Eating well can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
You don’t need to go on a special diet, but it’s important to eat a variety of different foods every day to get the right balance of nutrients that you and your baby need.
Follow these simple pregnancy tips on eating healthy.
Don’t forget breakfast:
Try fortified ready-to-eat or cooked breakfast cereals with fruit. Fortified cereals have added nutrients, like calcium.
Eat foods with fiber:
Choose a variety of vegetables and fruits, like carrots, cooked greens, bananas, and melon.
Eat plenty of beans and whole grains. Try brown rice or oatmeal.
Choose healthy snacks:
If you are hungry between meals, try not to eat snacks that are in fat and/or sugar, such as sweets, biscuits, crisps and chocolate.
Take a prenatal vitamin with iron and folic acid every day.
Iron keeps your blood healthy. Folic acid helps prevent birth defects.
Limit caffeine and avoid alcohol:
There’s no safe level of alcohol you can take during pregnancy, not drinking alcohol is the safest option as alcohol can harm your unborn baby. Drink water instead of soda.
