Good food Pregnancy

Nutritious food is very important for pregnant women, because it will affect the health of the mother and fetus. The food of pregnant women should be nutritionally balanced, meaning that the food consumed should be able to meet the nutritional needs during pregnancy both in terms of type, quality and quantity. Therefore, despite eating a lot of foods are not nutritious but it will not help health optimal.

For the amount of caloric needs of pregnant women according to age of pregnancy, namely: Food for young pregnant women or the first six months of pregnancy (first trimester and second), preferably contains about 2,000 calories calories per day. However, during the last three months of pregnancy (third trimester), Pregnant women will need an additional 200 calories per day, for a total of about 2,200 calories per day. For this type of food, pregnant women are advised to consume 10% of calories from protein, 35% calories from fat, and 55% other sources of calories from carbohydrates. Besides the source of those calories foods pregnant women should also contain more iron, calcium, vitamin A, B and C, folate, magnesium, selenium (which is necessary for the thyroid gland) and zinc.