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During the nine months of pregnancy, you experience almost every emotion possible—pain, happiness, anxiety, worry, craving for food—you name it and you experience it! While you secretly crave for some foods, you need to be extremely cautious to understand what your body needs on a daily basis in those 9 months that can keep you and your baby safe until the delivery and the period of recovery that follows. Thanks to the giant leaps in technology, information on anything is just a click away. Even then, apart from the regular foods, you need to get your doctor’s nod to go ahead with those that might cause reactions.
Talking about food, are you fond of pumpkins, but are not certain if can you eat pumpkin seeds during pregnancy? Do you also like eating pumpkin seeds, but do are not sure whether they are safe to consume during pregnancy? Here are answers to all your questions.
Pumpkin seeds can be added to salads, breads, smoothies and are absolutely safe for mother-to-be. Not just safe, it is healthy and a source of important nutrients for pre-natal development. Pregnancy is a time when a woman’s body undergoes changes internally and externally to make room for the growth of the baby inside. As the uterus expands, the back, abdominal and hip muscles need to stretch. This push, pull and stretch calls for extra protein in the diet and pumpkin seeds can come to your rescue at this crucial time, particularly for vegetarians. 1 cup of pumpkin seeds takes care of half of your daily nutritional requirement. Apart from protein, it also contains calcium, phosphorus, potassium and zinc.
Not only are pumpkin seeds safe to eat during pregnancy, but they are also loaded with many important nutrients. Some of the benefits of eating pumpkin seeds during pregnancy are:
Like always here also moderation is the key. To get its benefit, consume pumpkin seeds in reasonable amounts only. Do not have them in plenty in order to avoid any complications during pregnancy.
So, pregnant women can sit back and happily eat pumpkin seeds and enjoy their benefits. Research shows that roasted pumpkin seeds are more nutritious than raw ones. So, it is better to buy them and roast them at home and consume it as it is or toss it in salads. You can even enjoy them in soups. Look up the internet for interesting recipes and make sure to include them in your everyday diet. After all, nothing can compensate natural foods when it comes to good health and when the health of your unborn baby is also in question, who wants to take chances?
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