Take Care Of Pregnancy Nutrition For Healthy Baby

Pregnancy, the time you are supposed to eat more but confused about choosing the healthy foods. During pregnancy, one should eat for two but it does not mean eating more quantities, it should focus on more nutritious food which can fulfill requirements of various proteins, minerals and essential for baby development and growth. This pregnancy nutrition guide talks about the calories and choosing healthy foods.

The nutrition required for expecting moms is different for all depending on the health condition. For a healthy expecting mom, there is no need of additional calories for the first three months. In next three months, you need 300 calories more per day while in the last 3 months; it is 450 calories a day. Here are some tips helping would be moms to manage their diet and nutrition –

·      Eat a variety of foods to meet daily needs of proteins, minerals and vitamins. Even you can choose vegetables of different colors and textures so that you can avail different nutrients from it.

·         Avoid extra foods that offer only calories but very few nutrients. For example fried foods, sugary beverages etc. Instead of that, you can add foods containing more nutrition per calorie. For example, nuts, boiled eggs, vegetables, yogurt, fresh fruits etc.

·         Choose foods that are in their natural state or close to their natural state. For example instead of refined white bread, choose whole grain bread. Prefer fresh fruits over canned fruits.

·         Avoid unpasteurized foods like cheeses, half cooked meat etc. as these foods can be infectious.    

Apart from these tips, you can take care that your daily diet is balanced with a variety of foods like vegetables, cereals, fruits to get variety of vitamins, minerals, folic acid, iron and calcium essential for baby’s healthy growth.