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Myths about nutrition in pregnancy
Pregnancy is a wonderful stage of creation, giving life to a new being, and therefore this stage requires special care for the mother, as well as adequate food in order to promote the birth of a healthy baby, good weight and full development.
There are many myths about nutrition during pregnancy and the weight gain to be taken at this time. It is our goal to clarify some of these myths and provide tips on nutrition in this important stage of life.
Myths and Realities
1. The mother should eat for two.
This is completely false, studies have shown that during pregnancy increases the power required extra 300 kilocalories a day. These can be met by adding an extra cereal daily (1 reb. Bread or ½ 1/2T potato or rice or 1 tortilla) 2 vegetable, 2 fruit, 1 protein (30g of meat, chicken or fish or beans 1/2T, beans or lentils) and 1 milk (1 glass of milk or yogurt or 1 reb 1t. cheese).
2. The more weight increases the larger mother and baby.
False, excessive weight gain by the mother does not translate into a larger baby but if you increase the likelihood of the mother to develop some diseases such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. The average weight gain is from 9 to 13 kg and will depend on factors such as weight to the design, establishment of the mother, food type and genetic factors.
3. The mother should raise the minimum possible for not being overweight after.
False, weight gain during pregnancy ensures that your baby’s weight is appropriate, increase blood volume needed to irrigate the baby, the placenta has good size for feeding, to increase the mammary gland for lactation and adequate to form a fat reserve to protect the baby inside the uterus and also to be a reservoir for breastfeeding.
4. In pregnancy may increase the likelihood that the mother was constipated.
True, many mothers may suffer from constipation, it is important to include in your diet whole grains (bread, tortillas, cereal fiber) legumes (beans, beans, lentils) and fruit (preferably with skin) and vegetables and drink at least 8 glasses of fluid a day.
Don’t Eat Sushi While Pregnant
The sushi and sashimi that are traditionally eaten in Japanese cuisine must be eliminated from the diet of the pregnant woman, just like raw meat. These are dishes of fish or raw seafood. The prohibition of the consumption of raw fish during pregnancy is to avoid the risk of poisoning or infections due to parasites that can have raw fish, as is the case of Anisakis.
The Anisakis is a parasite that can be hosted in a variety of fish like cod, sardines, anchovies, herring, salmon, pollock, hake, whiting, mackerel, bonito or mackerel.
The danger of passing to humans is not only raw fish, but also in smoked, salted, pickled or marinated foods, which have not been cooking processes. Same for the squid, octopus, oysters or raw clams. The fish or undercooked seafood may also be bad.
One possibility to eliminate the parasite is to freeze raw fish to a temperature below -20 º C for 24 or 72 hours prior to consumption. Another way to kill the parasite is subjected to heat: cook the fish to be consumed at a temperature range between 55 and 70 ° C for 10 minutes at least. It is therefore safe to eat hot smoked products and pasteurized, and produce inactivation of the parasite.
This prohibition does not mean we should abandon the Japanese food, for among the varied menu sure to find other goodies that are well cooked, whether fish, meat or vegetables.
In Spanish law since 2006 are required to establishments that serve to implement all previous measures to ensure they do not contain Anisakis. However, as we can never be sure who actually have met them all, better to leave these raw fish dishes after pregnancy.