Diet during pregnancy


Many mothers during pregnancywant to continue staying thin and not gain weight when they give birth to havethe same body they had before conceiving, so many are engaged in dieting.However, this can have consequences and not be very healthy for either motheror baby.

Experts say it is not safe todiet during pregnancy, because it passed to the baby do the same hunger thatyou have. The usual recommendation is to earn between eleven and twelve kilosduring pregnancy, and even women who are overweight should not try to loseweight in that state.


If you look to other species suchas seals and whales grow much weight to feed their children. The eleven ortwelve kilos you need to win not just for the baby, placenta, uterus andbreasts enlarged, but is the amount of the baby needs to achieve optimal weightand that you earn enough fat to feed the child at birth.

The pregnant women should consumeabout 2,500 calories a day because they need just like babies. Furthermore thephysiological changes also because the blood sugar between meals drops to verylow levels, so many pregnant women are hungry and need to eat between meals. Soif you get pregnant thinking that you lose weight, you'll be hungry all thetime.