATERMELON 

Watermelon is perfect for keeping you hydrated as well as it being loaded with antioxidants like vitamin C and A. It also contains more lycopene then any other fruit. Lycopene reduces your chances of cancer and heart disease. The best thing though is that it is a fantastic souce of amino acid citrulline, which helps your body heal it's wounds, lower your blood pressure, and protect against stroke. Basically it's a great bodily defense for you and baby.


The way to best eat it though to get the benefits is by not storing it in your fridge as it's best eaten at room temperature since that increases the lycopene and beta-carotene levels. 




2.    GRAPES 

If pregnant women eat a lot of grapes, their babies’ eyes will be brighter because grapes contain a lot of vitamin A and flavonol compound that are useful for developing eyesight.

Eating grapes is good for not only mother but also child because it brings some advantages:

-       Magnesium in grapes helps pregnant women reduce cramp.

-       Grapes contain content of fiber that helps pregnant women digest easily.

-       Grapes contain vitamin E and K that help blood congeal and it is useful for labour. Consequently, eating a glass of grape juice will make pregnant women reduce stress and useful for mothers before they begin to labour.

-       Antioxidants such as anthocyanins, flavon, geraniol, linalol, nerol and tannin will help increase immunity and prevent infection for pregnant women.

-       Resveratrol in grapes helps control cholesterol in pregnancy. So, if pregnant women get hypertension, they should drink a glass of fruit juice every day.

-       Eating grapes regularly will help pregnant women who have arthritis asthma control disease because grapes contain anti-inflammatory factor.

-       Grapes act as a good detergent; it helps prevent kidney stone, detoxify liver, and improve digestive system’s health. Grapes also cure constipation.

-       Resveratrol is an important factor of grapes that helps prevent nerve disease of pregnant women.

-       Grape leaves can be used to cure bleeding of womb.

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 3.   BANANA

Banana is one of the great sources of iron which every woman should consume. Doing so will accelerate iron in body, by producing haemoglobin and reducing anemic symptoms.
To naturally reduce constipation, stomach bloating and ensure smooth bowel movement without taking supplements, ladies should increase the intake of banana in their diet.



4.    AVOCADO

 
During pregnancy, if you're dealing with day-long "morning" sickness and can't find a way to eat much besides saltines, avocados are a great, smell-free way to add good fats and tons of vitamins like vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and B5, potassium, carotenoids, magnesium, folate, lutein, and and dietary fiber.



5.     ORANGES
 

These healthy snacks will help provide plenty of important nutrients for pregnancy, including vitamic C, folic acid and calcium. Not only is this juice high in vitamin C and folic acid, it's also a good source of potassium, which has been shown to help lower high blood pressure, a particular danger during pregnancy.

 

6.     APPLE

 Eating apples regularly comes with many nutritional benefits. Apples are rich in antioxidants, flavonoids, phytonutrients and dietary fiber. The vitamin C in apple counters the damage free radicals cause. Apples reduce the risk of developing cancer especially that of the breast.