Healthy food during pregnancy

Healthy food during pregnancy

In order that the child grew and developed normally in the pre-natal period, it is necessary to watch what he receives from a maternal organism. Experts recommend special attention to pay during this period to food.

To eat "for two", but not "for two"

Some advisers recommend to eat to future mom for two. But you should not listen to similar the recommendation, it is better to change food not in quantitative, and in the qualitative plan. Not all products are useful to the developing kid so it is worth planning the diet competently.

Functioning of a human body happens due to energy which turns out from the outside. Influences its education the food which are burning down in an organism which contain the power value expressed in calories. In some it is more, in others caloric content is very small. To work in the normal mode and it is correct to function, calories which he receives together with food are necessary for an organism. Each person needs a certain minimum quantity of calories to support activity.

In modern science the dependence of the main metabolism on some factors is defined. Nutritionists consider that the metabolism is influenced by body weight, growth, age and sex. For example, for the woman of 18-45 years having the average growth, normal body weight (58-70 kg) and occupied with easy physical work the receiving for day from 1850 to 2100 kcal is considered norm. Pregnancy promotes increase in the main metabolism at 25 percent size. Therefore future mom in the first trimester has to receive on average 2550 kcal, and in recent months this quantity increases to 2700-3000 kcal within a day.

Sign of improper feeding

At pregnancy it is very important to adhere to healthy nutrition and to refuse harmful products. All received substances from food will be received also by the kid, and it is important to it to receive all necessary minerals for full development. There are several signs of improper feeding to which experts pay attention:

  • insufficient consumption of food;
  • necessary components undertake in the wrong ratio;
  • consumption of low-quality products;
  • food surplus.

Threat of improper feeding at pregnant women

There are several pathologies which come if the pregnant woman eats incorrectly:

  • During the third trimestral period the appearance of a gestosis or toksikozny manifestations is sometimes observed. It is expressed as painful states. If the phenomenon proceeds in a severe form, then there is an accumulation of liquid in an organism. Similar manifestation is called dropsy of pregnant women. Among other things, protein can be lost by an organism, being removed outside together with urine. At the same time can increase arterial blood pressure, appear dizziness and other unpleasant symptoms.
  • Problem of a miscarriage of the child in view of premature patrimonial activity and abortions, as if a placenta diet wrong, then its development is impossible.
  • Probability of approach of a premature placentary otsloyka increases. In late time there is a separation of a placenta from uterine walls that in a large number of cases leads to death of the child and bleeding at mother.
  • At unbalanced and poor food, the woman becomes during childbirth weaker and cannot fully participate in patrimonial activity. As a result childbirth lasts long, is painful and often stimulation or medical intervention is required.
  • Poor nutrition threatens with postnatal bleeding or decrease in blood clotting. Wounds of a crotch heal slowly, and reduction of a uterus happens longer.
  • The fruit incorrectly develops in the moment of pre-natal stay that leads to the insufficient weight of the been born baby and to small viability.

To observe the correct diet not easy, but it is necessary for health of the pregnant woman and her child. If future mom eats properly, then it promotes that the baby will be born healthy and viable.

Healthy nutrition

Good nutrition has to include:

  • proteins;
  • carbohydrates;
  • fats;
  • vitamin and mineral substances, including iron, magnesium, calcium, table salt and others;

Let's consider each of components which need to be entered into food, in more detail.

The main the "construction material" necessary for the kid, is protein. At the menu of pregnant women without fail there has to be a certain set of products: meat and dairy products, eggs and also products with the content of animal fats. It is necessary to consume within a day in the first month of pregnancy not less than 100 g of protein. In the second and the next months the share of proteinaceous food has to increase to 120 g. Daily food reception of the pregnant woman, according to specialists nutritionists, has to consist of 100-150 g of meat products of low-fat grades or fish. It is necessary to enter milk and any fermented milk product and also consumption of cheese and cottage cheese is important. In above-mentioned products the content of digestible proteins, irreplaceable acids is high.

The diet of pregnant women has to include carbohydrates. At first the amount of carbohydrates has to be about 350 g, and in the middle of term it is useful to increase a little the use to a 400-gram mark. In a maternity leave experts consults to reduce the number of calories as there is a decrease in physical activity and energy consumption of an organism. For pregnant women it is worth using products with high content of vegetable cellulose in the form of grain, vegetables, fruit and berry products. The second half of term demands restriction of some products. It is necessary to use sugar, sweets, white loaf, buns, macaroni and confectionery less.

During the day it is necessary to use about 80 g of fats of which the share of vegetable makes about 30 g. Nutritionists advise to exclude consumption of margarine, fat and also substitutes of butters.

For ensuring various biochemical and physiological processes in an organism it is good to receive necessary amount of vitamins. Each vitamin is necessary for supply of an organism of the pregnant woman and future child. Experts advise besides vitamin-rich products to use specially developed vitamin and mineral complex which helps to support necessary substances with balance. In it there is all table of Mendeleyev, compensating for the deficiency necessary for an organism of mummy and future baby micro and macrocells.

The use of 2-2.5 l of various liquids within a day, in particular in the middle of summer. Preference should be given to freshly squeezed juice products, compotes, kiselny, tea and milk drinks, boiled water.

Use of dangerous products

To number of dangerous products in this time span there are crude oysters and mollusks. At their use, harmful bacteria or viruses can get into an organism.

It is worth choosing meat and fish products carefully. In addition, it is necessary to prepare attentively products to exclude a possibility of poisoning as it can concern not only a female body, but also will lead problems in development of the child.

Pregnant women have to refrain from consumption of caffeine or at least limit its quantity.

It is worth excluding consumption of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products which negatively influence an organism of future child, causing uglinesses and problems with health.

So, women, preparing for such important step as the child's birth, have to not only refuse completely addictions, but also construct the diet so that to bring benefit to the child.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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