Nutrition for pregnant women

The importance of good nutrition during pregnancy is nothing new. Currently the pregnancies tend to be more planned, and the possibility of calculate when you get pregnant, also makes it possible that you can go preparing your food.

A good nutritional plan is extremely important, specialists recommend starting with a good food even before conceive. For this reason is also a good idea to visit to a specialist to help us to prepare our body to live a stage as special as is the pregnancy.

A healthy diet for pregnant women includes proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. The Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) recommends that pregnant women increase the calorie consumption only between 100 and 300 a day. A small snack as a sandwich can be everything you need.

A well-balanced diet in pregnant women helps increase the folic acid and iron, as well as other nutrients.

A good advice to ax at the time that we were pregnant is to wash correctly the fruits and vegetables that we are going to consume, since the fetus that is being developed is very vulnerable to the bacteria and contaminants.

Some of the food they should avoid pregnant women are: fish with high mercury content. Milk and cheese not pasteurized. Meat and raw eggs. Excess caffeine and alcohol.

If you have the opportunity to plan your pregnancy is best that previously visit to a nutritionist to help you to establish the best food plan for you and your baby.