The pregnant menu is a collection of necessary and valuable ingredients that we supplement both in the form of full meals and snacks. If you snack mainly on sweets in the breaks between breakfast, lunch and dinner, it’s time to change this bad habit. Unfortunately, even such “little things” as a piece of milk chocolate, a cookie or a candy bar only provide us with empty calories.
And after giving birth, it’s time to shed the accumulated kilograms – so it’s worth making this task easier later and start taking care of your diet during pregnancy. Of course, this is not about a drastic approach to the menu and waiting from meal to meal – snacks are definitely recommended! However, let them be healthy, valuable things that will not only not cause excessive weight gain, but will also improve your well-being.
Healthy substitutes for caloric products
Already from the second trimester, the period of need for additional calories begins. That is why the desire to reach for something smaller between breakfast and lunch increases. It’s good that you always have something valuable on hand. Remember about two rules: control their nutritional value and caloric content; make sure they have the same nutritional values that you provide in main dishes.
- Carry a pack in your purse pumpkin or sunflower seedsthat have beneficial vegetable fats and zinc. Of course, do not exaggerate with their amount, because although they have a lot of good in them, they are also relatively fatty.
- Bet on large amounts fruitboth dried and fresh. Apples, pears, plums, kiwi, bananas, peaches – in a fresh form, eat them as much as you want, because they have a lot of beta-carotene, fiber, magnesium, potassium and vitamin C. Fruit and nuts are characterized by higher caloric content, so it’s better not to overdo it, however, they will satisfy the craving for something sweet well. A handful of raisins, plums, apricots, figs, almonds is a good substitute for sweets.
- In addition to fruit, the desire for sweet “kills” also one or two teaspoons honey.
- Rusks, rice breads, cereal crisps, rye crispbread, unsweetened muesli – these are valuable, harmless fillers, that will help you satisfy your hunger.
- Reach for vegetables, which you can eat without limits. The best will be the raw ones, you should eat them at least once a day. Stock up on carrots, cucumbers, peppers, kohlrabi, which have many valuable vitamins, microelements and fiber.
- Also look for products organic, which do not contain harmful substances because they come from organic farming.
- It won’t hurt during the day either dairy. Natural cottage cheese, kefir, yogurt and buttermilk, but of course without fattening additives and unsweetened, are one of the better snack options.