Can expectant mothers eat fast food?
Western fast food, such as hamburgers and French fries, is classified as unhealthy food because of its high salt, sugar and calories, and is generally not recommended for pregnant women. But sometimes limited by conditions, foreign fast food will become the only choice at that time. In fact, it is ok to eat once in a while. The key is to see how you order.
How do expectant mothers eat fast food healthily?
1. Try to choose fresh ingredients.
In terms of staple food, it is best to choose Chinese food if possible (now some foreign fast food restaurants also provide Chinese food); If you are eating hamburgers, try not to choose hamburgers with fried ingredients; If you eat pizza, try to choose as few varieties with high salt content or canned food as possible, such as bacon, sausage and yellow peach. Seafood or garden vegetable pizza is relatively healthy.
Choose a healthy salad
Fruit and vegetable salad is the first choice for eating foreign fast food, but it should be noted that the intake of salad dressing should be reduced, because trans fatty acids contained in salad dressing will increase the burden of cardiovascular and fat metabolism, especially for mothers. Tomato cheese can be used instead of mayonnaise or thousand island sauce. In addition, it is also a good choice to bring your own yogurt or vinegar juice instead of salad dressing on vegetables.
Choose low-sugar desserts
For desserts, try to choose desserts with low sugar and few additives, such as fruits and milkshakes. Try not to choose fried food for snacks, such as fried chicken wings.
Choose soup or low-sugar drinks.
If conditions permit, try to choose hot soup as a drink, and also choose fresh and healthy drinks such as milk and freshly squeezed juice, instead of high-sugar drinks such as cola and soda.
Finally, I want to remind expectant mothers that foreign fast food is not healthy food after all, so try to eat less or not during pregnancy. For the sake of the baby's health, expectant mothers should bear it.