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Health Eating Habits and Healthy Pregnancy

By Justin DiMateo


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Adopting healthy eating habits is very important during pregnancy. Most people have heard the saying, 'you're eating for two now,' and it's a good thing to remember when considering nutrition during pregnancy.

Nutritional programs are available through many fertility clinics and are designed to help women achieve a healthy pregnancy. To start, let's go over some of the foods you should embrace during your pregnancy. Protein is important for cell growth as well as blood production. Good sources of protein include lean meat, poultry, beans, peanut butter and tofu.

Carbohydrates are also important during pregnancy for energy. Breads, cereals, rice, pasta, fruits and vegetables are common sources of carbs. Calcium is very important for muscle contraction, healthy bones and teeth, and nerve function. You can get calcium from dairy products, spinach or certain fish.

To prevent anemia, iron is important during pregnancy. Look to lean red meat and fortified whole grain breads and cereals for iron. You should also get a healthy dose of vitamins A, B6, B12, C and D during pregnancy. These can be found in various fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products. Folic acid for enzyme functions, and blood and protein production is also important. Dark yellow fruits and vegetables, green leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and peas are good sources of folic acid.

Also be sure to consume fat during your pregnancy. Talk to your doctor to determine how much fat intake is right for you. Sources of fat are numerous, but include meats, whole-milk and other dairy products, vegetable oils, peanut butter, etc. Make sure that you limit your fat intake to less than one third of your daily calorie intake. Some women may be recommended lower or higher intakes and should always consult their doctor for the best results.

As you might expect, there are also certain foods you should avoid to ensure a healthy pregnancy. Soft cheeses such as goat, Brie, blue, feta and Camembert cheese should be avoided, as well as unpasteurized milk and juice. Avoid raw eggs and any foods that contain raw eggs. This includes desserts like mousse and tiramisu. Any processed meats like hot dogs and deli meat should be avoided.

Any raw or undercooked meat, fish or poultry should also be avoided. Any fish that contains a large amount of mercury like tilefish, swordfish, king mackerel or shark should be avoided as well.

Justin regularly practices natural remedies, exercises and eats natural foods. The website Healthy Pregnancy where you can get a FREE consultation on "Improving Your Health Naturally", a complete system for healthy and natural living.

Visit http://www.domarcenter.com for more information on acupuncture, mind and body workshops and special offers " before they are gone!

Recommended Reading
Slim & Healthy Pregnancy.
How To Keep Excess Weight Off & Maintain
Good Health During And After Pregnancy.

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Week 2 of Your Pregnancy

By Lynn Shannon M Bailey


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In the scientific pregnancy time line, Week 2 is the week that you ovulate and the time during which you can conceive.

This is the process where the ovary releases a ripe egg into the fallopian tube where it awaits fertilization from the sperm. It only takes one sperm to fertilize the egg but during the act of copulation millions of sperm can be released during one ejaculation. Your baby is just " a gleam in someone 's eye " until this process is completed.

Changes To Your Body

After fertilization, your ovaries start producing more progesterone, a hormone that prepares the uterus to host the newly fertilized egg, or zygote, which will live there for the next 38 weeks or so. Over the next week, the zygote will divide again and again to create a human embryo.

Lifestyle Considerations

There is no test that can tell if you are pregnant yet. This is because it takes another week for your egg to produce a substance called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This is the substance detected by a pregnancy test.

The hCG can be detected via a blood test or urine test. The blood test for pregnancy is considered to be more accurate than the urine test (especially the home pregnancy test kits). Both tests may not reveal a pregnancy until you are four weeks along.

Good Advice

Once your body starts revving up its pregnancy hormone production, expect to feel more tired than usual. To fight fatigue, go to bed a half an hour earlier than you normally do.

If you would like to know more about stages of pregnancy visit Newborn Baby. With information covering a range of topics including pregnancy trimester we have all your pregnancy and birth questions covered.

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Health Eating Habits and Healthy Pregnancy
By Justin DiMateo

Recommended Reading
Slim & Healthy Pregnancy.
How To Keep Excess Weight Off & Maintain
Good Health During And After Pregnancy.

Adopting healthy eating habits is very important during pregnancy. Most people have heard the saying, 'you're eating for two now,' and it's a good thing to remember when considering nutrition during pregnancy.
Nutritional programs are available through many fertility clinics and are designed to help women achieve a healthy pregnancy. To start, let's go over some of the foods you should embrace during your pregnancy. Protein is important for cell growth as well as blood production. Good sources of protein include lean meat, poultry, beans, peanut butter and tofu.
Carbohydrates are also important during pregnancy for energy. Breads, cereals, rice, pasta, fruits and vegetables are common sources of carbs. Calcium is very important for muscle contraction, healthy bones and teeth, and nerve function. You can get calcium from dairy products, spinach or certain fish.
To prevent anemia, iron is important during pregnancy. Look to lean red meat and fortified whole grain breads and cereals for iron. You should also get a healthy dose of vitamins A, B6, B12, C and D during pregnancy. These can be found in various fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products. Folic acid for enzyme functions, and blood and protein production is also important. Dark yellow fruits and vegetables, green leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and peas are good sources of folic acid.
Also be sure to consume fat during your pregnancy. Talk to your doctor to determine how much fat intake is right for you. Sources of fat are numerous, but include meats, whole-milk and other dairy products, vegetable oils, peanut butter, etc. Make sure that you limit your fat intake to less than one third of your daily calorie intake. Some women may be recommended lower or higher intakes and should always consult their doctor for the best results.
As you might expect, there are also certain foods you should avoid to ensure a healthy pregnancy. Soft cheeses such as goat, Brie, blue, feta and Camembert cheese should be avoided, as well as unpasteurized milk and juice. Avoid raw eggs and any foods that contain raw eggs. This includes desserts like mousse and tiramisu. Any processed meats like hot dogs and deli meat should be avoided.
Any raw or undercooked meat, fish or poultry should also be avoided. Any fish that contains a large amount of mercury like tilefish, swordfish, king mackerel or shark should be avoided as well.
Justin regularly practices natural remedies, exercises and eats natural foods. The website Healthy Pregnancy where you can get a FREE consultation on "Improving Your Health Naturally", a complete system for healthy and natural living.
Visit http://www.domarcenter.com/ for more information on acupuncture, mind and body workshops and special offers " before they are gone!

Recommended Reading
Slim & Healthy Pregnancy.
How To Keep Excess Weight Off & Maintain
Good Health During And After Pregnancy.

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