Increase healthy weight in pregnancy
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Every day eat different types of lentils, beans, dals etc. You can see that within 10 days you can increase like 10 to 20 pounds. However this weight gain is healthy because its not fatty weight but protein weight. Eat chick peas, green lentils, peas, brown lentils, kidney beans, navy beans, black eye peas, cow peas, horse gram, pigeon peas, masoor dal, thur dal, etc. All these are rich in different proteins and are balancing to the body. The truth is that vegetarian proteins are more healthy and nutritious and balancing to the body. It's a wrong concept that only by eating animal proteins one can increase body weight. The best is to soak them and partly germinate them and eat. When seeds germinate, they fats are broken down to sugars and so they are healthy and nourishing. One could also use soy milk in milk shakes and use tofu also to meet extra protein needs. |
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| WEAKNESS DURING PREGNANCY | ||||
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| BREAKFAST & LUNCH | ||||
Breakfast
Between breakfast and lunch munch dry fruits or nuts (see recipes for details).
Lassi To blender add one cup of yogurt or curd and one cup water, a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar. A tiny bit of orange peel (for flavor). Mix well and if needed the fat layer on top of the drink can be removed before drinking. For more medicinal valued Lassi add one peanut size of ginger piece, and one or two curry leaves with the above Lassi and mix. Ginger is good in enhancing digestion preventing nausea and vomiting. Curry leaves are excellent source of calcium and minerals and they have chemicals which can build strong bones. |
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Evening
Munch dry fruits and nut mixes. Steamed corn, steamed potatoes with a spoon of butter and salt are tasty and healthy snacks. Avoid too much of cookies and other confectionery products. Dinner
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