Sunday, February 9, 2014

Pregnancy women need the right food 

While it's now widely accepted that a pregnant women is not 'eating for two'the one she is eating for still needs a lot of nutrition & energy to successfully enter the world. 
In the early months of her pregnancy , a women at the mercy of morning sickness could be forgiven for not having much interest in her diet.while the hormonal changers during pregnancy are important for maintaining the flow of nutrients to the foetus, some of these same hormones are associated with nausea in early pregnancy that make it difficult for women to eat an adequate amount of food.
doctors recommends pregnant women replace large meals with smaller, more frequent meals.intense food cravings for chocolate,citrus fruits,pickles & other salted foods are common as is an equal and opposite revulsion to other drinks & foods like coffee, tea fried or fatty foods highly spiced dishes,meat, & eggs. 

women should gain a reasonable amount of weight during their pregnancy & maternal weight gain does influence infant birth weight and health.a pregnant women really does not have to eat for two, since excessive weight gain is as detrimental as inadequate weight gain. 
 

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