Myth: Avoid Chinese food during pregnancy.
Truth: My answer to this is simple. If Chinese people can eat Chinese food and have normal pregnancies and healthy babies, then why can’t we? Even so, I suggest that you avoid ajinomoto (monosodium glutamate), which is commonly used in Indian Chinese cuisine. It is an excitatory neurotransmitter that destroys nerve cells in the brain.
Myth: Eating vegetables and fruits with seeds will create stones in the child.
Truth: There is no scientific proof of this.
Myth: Eat lots of ghee and butter so the baby will slip out easily.
Truth: Eating lots of ghee and butter will not help the baby ‘slip’ out anywhere. What can slip is your health! Ghee is fattening and though it is allowed in moderation, any excess can adversely affect your health. Overweight pregnancies have higher complication rates and difficult labours.
Myth: Eating a lot of sugar during pregnancy will make your baby hyperactive.
Truth: This is false. But too much sugar can make you, and your baby, obese. Excessive sugar intake can be a problem if you have gestational diabetes.
Myth: An occasional glass of wine during pregnancy is fine.
Truth: The problem with recommending any safe level of alcohol during pregnancy is that safe levels of episodic drinking have not been clearly defined. This is why we recommend abstaining from alcohol completely. ‘Fetal alcohol syndrome’ and ‘fetal alcohol effect’, characterised by pre and postnatal growth deficiency, mental retardation and behavioural disturbances, occur in 30 to 40 per cent of women who are admitted alcoholics.
(Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1062120) - Dr Duru Shah
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