I love eating #Bananas ever :) 100 HEALTHIEST FOODS TO EAT DURING PREGNANCY 1st Trimester BANANAS Peel a banana and take a bite or slice or mash it into your diet. Why? Because there are so many fabulous nutrients in banansa, plus theyre easy on your stomach. One large banana contans 4 g of fiber and about 30% of your daily vitamin C and vitamin B6 needs. * Weve all heard that bananas are potassium-rich - a large banana contains about 480 mg of potassium, nearly one-fourth of your daily requirement. * Bananas contain close to 40 mcg of folate which as weve seen is a very important nutrient for your babys neural tube development. (The neural tube forms and closes in your first trimester, but the way, making it even more important to get plenty of folate right now!) * Vitamin B6 helps regulate your sodium/potassium levels, which can be imbalanced if youre vomiting. Your large banana includes 0.5 mg of vitamin B6. * For additional help,bananas are also a good source of magnesium (37 mg) and potassium (480 mg), minerals needed for healthy fluid balance. Perhaps this combination of fluid-balancing nutrients is why eating bananas after vomiting is a common old-wives home remedy. * People who consume diets rich in potassium are 50% less likely to have a stroke compared to their non-potassium-consuming peers, according to a study recently publsihed in Neurology. * Potassium fights high blood pressure * A study at the University of Californiafound that bananas may prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Some pregnancy-related benefits to eating bananas: 1) Adding bananas to your diet during pregnancy can help youkeep your blood pressure at a healthy level. High blood pressure in later pregnancy can lead to complications such as eclampsia 2) Getting plenty of calcium is vital if youre pregnant because your growing baby is pulling this mineral from your bones. If bananas can help postmenopausal women keep their bones healthy, they can help you,too. * Bananas help keep low blood sugar levels and healthy cholesterol levels during pregnancy #EnjoyReading :)
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:16:43 +0000