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Vitamins: what do you need, how do you get them?
We all want to be in the best possible health – and we certainly want the best for our children. Most of us can get enough vitamins from a healthy balanced diet – but some of us need a little extra help. Vitamins can be divided up into two main groups. The fat soluble vitamins…
Pregnancy kilo counting
Piling on the pounds is the most obvious sign you’re pregnant but what sort of weight gain should you expect and what foods are best for you and your baby? If you’ve decided that pregnancy is a great excuse to pork out, think again. Pregnancy experts calculate that you don’t usually need to increase your…
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Your breastfeeding diet: food allergies and irritants
If you’re a breastfeeding mum, you need to manage your diet because minute traces of all the foods you eat end up in your breastmilk. Usually this is a good thing: some experts believe that breastfed babies enjoy the variation in flavour caused by day-to-day changes in your diet. The downside is that certain foods…
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Tagged allergy, anaphylactic shock, Baby, Breast milk, Breastfeeding, diet, Food intolerance, peanuts, signs and symptoms
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Healthy eating in pregnancy
What is a balanced diet? We all need a diet that is varied and has foods in the following proportions: One third fruit and vegetables One third energy-packed starchy carbohydrate foods like bread, potatoes and pasta One sixth protein foods like meat, poultry, cheese, pulses and dairy products The tiniest amount of sugar and fat.…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Diet and nutrition during pregnancy, Online antenatal classes
Tagged antenatal class, babyworld online antenatal class, Breastfeeding, class 1, diet, Essential nutrients, Fatty acids, Folic acid, Food Safety, Health, Iron, Nutrition, Nutrition and pregnancy, omega 3, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, Vitamins
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Foods you don’t need to avoid in pregnancy
It can be confusing trying to work out which foods you can eat and which foods you should avoid when you’re pregnant. You might find it helpful to look at this list of some of the foods you don’t need to avoid: Shellfish, including prawns – as long as they are part of a hot…
Top ten tips to improve your nutrition and lose weight.
Nutrition can sometimes be confusing but it’s an area that is well worth investigating. Making the decision to choose natural foods instead of packaged, processed and fast foods will seriously improve your nutrition. Following these simple tips will seriously improve your health. 1.Value variety Experiment with new natural foods foods to maximize your nutrition. A varied diet…
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What is a balanced diet in pregnancy?
We all need a diet that is varied and has foods in the following proportions: One third fruit and vegetables One third energy-packed starchy carbohydrate foods like bread, potatoes and pasta One sixth protein foods like meat, poultry, cheese, pulses and dairy products The tiniest amount of sugar and fat All washed down with plenty…
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Tagged balanced diet, carbohydrate, diet, Fat, Fruit, milk, minerals, Nutrition, Protein, Vegetable, vegetables, Vitamins
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Your diet during breastfeeding
Enjoy this special time with your baby and take care of yourself and your diet whilst breastfeeding. What you can eat Starchy foods such as bread, pasta, rice potatoes and pulses (beans and lentils) to give the extra energy you’ll need Plenty of fibre found in wholegrain bread and breakfast cereals, pasta, rice. pulses, fruit and vegetables.…
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Eating for two myth causing diet dilemma for new mums
Mums appear to be getting their calories the wrong way round. In the UK mums appear to over indulge during pregnancy but restrict calories post birth. Over half of pregnant women (51%) may be consuming more than the recommended amount of calories whilst new mums are restricting their calorie intake, despite recommendations that breast feeding…
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Britain is baffled by dietary fat
New research shows that dietary fat is a conundrum that is foxing the nation. According to the results, education and awareness campaigns over many years appear to have had little impact on the public’s understanding of this important nutrient. One in five of us still thinks that saturated fat is a ‘good’ fat and more…
