The diet of pregnant women often includes controversial or incomprehensible foods. However, the question is, is it worth adding to it such an ambiguous product as honey, which is both a strong allergen and an extremely useful product?
What form is honey in?
Pregnant women can eat honey. You just need to carefully monitor its amount (you should not consume more than three tablespoons per day), tea with honey is a very good option. Too much honey is unlikely to be added to the drink, while warm, but not hot tea will allow you to fully enjoy the aroma and taste of the beneficial substance.
The thing is that honey loses its beneficial properties when heated above forty-five degrees, turning into a carcinogen. So hot tea makes a real poison out of this product. It is better to make soft drinks based on honey and ginger or add honey to already cooled tea.
Doctors do not prohibit the use of honey in food during pregnancy, if there is no allergy to it. It is quite easy to check for the presence or absence of unpleasant reactions. It is enough to put a drop of honey on the elbow and wait a few minutes. If redness does not appear on the skin, then there is no allergy. If there is redness, itching or other discomfort, honey should be discarded not only during pregnancy. This method is suitable for checking any other questionable substances.
What do you need to know about honey?
Of course, the honey must be of high quality. An inexperienced person cannot always understand how good the honey offered to him is. Unfortunately, this healthy product is often diluted with sugar, flour or starch to increase its mass. Real honey has a very strong aroma and thick consistency, it should be wrapped around a spoon.
This product has a lot of useful properties. For example, it improves immunity (this is important for weakened organisms), normalizes blood pressure, treats colds, helps to reduce the tone of the uterus (this is very useful for pregnant women at any time), has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system, accelerating blood supply.
Honey is polyfloral and monofloral. Polyfloral honey is called honey made from nectar that bees collected from different plants, and monofloral honey is made from nectar of the same species. Monofloral honeys are valued for their pronounced aromas and beneficial properties. Melilot honey can be used as a sleeping pill and sedative, linden honey has antibacterial properties, buckwheat honey is saturated with B vitamins. Among polyfloral honey, mountain honey is especially valued for its useful qualities, and field honey is considered almost the most delicious.
