Pregnancy Diet

The old idea according to which the future mother should eat “for two” is no longer valuable. Now it is considered that the quality of the nourishment is more important than the quality of that aliments that you consume.

If your usual nourishment is a balanced one, you will only need small modifications of your diet, to assure the nutritional needs specific to the pregnancy period.

Be careful - Do not eat for two.

Right nourishment contributes to your health and it furnishes the nutritious elements necessary for the baby, for a good intrauterine growth and progress.

The fourth nourishment groups:

The easier way to assure yourself that you have a balanced diet is to eat as varied possible and to include in your daily menu ,aliments from the fourth basic groups .If your daily diet contains ,some aliments from the fourth nourishment groups ,it means that you have a balanced diet.

A. hydro-carbonated aliments

It is the group of aliments that should constitute the base for the majority of the meals. The aliments from this group will replete without furnishing many calories, they are providing with the supplementary nutritious elements and they are not expensive.

Include:  bread, rice, oat, corn, wheat, pasta, millet, rye, vegetables rich in starch (potato)

Furnishes: proteins, fibers, energy, vitamins and mineral salts

The necessary proportion: at least four a day

B: lacteous aliments

Include: milk, cheese, yogurt.

Furnishes: calcium, proteins, vitamin A (products from integral milk), zinc, iodine and magnesium

The necessary proportion: at least four a day

C. meat and meat products, fish, alternatives

Includes: meat, fish, eggs, nuts, bean

Furnishes: proteins, vitamin A, the vitamin of the B complex, fibres (nuts and bean), iron and zinc

The necessary proportion: at least three a day

D. fruits and vegetables

Includes: fruits and vegetable (fresh, congealed or dehydrate)

Furnishes: vitamin A and C, folic acid, potassium, ferrum and fiber

The necessary proportion :at least four a day .Alternate the vegetables with dark colored leaves, which are rich in vitamin A, with citrus fruits, tomatoes or other fruits rich in vitamin C. It is good to eat daily a few fresh fruits and vegetables, well washed.

Sweet Aliments

Beside the fourth basic nourishment groups, you can also consume small quantities of sweet products and drinks.

Sweets have a low level of nutritious elements .They determine the appearance of decay and taking weight.

The necessary of calories

The calories represent the measure unit used to express the energetic value of the aliments.

The daily necessary of calories varies from a person to another, concerning the individual base metabolic quota and the physical activity quota is the quota with which the body consumes energy while is staying .It can be measured during the medical investigations.

Researches have shown that the women between 15 and 18 years consume about 2110 calories per day. The daily consumption for the women between 19 and 49 years is by 1940 calories.

A pregnant woman needs an energetic supplement (about 200 calories per day) during her latest three month of pregnancy. Anyway, the women who are under the normal weight at the beginning of their pregnancy should eat more. The mothers who are only breast feeding their babies in the first three month need a daily energetic supplement of 480 calories.

The mothers, who are breast feeding for at least six month, need a daily energetic surplus of 550 calories.