Thursday, February 26, 2009

How to Create a Healthy Pregnancy Diet

By Ricardo d Argence

There are lots of reasons why you need to keep your weight under control during pregnancy. This type of diet requires you to avoid certain foods as part of your multi-pronged approach to weight control.

The most important is to know that when pregnant, babies will use their requirements from your body. If you don't eat enough nutrients you will be the one missing them. During a pregnancy because they baby is taking their calcium, that is why so many women are short on iron and have to take iron supplements andnotice their deteriorate.

Pregnancy is actually one of the best times in your life to lose weight; the baby will get its nourishment from your body. Many women do not know this but the baby needs fat. Just as with your body's iron, a baby will, in addition, deplete your fat content if you don't replenish it.

If your diet has no fat at all in it, only vegetables and fruits, you will drop pounds and not increase your weight. Your fat was taken by baby and doctor says that your weight is decreasing but your stomach is increasing. This indicates to the doctor that the baby is growing and you are in increasingly good shape.

When you are pregnant you must eat healthy foods and take prenatal vitamins. When you have cravings for sweets the best thing you can do is reach for a small glass of juice rather than sweets. Stay away from the soda too. Even though it is diet soda it is not good for you and will cause you to gain weight. The goal is to be healthy.

Exercise is not just good for you when you are not pregnant but when you are pregnant as well. The best exercise for a pregnancy is walking. You should walk as much as you can while you are pregnant. This will help you with a fast labor process and help you not gain any additional pounds throughout the 40 weeks of your pregnancy.

Once you give birth you will lose the baby's weight, this may be any where from six to ten pounds in addition to the fluid's weight. Once your baby is born you will lose twenty pounds at the most. Do not forget that if you put on weight more than 50 lbs, it will take a very long time if you would try to get your weight back.

A healthy diet when you are pregnant must consist of as little fat in your diet as possible, fresh fruits and vegetables, a lot of water, and plenty of daily exercise through walking. You can take advantage of a pregnancy to help your body lose weight and be very healthy by eating the right things and exercising. - 16036

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