Answer pregnant women like snacks: Can pregnant women eat spring rolls?

Nem chua can be a woman's favorite dish. But when you have a baby, can pregnant women eat spring rolls?

How is Nem chua processed?

If you summarize spring rolls in a description, it is: the dish is fermented from raw meat. In addition to ground pork, in spring rolls there are pork skin, clove leaves, garlic, chili.

Meat does not undergo any heat treatment. The meat is completely cooked thanks to fermentation microorganisms.

Microorganisms in this dish will include both beneficial and harmful microorganisms. Lactic acid helps beneficial microorganisms to grow and inhibits harmful microorganisms.

The dangers of nem chua 

However, this is just theoretical processing. All fermented food products need to be handled with great care. Processors need to understand how to use microorganisms, how to inhibit harmful microorganisms.

Nem is made from hearth and fresh meat, often handcrafted in small processing establishments. If the sterile environment cannot be guaranteed, the dish is easily contaminated by the hands of the producer, the tools, the leaves are not clean, ...

Hearing and meat, when faced with a humid environment, will often create mold and harmful bacteria.

If cooked, the bacteria can be killed. However, spring rolls are only fermented. Therefore, it is impossible to completely kill bacteria, viruses and parasites.

In addition, on the market there are many types of rolls without labels, with no expiry date. Nem chua can only be used for about 3 - 7 days. Overdue spring rolls can contain many pathogenic bacteria and harmful parasites.

They are not dead, only inhibited activity. When the conditions are right, they multiply and cause illness to the user. Even bacterial toxins can cause cancer.

In fact, in Vietnam, there are not many manufacturing facilities that can completely guarantee this process. Even many processors are unhygienic, using unclean meat. Therefore, the possibility of remaining bacteria in spring rolls is much.

So pregnant women can eat nem chua?

Pregnant women who want to eat spring rolls need to find a guaranteed production facility. Nem chua must be made from clean meat, processed in a hygienic and safe environment.

However, there is still risk of dangerous bacteria surviving in spring rolls. Pregnant women may be susceptible to bacterial infections such as Listeria, E.coli, ... These are bacteria that cause diarrhea for pregnant women.

During pregnancy, the pregnant woman's digestive system is often very sensitive. Therefore, you easily get diarrhea even though there is little reaction before with raw meat dishes.

The safest way for pregnant women to eat spring rolls is fried spring rolls. Fried spring rolls are also a delicious and popular snack in Hanoi. Ripe spring rolls will reduce the risk of bacteria inside.

Pregnant women absolutely cannot eat spring rolls 

Pregnant women infected with liver fluke

Liver fluke is transmitted through raw and cooked meat with microorganisms, without heat processing. Improperly processed spring rolls will become a source of liver fluke to humans.

Pregnant women have gout 

Gout is an increase in blood uric acid. When eating raw spring rolls, increased uric acid can be deposited into the joints, causing pregnant women to have an acute gout attack.

Pregnant women have spasm of the colon 

If pregnant women often have abdominal pain right after eating, especially when they are full, eat strange, spicy, sour, cold foods, ... it is very likely that you will have colon contractions.

In this case, pregnant women should not eat spring rolls because bacteria can penetrate the intestines causing severe pain.

So pregnant women can eat nem chua? Best pregnant women should follow the principle of eating cooked, drinking boiling.

If you are craving, buy spring rolls from a manufacturer you know the source of the ingredients and the processing process. Then deep-fry rolls to completely no harmful bacteria for pregnant women and babies.

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