Diet
How to lose weight during pregnancy? A woman must prepare herself well before conceiving in order to receive her fetus in a healthy and healthy way, and this stage is called the pre-pregnancy stage, and if your body lacks any vitamins or essential nutrients it needs, you must consult a doctor and compensate the body for it.
Also, the weight has many effects on your fetus, so if you were obese during pregnancy, you must set yourself a healthy and sound diet.
How to lose weight during pregnancy?
Stay away from fatty foods
Do not reduce the amount of food during your pregnancy until you reduce your body weight. It is absolutely sufficient to avoid eating fatty foods so that this does not cause a negative impact on the health of the fetus and your health as well and follow the same thing in the stage of breastfeeding.
Diversity of protein sources
Make sure to diversify the protein sources and distribute them throughout the week. Eat meat for two days, fish for two days, and chicken for two days, and leave for one day for legumes such as beans and lentils.
Salt
Do not go overboard with salt in your food or eat pickles a lot, because this will cause fluid retention in your body, and this problem affects many women during pregnancy.
Water
Make sure to drink plenty of water, and the higher the amount, the better, and it should not be less than twelve cups per day, and you can know that your body needs water from the color of your urine and if it is yellow, this means that your body is dry and the water helps your body in getting rid of the fluids that are retained in it, which contributes to a gradual weight loss.
Avoid fried foods
Avoid or reduce fried foods, and the same applies to sweets because they contain large amounts of calories that contribute to weight gain.
Fast food
If you like to eat fast food, choose those that contain low amounts of calories.
Skimmed milk
Eat low-fat or skimmed yogurt and other products and stay away from eating full-fat.
Starches
Do not eat more carbohydrates because they are one of the causes of obesity, including rice, bread, pasta, potatoes, cake, and biscuits.
Vegetables
Eat vegetables, especially leafy vegetables, as well as fresh fruits.
Hot drinks
Eat hot drinks such as herbs such as mint, star anise, jujube, and caraway, and do not add sugar to them.
Whole grains
Eat whole grains because they contain fiber, which will avoid constipation and prevent some diseases such as hemorrhoids.
Soft drinks
Stay away from soft drinks and artificially sweetened drinks because they prevent your body from absorbing calcium and vitamin D, which lead to weak bones and deformation of the skeleton, so in order for the treatment to be appropriate, you must stay away from soft drinks.
Foods to avoid during pregnancy
There are foods that must be avoided during pregnancy in order for Cord Blood to be affected, and treatment is done during pregnancy or after pregnancy by not eating the following foods:
First: liver and unripe meat:
Undercooked meat (such as the liver and all types of meat such as seafood, poultry, beef, and goat) exposes the pregnant woman to the risk of infection with salmonella and exposes her to other diseases such as colonic bacteria, so you must make sure that the meat is fully cooked and this is the best treatment, and avoid a lot of eating liver as it contains High in Vitamin A that may harm the fetus and cause Cord Blood.
Second: cold meats:
Such as mortadella, luncheon sausages, salami, sausages, and other foods, often may contain Listeria, which causes blood poisoning and miscarriage, so make sure to cook it before eating it.
Third: Smoked Seafood:
Like cold meat, it can be contaminated with listeria, so you should stay away from it for pregnant women, such as smoked salmon, herring, and other smoked fish, and you can only eat it if you cook it, but be careful to increase the salt content in it, and canned seafood is safe to eat but in moderation.
Fourth: Fish that contain mercury:
There are many types of fish in the seas contaminated with mercury, and therefore it is considered toxic because it contains a high percentage of mercury, so a pregnant woman should reduce its consumption, as mercury damages the brain cells of the fetus and stops the growth, and these types of fish such as mackerel and shark, Swordfish and tuna are also among the fish with a high mercury content, although canned tuna is considered to have low mercury content, but it should be reduced or avoided.
Fifthly: unpasteurized milk and some dairy products:
Unpasteurized exposed milk carries many risks to children and pregnant women, so the pregnant mother must make sure that the milk is pasteurized, as unpasteurized milk may be contaminated with Listeria, as well as some new-made cheeses such as blue cheese, feta, and ricotta, you should avoid them during your pregnancy so that it does not happen Cord Blood, it may contain Listeria, which causes miscarriage and the occurrence of Cord Blood, as for cooked cheeses, goat cheese, and cream cheese, you can eat it within two days of opening the box while keeping it in the refrigerator.
As for yogurt and turkey, it must be eaten pasteurized and from reliable places, and you can prepare it cleanly at home.
Sixth: unpasteurized juices:
Such as those juices that
are with street vendors on the road, or from some stores, and they may be of an
unknown source, unpasteurized and exposed to germs, so make sure of the quality
and cleanliness of the juices you drink and stay away from preserved juices as
much as possible, and eat natural, unsweetened juices.
