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Diet and pregnancy: Good food guide
Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Nutrition: Health
Heather Welford, writing on the BBC web site, noted that there are lots of half-truths about what you can and can't eat during pregnancy. She suggested that whether you fancy eating coal or choc-ice and chips, try not to let worries about eating safely spoil your pregnancy. Some of the potential hazards outlined here only rarely lead to anything that could affect your baby. Nevertheless, eating well can help you stay fit and in good condition for the birth, and maintain your energy levels. If you're the sort of person who only feels comfortable when following the 'rules', you can find them here. Eat regularly, depending on your hunger, and choose from a range of foods to ensure you get all the necessary nutrients. Your daily diet should include:
- Fresh fruit and vegetables, especially citrus fruits and dark green vegetables, which contain ample amounts of much needed folic acid
- Carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, grains, potatoes and cereals
- Lean meat or fish, especially oily fish which has high levels of essential fatty acids - however, be aware that some types of fish should be avoided and others limited.
- Milk and other dairy produce such as yogurt and cheese - choose lower fat options where possible
- Eggs, beans, pulses and lentils are also part of a healthy diet, but you don't have to eat these every day.
Keep up fluid levels, with regular glasses of water or diluted fruit or vegetable juices through the day. This will help keep you well-hydrated, which can prevent tiredness and headaches, and helps bladder and kidney health by ensuring regular visits to the restroom. These may be useful ideas to those of you who may be pregnant. They sound good to even those of us who are no longer pregnant!
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8-21-2006 @ 12:17PM
HollyRhea said...To fend off and fight Pre-eclampsia, the Brewer's Diet is ridiculously successful (www.blueribbonbaby.org). Its main hallmark is a high-protein diet. I attribute my lack of swelling and easy last trimester to my strict adherance to this diet.
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8-24-2006 @ 10:17AM
Fish food said...This list of foods is extremely helpful and well broken down, but even so, the decision of what fish to eat can be a challenge and often contradictory. At the very least, women should know that FDA and EPA have issued advisories about mercury contamination in commonly-sold fish. It’s targeted at women of child-bearing age and kids, and advises no consumption of swordfish, tilefish, shark and king mackerel, and also advises those same target groups to limit consumption of albacore tuna and tuna steaks to 6 oz. per week or less. The problem is, this information is hard to find and is not usually available where it is most necessary: your supermarket. Oceana, a conservation group focused on mercury is trying to get major grocery companies to post this government advice at their seafood counters. Thanks, in part to their work, Whole Foods, Safeway stores, and Wild Oats voluntarily agreed to post the FDA’s recommendations and they have had positive responses from customers and no loss in seafood sales. But other companies like Wal-Mart, Costco, Trader Joe’s and Albertson’s have refused to do so. Oceana has a list of which companies care about their customers’ health enough to post this advice, as well as a list of companies that don’t. You can get the Green List and Red List at www.oceana.org. They even have an interactive map there to assist in finding a grocery store near you that is posting the information you need as well as actions you can take to help get the signs posted in a store near you. While there will still be some confusion, at least this would be a start in helping us eat whats good for our babies and avoid what is bad.
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9-13-2006 @ 8:12PM
MM said...There is no evidence that Brewer's Diet is 'ridiculously successful' for fending off and treating preeclampsia. Preeclampsia, PIH, and HELLP syndrome are complex diseases that are not caused by a mother's prenatal diet. While the exact mechanism is still being studied, it is believed that the disorders begin at conception, and can be triggered by immune system disoders, existing high blood pressure, or blood clotting disorders, for example, none of which can be solved by eating a specific diet. While a healthy diet during pregnancy is important, the Brewer Diet is far from proven.
http://www.preeclampsia.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3919
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