Pregnancy Diet Plan

The best way to have a healthy baby is to for you to start out healthy and stay healthy! Eating a healthy diet (I know just reading that word makes you shudder!) is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your unborn baby. The phrase “healthy diet,” especially when applied to a pregnant woman, seems to be an oxymoron, doesn’t it? After all, “diet” commonly means you starve yourself and exercise like crazy to lose the five pounds you need to take off so you can wear that slinky, size three, little black dress to your high school reunion! Pregnant women are supposed to gain weight. Right? Pregnant women aren’t supposed to diet. Right? Well, both of the previous statements are true, but a healthy diet means that you control your calorie intake and substitute more nutritious foods and drinks for a brownie and a double mocha, double cream, double sugar latte for breakfast.

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