Peanut during pregnancy: benefit and harm

So it was a wonderful time waiting for the baby, when every future mother wants to give her child all the best and useful in the womb. Great value for the baby has what the woman eats. To use peanuts during pregnancy or not is an individual matter. But on what to navigate, making your choice, you can learn from this article.

Vitamin peat nut composition

All nuts are a storehouse of vitamins and nutrients, peanuts were no exception. During pregnancy, you need to carefully select the diet, so as not to harm the developing fetus. The composition of peanuts is diverse and rich in useful elements.

These include:

• Vitamin E, which is also called the vitamin of youth and beauty. It is vital for the human body. The fact is that vitamin E protects the membranes of our cells from free radicals and helps red blood cells to transfer oxygen to all cells of our body.
• Vitamin PP is one of the main participants in the process of the transformation of fats and carbohydrates into energy, it is needed to provide reactions in the body that are oxidation-reduction.
• Vitamin C is a well-known fighter and assistant in the fight against bacteria, which strengthens the immune system.
• Vitamin B ₁ helps prevent the formation of tumors, is a natural antioxidant.
• Vitamin B ₅ is useful for mental activity, activates the brain and improves memory.
• Vitamin B ₉ , or folic acid - one of the most important elements in bearing a fetus. With its help, the neural tube of the embryo is properly formed and further developed.

Other useful components of peanuts

In addition to a rich vitamin composition, peanuts have a large amount of protein, dietary fiber and saturated fatty acids. Useful elements that are in peanuts (calcium, sodium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus and iron) make this nut one of the most useful.

What harm can peanuts cause?

In pregnancy, the female body undergoes the strongest hormonal reorganization, so that it can respond unusually to some external stimuli and food. Even if before the onset of pregnancy a woman did not have an allergic reaction to this nut, then during the bearing of the child, it may suddenly arise. The first and most common harm from peanuts is an allergy. The signs of an allergic reaction to peanuts during pregnancy can be as follows:

• Diarrhea and abdominal pain;
• Lacrimation;
• The appearance of itching, swelling and rashes on the skin;
• Sneezing.

It is very rare to develop anaphylactic shock, this occurs when the first weak allergic reaction has not been taken into account by a person, and he continues to use this nut. After all, peanuts top the list of those products that can cause this life-threatening reaction of the body to the allergen.

When is it still not worth using peanuts during pregnancy? The product should be discarded if there is mold on the nut itself. It can appear when storing and transporting peanuts improperly. The danger is aflatoxin - a product of the fungus, which affects the liver, and sometimes can cause death.

Other negative effects of peanuts on the body

In parallel with the growth and development of the fetus, the uterus takes up more and more space in the abdominal cavity of the pregnant woman, which complicates the digestive system. It is also negatively affected by a special hormone inhibited by the peristalsis of the intestine, which is produced by the maternal organism for the preservation of the fetus. All this leads to increased gas production and high stress on the digestive tract. Peanut, which has a lot of fiber in its composition, even more irritates the mucous and complicates the work of the stomach and intestines.

To use peanuts during pregnancy is not recommended for those women who suffer from varicose veins and increased blood clotting. This is due to the ability of the nut to slow blood flow. Women who suffer from the formation of kidney stones are forbidden to use peanuts during pregnancy. You can expose yourself and your future child to great risk by eating a large amount of peanuts, because the oxalates available in this nut turn into crystals.

Peanut during pregnancy: benefit

Despite all the possible negative consequences of using this peanut, gynecologists do not categorically prohibit. From it can be extracted and some benefit. The value of this representative of the family of legumes lies in its rich vitamin composition, which we mentioned earlier, and manifests itself in this form:

• Prevention of diabetes mellitus;
• Maintenance of a normal amount of cholesterol in the blood;
• Strengthening the cardiovascular system of the body;
• The ability to excrete excess bile;
• Prevention of gastritis in particular and normalization of the digestive tract as a whole;
• Strengthens the nervous system of a pregnant woman and increases the physical endurance of a woman.
• Prevention of atherosclerosis.

Proper use of peanuts

If a pregnant woman does not suffer from kidney stones, varicose veins, thrombocytopenia and gastrointestinal problems, she can use this peanut.
However, the future mother should remember several recommendations:

• Choose for yourself only quality nuts, which will be devoid of musty smell, stains and mold on the shell.
• Do not combine with other types of nuts, it is better to eat peanuts with vegetables, sour cream, rice or with butter.
• In the last weeks of pregnancy, it is better not to abuse peanuts, since a baby can have an allergy to this product, which will last for life.
• If the pregnant woman suffers intolerance to this product, then she should be very careful about her diet (read the composition of dishes and constantly specify in restaurants what her order consists of).
• Acquired nuts are best cooked, so they will taste better, and all possible fungi will be destroyed. To do this, put peanuts in a preheated to 75 degrees oven for fifteen minutes.

In any case, the woman herself decides whether to use her peanuts in pregnancy, the benefits and harms of which have been described in this article.