Pregnancy Diet Chart

Pregnancy is the time where you need to take care of yourself as well as the baby growing in your womb. You need to have additional requirements for nutrients during pregnancy.

Your diet chart should include all the nutrients properly to make sure that you give all that your baby needs. Some of the essential foods to be included during pregnancy are Dairy and dairy products, Lean proteins, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Many questions come during pregnancy regarding diet, what to eat? How many extra calories to be included? How to manage the diet chart? How to plan a diet?

So, let's have looked on diet chart plan,

How many times in a day you should eat?

You should eat proper and balanced meals every 3-4 hrs followed by snacks in between.

How many extra calories to be included during pregnancy?

Everybody has different requirement according to BMI but the normal and basic extra calories to include is 300 cal during pregnancy.

Take healthy and nutritious food to get these calories.

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Sample Diet Chart

 Breakfast: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

 You strive from the food for the whole night.

Tips: Include fortified Cereals, Whole grain flour, milk, Whole wheat bread, fruits, multigrain biscuits, dry fruits.

Lunch: Do not skip lunch. Have a proper meal during pregnancy.

Tips: Include soups, salad, green leafy vegetables(spinach, fenugreek leaves), rice, pulses, whole wheat grain flour, dessert, and curd.

Evening snacks: Have evening snacks between meals to eat other healthy items

Tips: Include fruits, dry fruits, juices, and milk.

Dinner: Dinner should be scheduled earlier during pregnancy as compared to the normal routine so, will not have a digestion problem.

Tips:  Include soups, salad, green leafy vegetables, rice, pulses, whole wheat grain flour, and curd.

Bedtime: Make a habit of having 1 glass of milk before you leave for bed.

Some Healthy Tips

•  Keep yourself hydrated

• Never skip meal

• No fasting during pregnancy

• Avoid alcohol

• Avoid packaged juices

• Avoid fat-rich foods

• Take multivitamins

• Limit caffeine

• Avoid junk food

Sample Diet Chart

In case if you feel what to eat and how to manage healthy diet chart have a look at this diet chart plan

Breakfast and mid-morning

Early morning: Milk and 4-5 pieces of any dry fruits (almonds, walnut)

Breakfast: 1 plate of Upma/poha /Dalia with lots of vegetables, Stuffed paranthas (stuffing can be of dal, cabbage paneer) with curd, wheat bread sandwich

Mid-morning: include any fruit/juice of your choice

Lunch

 vegetable, dal, salad, curd, roti, and rice.

Evening

 fruits, milk/juice, sprouts with Healthy Fruits or vegetables, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, roasted chana.

Dinner

vegetable, dal, salad, curd, roti.

Bedtime

Milk