Eating techniques during pregnancy to control weight

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New pregnant mothers often worry about their weight and food intake. No matter how much they want to eat for the baby in their womb, many can’t help but worry about their weight. Therefore recommends appropriate eating methods and creates correct understanding. So that new mothers can cope and manage their weight better in during pregnancy.

If we are to suggest how pregnant women should eat to help their baby gain weight. So that after giving birth, their weight will easily return to its original level, mothers will need to change their eating habits and follow the 5 principles of choosing appropriate menus for pregnant women to control their weight, as follows:

  • Choose foods that are easily digestible and high in fiber. 
  • Choose to eat healthy food that includes all 5 food groups. 
  • Focus on eating foods that are high in protein.
  • Choose to drink milk instead of sweetened drinks.
  • Choose to eat boiled, steamed, or blanched foods instead of fried or stir-fried. 

In addition to pregnant mothers can control their diet. But it should be controlled in appropriate amounts and they must receive all 5 food groups. Focusing on eating foods that are beneficial to the body, such as eating foods with protein โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที. Eating vitamins from easily digested vegetables and fruits, and reducing the intake of carbohydrates and fried foods.

Recommend in the first trimester, the mother’s weight should not increase more than 2 kilograms. In the second and third trimesters. The weight should not increase more than half a kilogram per week. This means that throughout the pregnancy. The mother’s weight should not increase more than 12-15 kilograms.

As for mothers whose weight before pregnancy was rather overweight (BMI more than 25). Their weight during pregnancy should not increase more than 8 to 10 kilograms. Because pregnant mothers who are overweight are at risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. Fasting during pregnancy can affect the baby’s brain development.