Cranberry during pregnancy: useful properties and therapeutic effect

Cranberry during pregnancy becomes not only a source of trace elements and vitamins, but also a medicine for various diseases. During the gestation of a child, many pharmacological preparations are under strict prohibition, and pathogenic viruses and bacteria easily penetrate into the weakened organism of a woman. Cranberry fruit drinks and juices will eliminate both symptoms of pathologies, and their immediate cause - infectious pathogens. The unique composition of the bog berries also causes contraindications to the use during pregnancy. Therefore, the future mother should consult a gynecologist about the appropriateness and safety of using cranberries.

Cranberries are used in folk medicine for the safe treatment of infectious diseases in pregnant women.

Benefits of acidic berries during childbearing

Pregnant women often suffer from toxicosis, severe swelling and impaired urination due to a changed hormonal background. The constantly growing uterus and the growing weight of the child become the cause of squeezing of the internal organs. Heartburn, bloating, indigestion and peristalsis are added to the already uncomfortable sensations. To facilitate the condition of the future mother helps the regular use of cranberries. The berry contains biologically active substances that quickly and effectively eliminate dyspeptic and neurological disorders.

It's interesting: Cranberries are more than 90% water, and the remaining 10% is occupied by mineral compounds and useful polysaccharides. Women during pregnancy can not be afraid for excess weight, as the bog berry belongs to the most low-calorie food.

During the carrying out of the baby, the presence of pectins in the cranberry is of special interest. These coarse-fiber polysaccharides purify the gastrointestinal tract from the accumulated food, slag and toxins that have accumulated there. And pectins themselves are unchanged from the body. When you introduce cranberries into the diet should take into account its easy laxative effect. However, many women expecting a baby, suffer from chronic constipation, so the use of berries in this period is more important than ever.

Gynecologists recommend eating cranberry juice during pregnancy and because of its high content of vitamins and trace elements:

• of folic acid, necessary for proper intrauterine growth and development of the child;
• riboflavin, thiamine, pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin, responsible for the processes of metabolism of nutrients and biologically active substances;
• ascorbic acid, which increases the resistance of the organism of a pregnant woman to infectious and allergic agents;
• mineral compounds of zinc, copper, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, impeding the development of water-electrolyte imbalance.

Many in cranberries and a rare selenium trace element, which shows adaptogenic activity. A useful substance stabilizes the psychoemotional state of a pregnant woman and increases her protective powers.

Regular consumption of cranberry juice with pregnant women avoids the painful symptoms of toxicosis - nausea and vomiting

. Healing properties of berry juices and fruit drinks

. During gestation, gynecologists often diagnose iron deficiency anemia. The woman has weakness, fatigue, excessive hair loss, stratification of nail plates. The lack of this microelement negatively affects the emotional background of the future mother, as well as the utero-placental blood flow. The sour berry contains so high concentration of iron that to prevent occurrence of a pathological condition will allow daily use of two glasses of a mors or 200 ml of juice. The benefits of cranberries for pregnant women lies in its healing activities:

• Improvement of blood circulation. Bioflavonoids from the chemical composition of marsh berries increase the elasticity of arteries, veins, capillaries, normalize microcirculation;
• Reducing the level of sugar and cholesterol in the systemic circulation. Organic acids of cranberries( benzoic, citric, malic, oxalic) remove harmful triglycerides from large blood vessels, restore the active functioning of the endocrine part of the pancreas;
• Prevention of tumor formation. The anthocyanins of the berry prevent the transformation of cells at the genetic level, which is an excellent prevention of malignant and benign neoplasms;
  
• Normalization of hematopoiesis. The daily use of cranberries for pregnant women has a favorable effect on the composition of the blood. It increases the content of hemoglobin and erythrocytes - carriers of molecular oxygen;
• Elimination of deficiency of biologically active substances. Thanks to the combination of useful compounds in the berries, the course reception of drinks not only replenishes the stores of vitamins and trace elements, but also ensures their delivery to cells and tissues.

Warning: Most of the substances useful for the pregnant woman are found in fresh berries. A small part of vitamins is lost during freezing, but after the thermal treatment of cranberries the concentration of bioactive compounds is significantly reduced.

During pregnancy, a woman should receive twice the amount of nutrients with food, since their deficiency, first of all, affects the appearance and well-being of the mother, and not the child. The composition of the acid bog berries includes many antioxidants that prevent the formation of free radicals in the body. If the future mother regularly consumes drinks from cranberries, then she does not have any problems with the skin, nails, hair.

Drinking cranberry drinks will avoid unwanted pharmacological intake during pregnancy.

Indications for use

On the question of patients about whether cranberries can be pregnant, gynecologists always answer in the affirmative. Moreover, they even recommend berries and juices in the development of pathological conditions. In what cases is the use of cranberries:

• intestinal atony;
• toxicosis;
• violation of water-salt metabolism;
• urination disorders;
• vitamin deficiency;
• inflammatory process of any localization;
• viral and respiratory infections.

