Meet Nutrition During Pregnancy

how to Meet Nutrition During Pregnancy 

Over time with scientific developments in the fields of medical and molecular biology, medical evidence shows that the RDA cannot yet be sufficient to maintain the body's optimal function and prevent or help treat chronic diseases. Medical evidence shows that the root of many chronic diseases is oxidative stress caused by excess free radicals in the body.

 The use of optimal levels of nutrition, known as Optimal Daily Allowance (ODA), is proven to prevent and treat oxidative stress so that it can help prevent chronic diseases. If the use of composition and the right amount will produce the optimal level.

Nutrition is a complementary treatment that helps in the effectiveness of treatment so that at the same time can overcome side effects for patients. Therefore, nutrition or nutrition is very closely related to optimal health and improvement in quality of life. The results of measuring can be done with the method of anthropometry.

The nutritional needs of pregnant women is a necessary food source containing phosphorus, lime, iron, protein, iodine, and vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, and vitamin B6 which must be considered and consumed by mothers get pregnant everyday during pregnancy so that the development, growth and health of the mother and fetus are healthy and optimal.

The purpose of giving nutrition to pregnant women, namely:

- Meet the needs of the mother and baby in the womb

- Helps the process of growth and development of the fetus

- Reducing complications and risks (post partum bleeding)

- Prevents low birth weight (LBW) and very low birth weight in the fetus

- Avoiding and preventing infection during labor

- As a source of energy for the mother and fetus.

Benefits of Nutrition for Pregnant Women As we have seen, nutrition for pregnant women is clearly different. Nutrition of pregnant women is also different for each womb age, but most of us assume that the nutritional needs of pregnant women are always the same in all ages of the womb.

Not only that, the consumption of food for pregnant women must also be adjusted to the nutritional intake needed by prospective baby who is still in the womb. Pregnant mothers have special nutritional needs because they are related to the nutrients needed for the growth of the fetus that is still in the womb.

During the second trimester of pregnancy fetal growth is growing rapidly, therefore pregnant women need a food source that provides optimal nutrition for pregnancy. For pregnant women an important intake for consumption is vitamins and minerals because it is needed for the health of the baby's fetus. In addition, protein is also one of the nutrients most needed by pregnant women. Protein has a very big role in producing blood cells.

Besides protein, carbohydrates are one of the nutrients that are needed by pregnant women for their daily energy needs. Besides protein, fat is also a nutrient needed by pregnant women, fat serves as a reserve of energy for the body. When a woman is pregnant, she will need a lot of energy. Fat helps provide backup energy to reduce fatigue.

 Some vitamins are also very necessary for women who are pregnant. Vitamin B6 can form antibodies, red blood cells and neurotransmitters, Vitamin A provides benefits for skin maintenance and bone growth, however its use is not excessive because the carcinoma results in disruption of the embryo.

Vitamin C and Vitamin D are also nutrients for pregnant women.

Vitamin C helps facilitate the absorption of moderate iron Vitamin D is useful for bone formation because it helps the process of absorption of calcium, Vitamin E is very good for female fertility, skin moisture and uterine enhancers, and vitamin K plays an important role in the process of blood clotting and bone health.

Pregnant women also desperately need calcium because calcium is very important to support baby's growth. Iron is also an important ingredient for the nutrition of pregnant women. Iron is very important in the production of red blood cells and to prevent anemia.

According to several studies conducted by experts, folic acid is needed by pregnant women because if during pregnancy the mother lacks folic acid it will increase the risk of having a miscarriage even to experience damage to the fetus.

Proteins: Milk, cheese, meat, seeds, nuts.

Limestone: All foods made from milk Phosphorus: Milk, cheese, nuts and meat Iron: Liver, meat, eggs, whole rice, vegetables, beans, Lodium fruit: Vitamin iodine Salt: Vitamin B6, Vitamin A, Vitamins C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K Foods to avoid Here are foods that are contaminated with microorganisms that should be avoided by pregnant women: Listeria (causing miscarriages or blood poisoning). E. coli bacteria (can damage the intestines and kidneys). Salmonella and Toxoplasm (You should not consume eggs and meat in raw form). Due to lack of nutrition

1. For pregnant women: Anemia. Post partum bleeding. Body weight does not increase normally. Post partum infection.

2. For the fetus: Causes neonatal death. Having a congenital defect (blindness). Having LBW (low birth weight). Having LBWR (very low birth weight). Experiencing PEM (lack of protein energy). Cause Premature Babies.

Conclusion Pregnancy is an event that is almost always waiting. Even now mothers in general already understand how mothers should better maintain body condition in order to smooth the pregnancy and development of the fetus in the womb. If previously the mother ate only for herself, now the mother must fulfill her nutritional needs for the fetus as well. In a normal healthy pregnancy, the mother will experience an increase in body weight during pregnancy. Optimal weight gain will affect both pregnancy and labor later. Foods with balanced nutrition can be obtained from carbohydrates and fats as a source of energy, protein as building materials, and vitamins and minerals as regulatory substances. As a source of energy that produces calories, carbohydrates can be obtained from tubers. While protein as a source of building materials can be obtained from meat, fish, eggs, nuts, and as regulating substances, vitamins and minerals can be obtained from fruits and vegetables.

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