It is not advisable to consume excessive amounts of jujube to replenish blood during pregnancy.

　　Ever since he learned that his wife was pregnant, Mr. Zhao has been buying jujubes from home every three days. He heard that pregnant women are prone to anemia , and jujube is a good product for replenishing blood. However, not long ago, my wife, who was nearly 6 months pregnant, arrived Hospital After an examination, the trace element test showed that she had iron deficiency anemia.

　　“How can you still be anemic if you eat jujubes every day? ”Mr. Zhao and his wife were a little confused.

　　During the interview, the reporter found that many people, like Mr. Zhao and his wife, believe that jujube is a good blood supplement. In fact, this is just a beautiful misunderstanding.

　　There are two main types of anemia related to nutrition, one is iron deficiency anemia, and the other is megaloblastic anemia caused by lack of folic acid and vitamin B12.

　　Let’s talk about iron deficiency anemia first. Although jujube is relatively rich in iron, like other iron-rich plant foods, its iron absorption rate is extremely low and cannot be well utilized by the human body. Therefore, it is difficult to rely on eating dates to replenish blood.

　　Xue Yuzhu, chief of the health department of Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and nutrition consultant of Yuankang Vocational Training School, pointed out that iron-rich animal foods such as lean meat, animal blood, and animal liver are easy to be absorbed and utilized by the body. Pregnant women eating animal blood and liver twice a week are far better than eating jujube to replenish blood.

　　Let’s talk about megaloblastic anemia caused by lack of folic acid and vitamin B12. Although folic acid is widely found in green leafy vegetables, and jujubes are relatively rich in folic acid, folic acid is extremely unstable and is easily lost when exposed to heat, light, etc. Most of the jujubes that people usually eat are processed dried jujubes, and the loss of folic acid is not small. In addition, vitamin B12 mainly exists in animal foods, and the content in jujube is very small.

　　It can be seen that no matter how many jujubes you eat, it is difficult to prevent and treat anemia. On the contrary, the skin of jujubes is rich in crude fiber, which is not easy to digest and will cause certain damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, pregnant women should not eat too many jujubes. Two or three a day is enough.