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Can pregnant women eat loach during pregnancy?

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Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 05:39 PM

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  • Emersyn Emersyn

    Apr 02, 2026

      Loach can be divided into sand loach, true loach and yellow loach. They are distributed in fresh water all over my country. They often live in the bottom mud of still water in paddy fields, ponds and ditches. They like to eat plankton, small crustaceans, etc., as well as plant debris, algae, etc. Loach enters the breeding season from April to August every year. After the second age, the loach becomes sexually mature and begins to lay eggs. The larger the individual, the more eggs it will lay.

      Loach meat is delicious, nutritious, rich in protein and multiple vitamins, and has medicinal value. It is a favorite aquatic product among people.

      nutritional value

      Loach contains lower fat content and less cholesterol. It is a high-protein and low-fat food. It also contains an unsaturated fatty acid similar to eicosapentenoic acid, which is beneficial to the human body in resisting vascular aging, so it is beneficial to the body. elderly and cardiovascular patients.

      Edible effect

      Loach is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and enters the spleen and liver meridians;

      It has the effects of replenishing qi, removing dampness and reducing jaundice, nourishing kidneys and yang, removing dampness and stopping diarrhea, warming the spleen and stomach, treating hemorrhoids, and stopping sweating due to constipation;

      Loach and tofu are cooked together, which has good tonic and dietary functions;

      For quenching thirst: Boil loach and fresh lotus leaves into soup.

      Applicable people

      Can be consumed by the general population

      It is especially suitable for people with weak body, weak spleen and stomach, malnutrition, and children with night sweats. It is helpful for growth and development; it is also suitable for the elderly and those with cardiovascular disease. diseasecancer It is suitable for patients and people who have undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy, acute and chronic hepatitis and jaundice, especially acute jaundice hepatitis, which can promote the decrease of jaundice and transaminase; at the same time, it is suitable for Impotence ,hemorrhoid, skin People suffering from scabies and itching should consume it.

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