Tomato juice during pregnancy

Few of the expectant mothers will refuse a glass of cool tomato juice.And even those who did not like him before the pregnancy or were indifferent to him, note that sometimes it is unbearably desirable to drink this particular drink. Not everyone, however, knows exactly the answer to the question whether it is possible for women in the “interesting position” to use tomato juice.

It is difficult to find a juice with the same rich history as tomato. Humanity got acquainted with tomatoes about two thousand years ago, but people drink their drink only for about a hundred years. The most beloved and popular has always been the juice of oranges. And once in one of the American hotels, orange juice just ended up in the most influx of visitors. The owner of the hotel ordered to make a drink from what was in the kitchen - a large number of tomatoes had just been delivered there. Since then, a new drink and fell in love, then began to produce it in bags in the factory way.

In 1933, Anastas Mikoyan, being responsible for the industry, decided to master the technology of preparing a drink, about which he had heard so much good. So tomato juice appeared in the USSR. Very soon there was an impression that this drink was always ours, Russian. Everybody loved him - from young to old.

Juice belongs to vegetable, and among other vegetable drinks it takes a deserved first place in consumption. In 2000, a study was conducted, which showed that lycopene is present in the drink, which forms the so-called P3-factor, which prevents platelet sticking in the blood. Tomato juice is considered an excellent means of preventing many diseases, and also shows pronounced antioxidant effects, helping to preserve youth.

During pregnancy, the woman's need for vitamins and minerals increases significantly. In it grows and develops a new life, which also needs nutrients. The child takes the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals from the mother’s blood, while the woman herself, if the balance is not restored from the outside, begins to suffer from vitamin deficiency.

On the question of whether, in general, women in the “interesting position” are allowed to drink a drink from the pulp of tomatoes, the answer is only in the affirmative. Nothing bad will happen, the benefits will be, but only if there are no contraindications. If the future mother loves such a drink, she wants it, you should not torture yourself with restrictions - a drink from tomatoes is useful, important and necessary for her body.

Tomato juice, to a considerable extent, can satisfy the increased need of a woman and calcium, folic acid, and gland growing in the womb; it can be recommended during pregnancy to raise hemoglobin in the early stages and to normalize hemostasis and prevent clots in the final late pregnancy. It gives gastronomic satisfaction, good mood and effectively quenches thirst.

In the composition of tomato juice there are carbohydrates. If a woman loses weight and strives to become a candidate for participation in an international beauty contest, the abundance of such drinks is not welcome, but a pregnant woman literally needs carbohydrates from the very beginning of the first trimester. In her body, there are multiple processes of adaptation, adaptation, adjustment - hormonal, physiological, and they all require high energy costs. Carbohydrates help to fill energy costs, but not fast, which are abundant in cakes and sweets, but slow ones, which for a long time create a feeling of recuperation. These include carbohydrates from tomato juice.

The drink is rich in essential vitamins - A, B, E, C, PP, as well as dietary fiber, which is very important for the prevention of constipation and hemorrhoids. Plant fiber in unchanged form enters the intestine and softens the feces - defecation becomes easier.If we consider that constipation and hemorrhoids in pregnant women is a universal phenomenon, then the desire to drink tomato juice can be regarded not only as a gastronomic whim, but also as an effective prevention of intestinal problems and digestion.

The mineral composition of the juice causes a great love for this drink to all who “sifted through” yesterday - in a state of hangover dehydration and loss of important minerals occur, tomato juice helps to restore this deficiency. For pregnant women, a glass of such a drink is a real treasure, as it contains manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, chlorine, potassium, cobalt, zinc, iron, fluorine, iodine, selenium and molybdenum.

If you do not go into the subtleties of biochemical processes, then it can be stated in a simplified and completely reliable way that The benefits of tomato juice for a pregnant woman are as follows:

• the drink has a positive effect on the condition of the heart and blood vessels, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, affects the composition of the blood;
• reduces intraocular pressure, due to which many expectant mothers begin to see worse from the middle of the term of gestation;
• promotes the production of serotonin - the hormone of joy and happiness, which effectively affects the mental state and emotional sphere, unstable and unstable under the influence of progesterone, the mood of expectant mothers becomes more stable, even, positive and optimistic;
• has a pronounced antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect on the body, and if you take the juice during periods of increased seasonal incidence of ARVI and influenza, the probability of getting sick will be much lower due to the positive effect of the product on the immune system;
• in the early stages of pregnancy, tomato juice reduces the manifestations of toxicosis, if any;
• at any time helps to enrich the blood with hemoglobin, which means that the baby will also receive more oxygen.

Women who have an acute craving for tomato juice, almost manic, which prevents them from sleeping, eat, does not allow them to think about anything other than tomato juice, they must inform their doctor about this - it is possible that there was a serious lack of minerals in their body . It is necessary to make a biochemical blood test to find out the deficient state of which element has come, and, of course, calmly drink the desired tomato juice - it will not be worse for sure.

It is not recommended to drink juice only to those future mothers who have significant problems with the stomach, pancreas, gall bladder. Due to the abundance of plant fiber and fiber, juice can be an indigestible product for women with gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, chronic pancreatitis, cholecystitis.

Juice should be temporarily abandoned for intestinal disorders (diarrhea, bloating). As soon as the unpleasant symptoms subside, you can drink the juice. And it is also not recommended for pregnant women to add salt to the juice - this, of course, gives the drink an amazing taste, but salt retains water in the body, raises blood pressure, and therefore in late periods it is advisable to drink tomato juice only without salt, not fresh. Throughout pregnancy, juice and salt is prohibited for women prone to hypertension and edema.

Juice selection is a separate topic. Poor juice, made from tomato paste of not the best quality in questionable conditions (these are the kind of drinks that often appear in large retail chains “for promotion”, they usually do not have a manufacturer and the name of the distribution network itself is indicated on the juice box) can cause significant harm.

Unlike other juices in boxes that are not recommended for pregnant women, tomato can also be bought in a pack, because no preservatives are added to the product, its safety is ensured by Tetra Pak packages.

Introducing tomato juice in your diet, a woman should know that the drink is not recommended to wash down foods rich in animal protein. In other words, drinking a piece of meat, fish, omelet, cottage cheese with tomato juice is not the best solution. After such a meal from the feeling of heaviness in the stomach will be difficult to get rid of. In addition, the combination of animal protein and the composition of tomato juice increases the likelihood of developing problems with the gallbladder.

It is better to allocate tomato juice in a separate meal - in snack between breakfast and lunch, between afternoon tea or dinner, or take it in one meal with a vegetable salad, porridge.

To learn how to use tomato juice and its benefits, see the next video.