Pregnancy Diet & Nutrition
Pregnancy Diet & Nutrition
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Written by Gloria Tsang, RD
last updated: September 2005
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A healthy diet is crucial to having a healthy pregnancy. Good nutrition is essential to ensuring that a mother's body can give the unborn baby the nourishment she or he requires to develop and grow.
Pregnancy Diet and Nutrition
Energy - really eating for two?
Energy requirement varies among individuals. Unfortunately, pregnancy is not the ice-cream-free-for-all as we would like it to be. It is generally recommended that pregnant women increase their daily intake by 100kcal in the first trimester and 300kcal in the second and third trimester. For instance, an extra snack before bedtime consisting of a fruit, a serving of milk or yogurt and a few biscuits is often enough. A daily prenatal multivitamin supplement is often recommended during pregnancy.
Further Reading:
Healthy Weight Gain during Pregnancy
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