Meat
- Eat lean meat
- Before cooking poultry make sure that the skin has been properly removed
- Don’t cook the meat in too much oil
- Cook the eggs, sausages etc well. Avoid eating cold cuts
- Make sure that no uncooked juice of the meat is consumed.
Calcium
Calcium and Vitamin B12 from milk and yogurts are also an important ingredient for a healthy pregnancy. The ideal quantity is around three portions a day. Try and choose skimmed milk and low fat yogurt.
Fluids
Include a lot of fluids in your diet in the form of juice and water. Make sure that you boil your water before drinking and carry your own bottle when going out. As for the juice, make them fresh at home and avoid the packaged variety as they are high in sugar content.
Snacks
For hunger pangs during meals choose healthy options like bread with fish, dried figs nuts and prunes, baked beans on toast etc. Avoid snacking on food that is high in saturated fat (fat that is consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids) and sugar content. This includes food like chips, butter, cream, salad dressing, chocolate, cold drinks etc. These are high in calories and low in their nutritional value. Thereby contributing to:
- Gestational diabetes
- Obesity
- Heart diseases due to the increase in the cholesterol level
Also, some other food like liver and certain varieties of fish and cheese should be avoided during this phase.
Pregnancy is a time when you need to pay attention to your body and also the life growing inside you. So do eat well and eat healthy.
Find out what foods should be avoided during pregnancy here.
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