During pregnancy, more than ever a woman should have a healthy and balanced diet . Over half of pregnant women, there was a marked stimulation of appetite, which usually starts at the beginning of the second quarter and held until the end of pregnancy, sometimes dim
inishing in recent months.
The frequent changes in tastes found at pregnant women, is the preference for fruit, pickles, salted foods, spices
The key to proper nutrition during pregnancy is balance and variety. Healthy diet should include foods from all food groups: fruits, vegetables, cereals, meat, dairy. It is preferred the dining in small amounts but more than once a day, only a few tables and rich, because in this way relieves nausea and characteristic early pregnancy and avoid over nutrition.
The consumption per day should include:
1. Cereal: 8 servings ( a slice of whole wheat bread, one cup of cereal, half cup of pasta or rice)
2. Vegetables: 4 or more servings (two links of carrots, a cup of shredded vegetables, one cup of cooked broccoli or cauliflower)
3. Fruits: 2-4 servings (a small apple, orange, pear or banana or a cup of raisins)
4. Dairy: 3 servings (250-300 ml of milk or yogurt or a 50 g of cheese)
5. Pork, beef, chicken or fish, eggs, nuts or seeds: 2-3 servings (beef or pork ,cooked poultry or seafood).
6. Fats, oils and sweets: very little
FOOD NOT recommended in pregnancy
1. Meat: pork, beef, chicken, fish and eggs or insufficiently cooked or raw.
2. Fast food
3. Swordfish, shark, catfish, mackerel, tuna. Disadvantaged are of methyl-mercury, a harmful metal increases brain and nervous system of the child.
4. Un pasteurized milk
5. Some types of milk and cheeses such as feta cheese, brie, Roquefort, etc..;
6. Pasta, canned meat or refreeze.
7. Un pasteurized juices
8. Vegetables picked green
9. Herbal nutritional supplements
10. Non-drinking water or untested.
11. Foods that contain peanuts, strawberries etc.
12. Alcohol, smoking, drugs