Women health tends to be narrowly viewed as reproductive health whereas other factors are not considered.
Women are regarded as the backbone of the society. She has to play different roles like – daughter, wife, mother, grandmother etc. In midst of all these roles, she forgets her own identity. She forgets to take care of herself. The family and the society are too selfish in only extracting from her and not giving her back anything. Today’s women are not only confined to home. She has to balance both home and work front. It is said that a woman who ‘rocks the cradle rules the world’. She is a multitasker.
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During pregnancy, your nutritional needs will increase. Before pregnancy is good to make every effort to start eating healthy and taking multivitamin women. Prenatal multivitamin is a better choice during pregnancy.
Let’s start with the recommended daily food intake during pregnancy.
During pregnancy:
7 or more fruit and vegetables (3 fruits / 4 vegetables)
Fruits and vegetables high in vitamin C are best. These include strawberries, melons, oranges, papayas, tomatoes, peppers, green, and broccoli.
9 or more whole grain products
Fortified cereal folic acid and iron is the best way to start each day. Enriched bread, rice, pasta, whole grain products and all your other options.
4 or more dairy products
Low-milk or non-milk, yogurt and cheese are obvious choices.
60 g protein (two or more portions of 2 to 3 ounces of lean meat)
Other sources of protein are eggs, nuts, dried beans and peas. Do not eat undercooked or untreated meat or fish. (NO SUSHI) Do not eat deli meat lunch
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DECLINING NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MAY BE A CONCERN.
For years the debate has raged on about the benefits and drawbacks of modern farming techniques. Industrial agriculture or “hyper-farming” has resulted in giant strides in crop yield, but many claim nutrient content – and thus their total nutritional value to humans – has been suffering.
The average yield in terms of bushels per acre for major crops in the US has sky rocketed since the 1950’s. Corn is up 342%! Wheat is up 290% while both Soy beans and Alfalfa are up about 170%. Similar sorts of yield gains have occurred in Europe, Australia, Japan and other regions of the world as well.
Data presented by researchers from the Department of Soil Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison shows that while these great advances in crop yield have occurred in the last 50 years nutrient content has been under siege and declining. Similarly, a review of data published by the USDA’s ARC Nutrient Data Laboratory shows “a sharp decline in the minerals, vitamins and other nutrients in foods since the last comprehensive survey”, about 20 years ago.
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