What to Eat When You're Pregnant: How to Support Your Health and Your Baby's Development During Pregnancy

What to Eat When You're Pregnant: How to Support Your Health and Your Baby's Development During Pregnancy

Nicole M. Avena

Language: English

Pages: 260

ISBN: 2:00292791

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


"A trimester-by-trimester guide to what to eat--as opposed to what to avoid--while pregnant and nursing, to support the mothers health and the babys development during each stage of pregnancy, with 50 recipes.

Pregnancy has traditionally been viewed as a time when women can give in to their food cravings and not worry about their weight. But new research suggests that the foods women eat during pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the babys brain development and behavior, as well as the mothers waistline. While many books tell women what not to eat, there are few guides that tell women what to eat while also considering that hormonal influences during pregnancy can make it difficult to stick to a healthy diet. More and more women enter pregnancy overweight, gain an unhealthy amount of weight while pregnant, then struggle to lose the "baby weight" after the baby is born. Drawing on the latest research from the fields of medicine, nutrition, and psychology, this guide gives moms-to-be a clear understanding of what their bodies really need and how those foods contribute to the development of healthy and happy babies."

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Based on the knowledge that certain bodily systems develop during specific weeks of pregnancy, we can optimize our nutrition by consuming, during particular time periods, foods that are rich in the nutrients that support this growth. The key nutrients described here are important during all three trimesters of pregnancy, but I have also noted whether some are more important during specific trimesters. You’ll notice that.

(about 90 g) will provide you with roughly a third of the folate you need per day, whereas a cup of boiled spinach (without salt) contains almost half (260 DFEs). Spinach is also rich in potassium, iron, vitamin A, phosphorus, and magnesium. An easy way to get your spinach is raw in a salad or cooked as a side dish. In addition to the recipe below, also check out the Arugula Salad with Turkey, Avocado, and Dried Cranberries and the Rotisserie Chicken with Apricot Quinoa over Spinach.

Average postpartum weight retention was 15 to 20 pounds. At later points after delivery, another study of American women showed that at 11 to 14 months postpregnancy only a quarter of women retained more than 10 pounds, although 12 percent of all women still retained more than 20 pounds. On the other side of the equator, a survey of Brazilian women (18 to 45 years old) showed that the mean weight retention 9 months post-pregnancy was only about 6.8 pounds. Women over 30.

Suspect that you might be allergic, avoid peanuts and tree nuts by all means, or talk to your health care provider. * * * Yikes! That’s quite a few foods to avoid or be cautious about, right? Is all this really necessary? The bottom line is that during pregnancy your immune system is weakened, making you more susceptible to almost everything, from the common cold to foodborne illnesses and beyond. The CDC reports that each year one in six.

Prevent health problems for yourself or your baby by avoiding certain foods and beverages are always encouraged. Appendix B: Eating Well While Nursing Eating a balanced diet and maintaining adequate calorie intake while nursing are essential for both your and your baby’s health, as well as for optimal milk supply. What you eat while breastfeeding will affect the amount of some (but not all) of the nutrients in your milk, and therefore the amount of nutrients your baby gets, as breast.

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