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Your pregnancy affected by different fruits? |
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by surfingmama  (October 2006) (rank 500+) |
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Can fruits affect your pregnancy? Fruits in general are healthy, but according to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, different fruits will have different effects on the body and it is important, especially for pregnant women, to take note of. Before you tuck into your favorite fruit, you should understand what 
your body type is, and what fruits are beneficial to your health:
Cool Body Type: If you consume melons regularly, you can get diarrhea easily
Warm Body Type: If you consume mangoes, lychees and longans, your body will become hot
Body with illness or disease:
Asthmatic and prone to coughing – avoid melons
Sensitive skin – avoid mangoes and strawberries
How do you know if you have a cool or hot body? Check out Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Diagnostics. Remember: Hot is yang, and Cool is yin.
Some examples of fruit categories:
Mangos – Hot effect but take note that some people may have allergic reactions mango
Longans– It’s one of the very few fruits used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, rich in vitamins A, B1 and sugar, good for insomnia, absent-mindedness and traumatized patients. It is also good for weak bodies
Pears – Cooling for the lungs and best for sore throat and people whose cough contains phlegm.
Melons – Very cooling and acts as a diuretic agent, hence do not eat too much before bed or you’ll be running to the toilet in the middle of the night
More food and fruit classification (hot or cool) can be found in Feeding According to TCM.
Conclusion: pregnant women with warm body type should not consume hot fruits, nor should they indulge in too much cooling fruits as they may suffer from diarrhea and affect the fetus.
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Related links:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Diagnostics
Feeding According to TCM
Great remedies for morning sickness
10 risks of high risk pregnancy
