Key dietary guidelines for pregnancy: Eat the right things and your baby will be smarter

Diet during pregnancy determines the health of mother and child, and can also provide a better growth environment for the baby. In the early stages of a pregnant woman's diet, nutrition should be balanced and she should not be picky about food. Light food is preferred. Coffee, tea, cigarettes, alcohol, and sweets and snacks should be consumed less.

Dietary focus during pregnancy

1. Balance nutrition and eat more vegetables.

2. Eat light food and avoid too salty or spicy food.

3. Eat less exquisite desserts and snacks.

4. Drink less strong coffee, tea and alcohol.

5. You can eat fruits, but eat less sweet fruits.

What are the diets for nourishing the fetus during pregnancy?

1. Green leafy vegetables are rich in folic acid. You can eat more sweet potato leaves, spinach, A vegetable, bok choy, kale, broccoli and other vegetables. You can blanch the above vegetables and then mix them with appropriate amounts of olive oil, camellia oil or sesame oil. This will be better than stir-frying over high heat.

2. Plant protein is very important. You can eat more bean products or drink soy milk. Because soy sauce is salty, you can use a small amount of oil to fry tofu, which is nutritious and delicious. If you are afraid of sticking to the pan, you might as well use a little egg juice at the bottom of the pan. Although preserved egg tofu is also delicious, you should eat less soy sauce on it.

3. Animal protein can make mothers feel energetic. Chicken and fish are the first choice, and beef or pork can be added as needed.

4. Starch intake can increase satiety, such as rice and potatoes, but starchy foods are high in calories, so don’t eat too much! If you feel hungry when you eat less rice, try konjac or glass noodles, which are lower in calories!

5. Make good use of the natural sweetness of carrots and onions to stir-fry fungus, mushrooms, chicken and other lighter ingredients. This will make the dish both delicious and nutritious, and you can reduce the amount of salt or MSG used.

6. If you want to supplement other nutrients besides regular meals, you can drink fresh milk, freshly beaten avocado milk, low-salt chicken essence, or special milk powder for mothers as prescribed by a doctor.

Dietary taboos for pregnant women

1. Raw beans: green beans, lentils, red kidney beans, white kidney beans and other beans can cause poisoning if they are eaten raw or not heated thoroughly.

2. Raw soy milk: Raw soybeans contain toxic ingredients. If you consume uncooked soy milk, it may cause food poisoning.

3. Cassava: The roots, stems and leaves of cassava contain toxic substances. If you eat raw or undercooked cassava or drink its soup, it can cause poisoning. The toxins can cause nerve paralysis and even permanent paralysis.

4. Sprouted potatoes: The toxin in the sprouted part of potatoes - solanine - is dozens to hundreds of times higher than that in the fleshy part. Once ingested by mistake, it can cause mild impaired consciousness and difficulty breathing. In severe cases, the patient may die from heart failure and paralysis of the respiratory center.

5. Fresh daylily: Daylily contains colchicine, a toxin that can cause poisoning symptoms such as dry throat, burning sensation in the stomach, and hematuria. Before eating, you need to cook the daylily thoroughly, blanch it in boiling water, and then cook it.

6. Green tomatoes: Green tomatoes contain the toxic substance solanine. Eating these unripe green tomatoes will cause a bitter feeling in the mouth, and may cause poisoning symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. It is even more dangerous to eat them raw.

7. Rotten ginger: Rotten ginger produces a highly toxic substance called safrole, which can cause liver cell poisoning and degeneration even in small amounts.

8. Raw bamboo shoots: Fresh bamboo shoots contain the natural toxin cyanogenic glycoside. Eating raw or undercooked bamboo shoots may also cause food poisoning.