Pregnant mother alert: eating too much fruit can cause dystocia

Fruit is always considered as a healthy food. Therefore, many pregnant women have such misunderstanding that the more fruit the better, someone even have fruits as dinner. According to health experts, new research shows that: over taking fruit will cause dystocia.

In general, fruit is rich in carbohydrates, water, cellulose, and a small amount of protein, fat, vitamin A, B and minerals. However, they content less the crude fiber and specific nutrients than green leafy vegetables roots, plus lack vitamin B12, contained incomprehensive amino acid. Long-term reliance on fruit as the sole source of nutrition will lead to a lot of ills, such as anemia, especially to women.

Nutrition experts suggested that pregnant women need to eat a variety of different types of food to achieve nutritional balance. Pregnant women should not use fruit as a main food. One rule should be followed: diverse selection of fresh seasonal products. 1-3 fruits every meal, vegetables, daily intake of 400 grams, including green leafy vegetables should be accounted for 1 / 2.

One serving of fruit after a daily meal will give pregnant women sufficient nutrient. In recent years, according to clinical findings, pregnant women, excessive consumption of fruit is apt to cause hyperlipidemia. In addition, there is an upward trend leading to gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is that pregnant women during pregnancy has abnormal glucose metabolism, which results in elevated blood sugar. Usually within two months after giving birth, the blood sugar level will back to normal. Its etiology is in majority because of the poor diet. Excessive eating of fruit is the biggest incentive. If Gestational diabetes is not controlled in time, will first affect the mother's health, then, some patients with gestational diabetes, will have type 2 diabetes after 5 to 10 years. Gestational diabetes is also likely to cause infection during pregnancy, miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth and polyhydramnios; bringing huge harm to fetus development. Pregnant women with high blood sugar level easily have a huge fetus, which causes birth difficulties, increases dystocia and the likelihood of postpartum hemorrhage and put her life under risk. So, we must be cautious.