Pregnancy and Food
Pregnancy is an extremely special time of a woman's life. It's filled with changes and new experiences. Your body is charged with hormones and there's new life developing inside you. Given all the transformations that are taking place, the subject of what to eat, and also what not to eat get's a whole new meaning.
The topic of food seems to become first and foremost in the lives of pregnant women. Unfortunately, it can end up being a very sticky subject. The various hype surrounding what is a proper diet may actually be quite confusing. The information out there is steeped in myth and false facts. Fortunately, though, according to experts, one's diet need not change drastically; it's simply a matter of choosing wisely.
When it comes down to it, according to doctors and nutritionists, it's best to take a healthy approach. Choose wisely. While this may seem like very common knowledge, getting down into the precise points of what you can and can't eat, it does get very perplexing. Often the matter is made too complicated.
Family members are eager to dish out advice. Strangers even will offer you their supposed tried and true tips when it comes to diet and babies and giving birth, etc. All this often unsolicited information can be frustrating and confusing all at once. It doesn't help that those extra hormones make you delicately testy and moody.
Nor does it help that every day a new article seems to come out suggesting that such and such a food is dangerous or that alternatively, it's actually not so dangerous and that it does have some good effect. One day your favorite food is on the dangerous to eat list, and the next day it's not. All this information ends up boggling the mind.
Often when it comes down to it, this wealth of extraneous and incomplete knowledge leaves you more confused than you started off.
The question of what one can eat and what one shouldn't eat when pregnant can be boiled down to a few basic guidelines. The thing to remember is that you should be smart. Eat in moderation and put your common sense to work. Don't over indulge.
There are some general guidelines you should keep in mind when pregnant. Most of these actually apply to every day situations, whether you are or aren't pregnant.
You should always remember to wash all fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Remember too, to be careful with foods such as cantaloupe and water melon-the rinds can actually contain harmful bacteria that may be transferred to the fruit, so do wash them before you cut into them.
Cook food so that it is well done; this is especially true for poultry and other meats. Don't risk getting food poisoning.
When handling meat and poultry products, don't forget to wash your hands.
Don't go crazy with sweets and other high fat food. Everything in moderation.
According to the FDA women who are or may be pregnant and nursing should stay away from fatty fish such as swordfish and mackerel. These are known to contain toxic amounts of mercury.
Instead opt for canned fish or smaller ocean fish.
The consumption of alcohol should be avoided. - 17274
The topic of food seems to become first and foremost in the lives of pregnant women. Unfortunately, it can end up being a very sticky subject. The various hype surrounding what is a proper diet may actually be quite confusing. The information out there is steeped in myth and false facts. Fortunately, though, according to experts, one's diet need not change drastically; it's simply a matter of choosing wisely.
When it comes down to it, according to doctors and nutritionists, it's best to take a healthy approach. Choose wisely. While this may seem like very common knowledge, getting down into the precise points of what you can and can't eat, it does get very perplexing. Often the matter is made too complicated.
Family members are eager to dish out advice. Strangers even will offer you their supposed tried and true tips when it comes to diet and babies and giving birth, etc. All this often unsolicited information can be frustrating and confusing all at once. It doesn't help that those extra hormones make you delicately testy and moody.
Nor does it help that every day a new article seems to come out suggesting that such and such a food is dangerous or that alternatively, it's actually not so dangerous and that it does have some good effect. One day your favorite food is on the dangerous to eat list, and the next day it's not. All this information ends up boggling the mind.
Often when it comes down to it, this wealth of extraneous and incomplete knowledge leaves you more confused than you started off.
The question of what one can eat and what one shouldn't eat when pregnant can be boiled down to a few basic guidelines. The thing to remember is that you should be smart. Eat in moderation and put your common sense to work. Don't over indulge.
There are some general guidelines you should keep in mind when pregnant. Most of these actually apply to every day situations, whether you are or aren't pregnant.
You should always remember to wash all fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Remember too, to be careful with foods such as cantaloupe and water melon-the rinds can actually contain harmful bacteria that may be transferred to the fruit, so do wash them before you cut into them.
Cook food so that it is well done; this is especially true for poultry and other meats. Don't risk getting food poisoning.
When handling meat and poultry products, don't forget to wash your hands.
Don't go crazy with sweets and other high fat food. Everything in moderation.
According to the FDA women who are or may be pregnant and nursing should stay away from fatty fish such as swordfish and mackerel. These are known to contain toxic amounts of mercury.
Instead opt for canned fish or smaller ocean fish.
The consumption of alcohol should be avoided. - 17274
About the Author:
Jayde Johannsen, just became a mom again is well versed with food rules and pregnancy. She also loves women's shoes and just became wrote about women's shoes boots.
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