Pregnancy Food Chart

Are you worried that the food that you are eating is not good enough to support your pregnancy? As your baby develops in your w omb, the requirements for your body change. To help you get all the nutrients that you need, here is a detailed pregnancy diet chart month by month.

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5 important nutrients during pregnancy Throughout our pregnancy, you need to ensure that you get the following nutrients through your diet:

• • Proteins: They are essential for the growing fetus and keep the mother healthy.
  • Folic acid or folates: They keep the birth weight healthy and also help in the development of the brain and spinal cord
  • Iron: It helps carry oxygen to the growing fetus.
  • Calcium: It is essential for the development of bones of the baby and to prevent any chances of osteoporosis in the mother.
  • Vitamin A: Improves vision, immunity and overall growth of the fetus.

• Indian diet chart for pregnancy

• Here is a sample Indian diet chart for pregnant lady in first trimester, second trimester and the third trimester to help you get the nutrients mentioned above.

Meal	First Trimester	Second Trimester	Third trimester
Breakfast	Onion and tomato onion+ whole wheat toast+ 1 glass of milk/ Sprouts parantha + buttermilk/ Idli with sambar and coconut chutney/ tomato sandwich+ lassi	Cottage cheese sandwich + orange juice/ oats upma + milkshake/ rava idli + coconut chutney/ whole wheat toast+ scrambled eggs+ lemonade	French toast+ coconut water/ whole wheat cereal with banana and milk/ oats porridge + orange juice+ scrambled eggs+ whole wheat toast+ milkshake of your choice
Lunch	Roti+ vegetable curry+ raw vegetable salad/ kadhi+ potato curry + rice/ tandoori chicken+ rice/ roti+ dry vegetable sabzi of your choice/ daal + jeera rice + curd	Soya curry+ ridge gourd sabzi+ raita+ roti or rice/ masoor dal+ tomato and onion raita+ cabbage sabzi+ roti or rice/ fish curry with mustard+ ladyfinger sabzi+ rice/ mutton curry + raw vegetable salad+ rice or roti	Mung dal+ mushroom sabzi+ mixed flour roti/ Kidney beans curry+ jeera rice+ raita+ rice or roti/ paneer sabzi+ rice or chapatti/ leafy green curry + tomato chutney + bajra roti
Dinner	Chicken and spinach soup+ roti/ fish curry + rice/ egg curry+dry vegetable sabzi+rice/ peas pulao+onin and coriander raita	Minced meat with tomato + beetroot sabzi + curd+ rice or roti/ Potato and beans curry with roti or rice/ dal spinach and potato sabzi/ dal + curd + rice	Mixed dal+ chicken tikka+ green gram sprout salad+ rice or roti/ mutton biryani + onion and mint raita/ minced meat + beetroot sabzi+ rice/ roti/ dal+ aloo methi sabzi + curd + rice or roti
Snacks	Mixed fruit salad/ banana milkshake/ sprouts salad with onion and tomato/ coconut water/ handful of roasted chickpeas	Handful of mixed nuts/ Lassi/ Puffed rice with peanuts/ Badam milk/ mixed fruit salad/ milkshake of your choice	Coconut water/ boiled sweet potato/ mixed fruits/ orange and carrot juice/ mango milkshake. Buttermilk/ puffed rice with peanuts

• Foods to avoid

• Here is a list of pregnancy food to avoid to prevent any health issues:
• Avoid large fish such as tuna, swordfish or shark as they may contain high levels of mercury.
• Eggplant
• Unpasteurized milk products
• Sesame seeds
• Papaya
• Ajinomoto
• Pineapple
• Fenugreek and fennel seeds
• Refined flour products
• Grapes

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