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Necessary Food and Nutrients in Healthy Pregnancy

continue the benefits of certain foods, which are important in your diet during pregnancy.

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FOOD REQUIREMENTS:

ORANGE:
They contain vitamin C and folic acid also contribute. Vitamin C is an natural antibiotic, helps prevent infection and also facilitates the absorption of iron. Other fruits rich in vitamin C include kiwi (has more than other citrus), mandarin, mango and apple. It is advisable to take three to four pieces of fruit daily, which provide a good amount of fluid, which is essential in pregnancy.

AVOCADO:
Very energy (depends on size, but only one can come to provide about 300 calories), the fourth of its contents are fats with a high percentage of monounsaturated fatty. In addition, we provide B6ny vitamin folic acid. With the pulp of the avocado salad can be prepared pasta sauces and stuffing and tickets. Read the rest of this entry »

Healthy and Nutritious during Pregnancy

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We see the importance of choosing during pregnancy safe and nutritious food. We must bear in mind that is not the same, getting pregnant with a normal weight who start pregnancy with low birthweight (would have to eat the same, but more quantity) or be above the ideal weight (quantities should be reduced following the recommendations of a specialist).

Safe and nutritious food FOR PREGNANCY:

MEAT:

The simplest and most effective way of meeting iron requirements (which increase during pregnancy), is through red meat such as beef. In addition to iron and protein, beef also provides vitamin B12 (which may lack pregnant women who make a vegetarian diet)
Pregnant women may turn to vegetarian tofu (or tofu) and seitan (wheat or gluten) to get your daily serving of protein. It is important to consult with a specialist to ensure that no gaps in your diet.

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Food Groups: Builders

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Within the wide range of food with which we have these are classified according to their main function. There are 3 major food groups, the Builders, the Energy and Misc. The success of a good food supply is to combine the three main food groups for each child (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Talk about them and their importance in young children.

They are called builders because they are like bricks that form the body, and these are the foods rich in protein.

PROTEINS
The proteins not only form the muscles, but are the raw material of all the hormones and enzymes in the body, and constitute the internal organs and immune systems, which are in full training during childhood. Forman all other structures such as blood, hair and skin. Allow cells to reproduce and grow. These foods are essential for children because it is the key step in the development and growth.

Foods representatives of this group are: meat (any animal alike, including muscle, liver, kidneys, bofe, etc..), Eggs (the white is composed almost entirely of high quality protein), milk and its derivatives, legumes (beans, lentils, peas, soybeans)

Food of animal origin (meat, eggs, milk) contain complete proteins. The vegetable, however, when combined with each other and combine them with other food groups that we will see later, can achieve complement one another, thereby overcoming its lack of some amino acids (components of proteins) essential.