Contribute to A Healthy Pregnancy
Top 6 in Top 9 Health Benefits of Peanuts
The need for certain nutrients is substantially greater during pregnancy, which results in a large rise in overall nutritional needs. One of these is folic acid, which is necessary for the development of the fetus's nervous system and brain as well as for preventing spina bifida and neural tube abnormalities.
Other foods can also provide folic acid, but peanuts provide a special benefit that no other food has. This lessens the risk of peanut allergies. Since the body does not react to antigens as strongly at a young age—even in the womb—it is thought that introducing peanuts reduces the risk of developing peanut allergies greatly.
