Pregnancy Tips
During Pregnancy you need more vitamins and minerals
• Consume foods and beverages rich in folate, iron, calcium, and protein. Talk with your health care professional about prenatal supplements (vitamins you may take while pregnant).
• Folate, a B vitamin known as folic acid, may help prevent birth defects
• Foods high in folate: orange juice, strawberries, spinach, broccoli, beans, fortified breads and fortified low sugar breakfast cereals
• Eat breakfast every day.
• Drink fluids (particularly water) to avoid constipation.
• Avoid alcohol, raw or undercooked fish, fish high in mercury, undercooked meat and poultry, and soft cheeses.
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