Food During Pregnancy

Food During Pregnancy


         

 For 40 weeks, a woman's body undergoes changes that affect you physically and psychologically, biologically demands increase. The formation of a new being determined by a number of demands on the mother, so the power supply must meet the necessary features to meet with the nutrients they require, both the mother and the unborn child.A woman of reproductive age need between 1600 and 2000 Kcal (this depends on your physical activity). In the first quarter is no need to increase your caloric intake (the unborn baby can use the reserves of the mother). From the second quarter, the pregnant woman should consume about 400-600 Kcal extras (depends on the nutritional status of the mother if overweight, this surplus is not recommended). And in the third quarter should maintain the same power, bearing in mind that is low in salt also must remember that the activity of the mother decreases, so it is not necessary to further increase the caloric intake.The diet of the pregnant woman, the calories and the quality of them depend on the weight gain of the mother. Overweight leads to adverse problems such as: sore feet, legs, back, the heart has to make more effort, loses flexibility and is prone to falls, excess kilos mean a larger, healthy baby means more problems during the labor and other kilos in the mother after delivery. By contrast, a pregnant woman with low weight or low weight gain during pregnancy can put your baby at risk for birth and have the risk of low birth weight and neonatal care required.The total weight gain during pregnancy is considered to be 9 kg to 12 kg distributed roughly as follows..:Baby Weight 3,500 Kg. Approx.Placental weight 0,500 kg.Weight 1,000 Kg amniotic fluid.Uterine tissue weight of 1,000 kg.Breast tissue weight of 1,000 kg.Weight of water and 3.000 Kg fat retained.TOTAL 10,000 Kg.

        To form a healthy baby good nutrition is necessary and will ensure the proper formation of the tissue in the fetus. The needs of vitamins, minerals and protein are increased in the mother to the developing baby. The kidneys and intestines and the heart of the mother need food to help them work efficiently because they have an extra pressure.Proper diet requires foods from the five food groups that provide calories in adequate amounts, not in excess, we will rely on the image of the top of the food, the shape of an inverted pyramid will allow us to see the proportion that should be eaten, proteins (blue) which are essential as carbohydrates (yellow), vitamins and minerals (green) and lesser fats or lipids (orange) with sugar or sweet (gray). We should pay particular attention to minerals such as calcium, sodium and water consumption.Image
An example of a daily diet would be:Meat, eggs, milk, cheese (1-2 servings per meal)Salads, vegetables (2 servings a day)Fruits (3-5 servings per day)Cereals and grains, bread, pasta, bananas and tubers (2-3 servings per day)Fats (2-3 teaspoons per day)Desserts (only 1 per week)Fluids (8-12 glasses per day)WHAT TO AVOID?

          Foods with too many calories, junk food, raw fish (about the risk of food poisoning (the pregnant woman can not take so many drugs are best avoided)Salty foods, meats or canned, to control salt intakeAnother important detail is that during pregnancy women may have acidity, constipation, vomiting and nausea, in this connection there are many myths and beliefs, but I can confess that fasting cracker is ideal for controlling morning sickness prevents more than 3 hours pass between each meal (use some appetizers or snacks with fruit) and will control the nausea the day, for heartburn ... a piece of well-washed carrots as you eat it with its shell, and finally to constipation (especially papaya, banana and plum) whole fruit and water.