20 weeks of pregnancy nutrition

Medium-term pregnancy nutrition

Pregnancy diet on development of fetal baby\'s growth over the medium term is important, is important to note that yo!

Nutrient intake to balance
Pregnant women often change on food likes and dislikes, can take advantage of this opportunity to correct their eating habits. Not to a partial eclipse is the best diet, what foods to eat, to maintain a balanced diet, may have unexpected results. But then again, not too reluctant own, natural gradual approach to gradually correcting habits of partial eclipse is the right way.

Salt intake to reduce
Pregnant women intake of too much salt can lead to edema and hypertension. In fact, note that salt intake is something that everyone should pay attention to, only during pregnancy but also to pay special attention, try to eat salad seasoning such as soy sauce, soy sauce, msg. High salt content of processed foods such as Bacon and sausage, should also avoid excessive intake.

Should the amount of supplementation iodine
In the ring of salt or salt-less at the same time to try not to iodine deficiency, iodine is the raw material of thyroid hormone, endocrine hormone of thyroid hormone are necessary to human brain development. Iodine deficiency can cause varying degrees of Mental retardation, and this damage is irreversible. Therefore, during pregnancy or lactation and is the only effective with infants aged O~2 iodine supplementation period. Human demand for iodine increases during this period 50%, but it is precisely this period it is essential to reduce salt intake, so through human food such as seafood intake of iodine supplementation, or drug added.

Redress and compensate for best period, adjustments and supplementary nutrition

Fetus: \"relative comfort\" increase the number of pregnant and fetal growth and development, in particular the development of the brain, not only weight increase, and began to rapidly increase in the number of brain cells, so the need for additional nutrients beneficial to brain development. Such as phospholipids and cholesterol and other lipids. Differentiation of fetal viscera system start, began to form a cycle function, liver and kidney function, fetal strengthening the function of each system, the maternal burden, increase demand and consumption. Such as: kidneys need to exhaust itself and fetal metabolic waste, glomerular filtration capacity increase renal blood flow increase burdens. Ossification of fetal bones start, weight, breast and uterus of the mother increases in size, maternal functions of various organs, system strengthening, increase basal metabolism, and starting from the second trimester, parent will be gradually stored in a certain amount of energy, protein, fat, calcium, iron and other nutrients.

Pregnant women: reduce pregnancy reaction, appetite increase, abdominal uplift is not prominent, freedom of physical activity. This is a corrected, and cover, and adjustment, and supplementary of excellent period, to full using this period, corrected early pregnant vomiting period caused of electric media disorder, cover early nutrients of lost, adjustment body of nutrition status, system to for the aspects of check, combination itself of specific situation, can and nutrition professionals tie, regularly do nutrition monitoring and evaluation, aimed at under fetal growth development of need, timely supplementary various by required of nutrients, to mother and baby best of care.