Many of us have tangerines, their taste and aroma are associated with the Christmas tree and happy New Year holidays. The homeland of these exotic fruits is considered to be Southeast Asia. Mandarins owe their name to the Chinese, since in China, because of their high cost, they were affordable only for the richest and most notable people who were called mandarins. Europeans tried them in the 18th century and immediately fell in love with them for their unusual refreshing taste.
Mandarin is a bright representative of the citrus family, perfectly preserving all its useful properties during storage and transportation. The pulp of these fruits consists of 89% of water, the remaining 11% is sugar, acids, mineral salts, glycosides, pectin, vitamins and essential oils. Most of all, in vitamin C tangerines - 35 ml per 100 grams of fruit, in addition, the fruit is rich in vitamins B, namely B1 and B2, vitamins P, K, D, provitamin A. Nitrates in these delicious fruits never happen, they just don't get along with citric acid contained in tangerines.
Juice from tangerine fruits contains calcium, potassium and magnesium, improves metabolic processes and increases appetite, which makes tangerines during pregnancy an excellent source of nutrients and well-being. In addition, tangerine juice is an excellent assistant in the fight against temperature, it will help quench thirst and cleanse the lungs with asthma and bronchitis, restore normal intestinal microflora.
Essential oil from the fruits of mandarin is one of the best remedies for bad mood and depression, it is suitable for almost all skin types and is widely used in cosmetology, it is equally effective in combating acne and wrinkles, soothes irritated skin, and helps to defeat cellulite and stretch marks.
Everyone knows that during the period of bearing a child, women often change their taste preferences, they want something sour, now sweet, then salty. Very often, especially if this period affects the winter months, women begin to eat tangerines in kilograms, and at a certain point they begin to embarrass their friends and relatives. Is it possible to eat tangerines during pregnancy, in what quantity and are there any contraindications? Let's try to answer all these questions.
Tangerines during pregnancy will be an excellent way to prevent excess weight, as they are low-calorie and contribute to the normalization of metabolic processes in the body. However, like all citrus fruits, mandarin can become a catalyst for allergic reactions in the body of a future mother and baby. In addition, the baby is more likely to develop diathesis in the future. Therefore, doctors do not recommend large quantities of tangerines for pregnant women, one or two pieces a day will be enough.
When buying tangerines during pregnancy, remember that you will eat them together with your unborn baby, so they should not only be tasty, but also as fresh and healthy as possible. Currently, on the shelves of shops you can find Spanish, Moroccan and Turkish tangerines.
Spanish tangerines are distinguished by a thick peel, a small number of seeds, sweetness and juiciness. The tangerines that arrived from Morocco are small, sweet, seedless with a well-peeling thin, porous peel. Turkish fruits have a slightly sour taste, a lot of seeds, their skin is thin, smooth, yellowish-green, it does not separate well. The Clementine variety is considered to be the most delicious and juicy - a hybrid of mandarin and orange-king, the fruits of this variety are bright orange, small in size, stored for a month or more.
Contraindications With special care, mandarins should be used during pregnancy if a woman has the following diseases: allergy to citrus fruits, gastritis, gastric ulcer, hepatitis, duodenal ulcer, cholecystitis, increased acidity of gastric juice, nephritis, enteritis.