Food Aversion
Food cravings aren’t uncommon in pregnancies. In reality, they’re expected. However, it’s also possible to have food aversion. Like cravings, it’s likely caused by hormonal changes that the body of women goes through when pregnant. The HCG amount, the hormone responsible for triggering the positive results on pregnancy tests, usually doubles during the first trimester every couple of days. After that, it can level off and peak in the eleventh week.
While its rising levels might cause nausea, food cravings, and aversions, the hormones will continue affecting appetite throughout pregnancy. Aversion to food may also result from morning sickness, as HCG causes it. Common pregnancy food aversions are meat, eggs, milk, onions, garlic, coffee and tea, and spicy foods. As hormonal changes continue, you may begin to eat food you may have disliked.
Coping with food aversion isn’t as complicated as it sounds. For example, if aversions include the foods crucial to the body during pregnancy, you can get the nutrients they offer from other types of food, like eating beans and nuts, if not meat. Or eat the food you have a distaste for in moderation instead of avoiding it.
