Precautions for pregnant women to eat raw cucumber.
1, cucumber is cold, pregnant women must not be greedy, otherwise it is easy to accumulate cold in the body and cause contractions.
2. The cucumbers eaten raw by pregnant women must be cleaned, because pesticides may remain on the cucumber skin, which will affect the health of the fetus. The cucumbers you grow yourself can be eaten without pesticides. Pollution-free cucumber can be soaked in salt water 15-20 minutes before eating; The unmarked cucumber can't be judged, so be sure to soak and peel it before eating.
Note: Don't go from head to tail when soaking, so as to avoid nutrient loss.
The benefits of raw cucumber for pregnant women
1, weight control Cucumber contains a special substance propanol diacid, which can reduce the accumulation of fat in human body, thus achieving the purpose of weight control. Moreover, the cellulose in cucumber can effectively excrete putrefaction substances in human body, reduce cholesterol, and achieve the purpose of strengthening the body.
2, whitening skin care cucumber contains cucumber enzyme, which is a substance with strong biological activity, which can better promote the metabolism of the human body, but also promote the blood circulation of the human body and make the skin antioxidant. At the same time, cucumber skin and cucumber seeds are also rich in vitamin C, which is the natural enemy of melanin. With it, melanin will be greatly reduced, thus achieving the purpose of whitening skin, and the elasticity of skin will be better and better.
3, promoting the digestion of cucumber can improve constipation and dry stool, because eating raw cucumber can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Pregnant women with constipation symptoms can be relieved by eating raw cucumbers.
Another way for pregnant women to eat cucumbers raw-cold cucumber strips
Ingredients: cucumber (two), minced garlic (appropriate amount), salt (two teaspoons), sugar (two tablespoons), soy sauce (5g), Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar (30g), sesame oil (20g), chicken essence, pepper (appropriate amount) and chopped pepper sauce (a little).
Exercise:
1, two tender cucumbers, washed. Cucumber peeled and cut into small strips, garlic chopped.
2. Put the cucumber and minced garlic into a transparent bowl, add two spoonfuls of salt, mix well, and cover and marinate 15-20 minutes (you can marinate in the refrigerator in summer).
3. When you see that there is more than half a bowl of water in the cucumber, filter out the pickled cucumber water, add two spoonfuls of white sugar, 5g soy sauce, 20g sesame oil, 20g chicken essence and pepper, mix well, and then marinate for10-15min.