best healthy foods for expecting mothers
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Healthy Diet for Expecting Mothers
Fruits and vegetables
It is important that an expecting lady consumes five portions of fresh fruits and veggies per day. You can also have them in juice form.
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Calcium
We all know that calcium is essential for bones. To maintain your own bone density and to help in bone formation of the baby, you must eat dairy foods such as milk, curd, cheese, butter milk and yogurt on daily basis.
Iron
Your body needs iron for hemoglobin. The capacity of a woman’s body to absorb iron increases when she is expecting. You cannot afford to get anemic during pregnancy. Therefore, you must include in your meal rich source of iron like apricot, egg yolk, vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, beetroot etc, whole grains like oats, millet and wheat.
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Proteins
Some of the proteins rich diet includes eggs, fish and chicken for the non-vegetarians and lentils, beans and nuts for the vegetarians. It is good to have regular intake of proteins in your meal. They are very important as they are the building blocks for the growing baby. They also contain iron and amino acids which are essential for cell formation.