It is worth noting that gynecologists are trying to prevent the development of such pathologies. They recommend introducing cranberries into the diet for prevention, which helps to avoid complications and chronic diseases.

Tip: During pregnancy, women become somewhat selective in food, and a lot of tales go about their taste preferences. If for some reason the future mother can not drink cranberry juices and fruit drinks, then they will successfully replace dried or candied berries.

Edema

Cranberry from swelling during pregnancy is used in the second and third trimester. An enlarged uterus presses on the bladder and urethra. A woman often has a urge to urinate, but the amount of urine released is small. Excess fluid is distributed in the form of edema. Most often they occur on the face, arms and ankles. This condition gynecologists do not refer to natural, so immediately proceed to treatment. The use of diuretics often causes:

• deficiency necessary for the body of mineral compounds;
• development of hazardous dehydration.

Organic acids from the chemical composition of cranberries exhibit mild diuretic activity. Regular use of berry drinks contributes to the removal of excess fluid and the preservation of potassium, sodium, magnesium and other trace elements in the body.



Thanks to the diuretic effect of cranberries, gynecologists recommend using it in pregnancy, complicated by blood pressure rises. Decreased expression of edema leads to the widening of veins, arteries, capillaries and normalization of blood flow. If arterial hypertension was diagnosed in a woman before conception, then she should eat fresh cranberry berries daily to stabilize blood pressure.

Juice from fresh cranberries is used to reduce the expression of edema of the face, hands, ankles in all trimesters of pregnancy.

Cystitis

Cranberry during pregnancy is also used for cystitis. Rarely, which of the women in the period of bearing the baby did not suffer from cuts and burning during urination, pulling pains in the lower abdomen. Squeezing the urethra and bladder leads to stagnation of urine, which becomes a favorable environment for the multiplication of pathogenic bacteria. And microbes do not penetrate the future mother's body from the outside. Hormonal fluctuations provoke a decrease in immunity and activation of bacteria belonging to the conditionally pathogenic microflora:

• of staphylococci;
• E. coli.

Cranberry contains a high concentration of phytoncides and organic acids that are bacteriostatic, and in high doses and bactericidal action. Biologically active substances prevent the growth and reproduction of not only pathogenic bacteria, but also viruses, as well as yeast fungi. Regular use of berry drinks is an excellent prevention of cystitis, colpitis, vulvovaginitis.

Warning: Acid berry will not help if a woman develops an acute form of cystitis. In this case, urgent antibiotic therapy is required. The doctor will choose sparing dosages of antibacterial agents that will not have a negative impact on the growth and development of the child.

Sweet and sour cranberry mors is an effective remedy for the elimination of painful symptoms of cystitis

Contraindications

The benefits and harm of cranberries during pregnancy are due to its chemical composition. The berry contains a lot of biologically active substances in high concentrations. And if a woman has an individual intolerance of at least one of them, then there is a high probability of developing an allergic reaction according to the type of urticaria - a rash appears on the skin and redness.

Because of the large amount of organic acids, cranberry drinks can destroy tooth enamel and provoke caries. However, the development of events for such a negative scenario can be avoided, simply using an ordinary cocktail. To absolute contra-indications of a cranberry at pregnancy such diseases concern:

• a stomach ulcer and a duodenum;
• is a hyperacid or erosive gastritis;
• hypovitaminosis.

Berry fruit drinks and juices are strictly forbidden when diagnosing a woman with urolithiasis in a pregnant woman. Cranberry increases frequency of urination, increases the volume of secreted urine. This can trigger the movement of a large acute calculus and damage to the urinary tract or blood vessel.

Useful recipes

Cranberry is especially useful in pregnancy in the early stages, when a woman experiences the painful symptoms of toxicosis. Acidic drinks quickly normalize digestion, eliminate emetic pangs, reduce the severity of nausea. Their effectiveness in restoring useful intestinal microflora, which suffers from the development of dyspeptic disorders, is proved. Prepare the juice is very simple - you need to use a strainer or juicer. Gynecologists recommend for the prevention of toxicosis daily take 0.3 glasses of a healthy drink after dinner. But with cranberry mors have to tinker:

1. From two glasses of fresh juicy berries squeeze the juice and merge it into non-oxidizing dishes.
2. Add a liter of water, a couple of tablespoons of sugar and bring to a boil.
3. Shedding on low heat for ten minutes, cool, strain and mix with juice.

If the taste of the drink seems excessively acidic, it can be improved by adding honey. For the prevention and treatment of diseases during pregnancy, you need to drink every day 2-3 glasses of berry juice after eating.

Recommendation: To introduce cranberries into the diet should be gradual. Gynecologists advise patients in the beginning to eat a couple of berries and listen to their feelings. In the absence of discomfort, you can increase the daily portion of cranberries.