Diet Chart for Pregnant Women

2. CONTENTS OF THIS CONTENTS OF THIS PPT PPT Here’s what you’ll find in this PPT:  Introduction  Pre Breakfast snacks for pregnant women  Breakfast  Mid morning snacks  Lunch for pregnant women  Evening snacks for pregnant women  Dinner for pregnant women

3. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

4. A balanced diet is important to all human beings on earth. It includes the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. For pregnant women, taking a balanced diet becomes more crucial, as they are feeding babies in their uterus apart from themselves. A pregnant woman should follow what her doctor instructs her. Usually, gynaecologists/obstetricians refer pregnant women to a dietician to get a pregnancy diet chart. To facilitate you during your pregnancy, here is a detailed diet chart for you. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

5. Pre Breakfast Pre Breakfast snacks for snacks for pregnant women pregnant women 01 01 02 02 03 03 A glass of cow’s milk Milkshake Dry fruits like almonds, raisins, and cashews 04 04 05 05 06 06 Almond milk Tomato juice Apple juice

6. Breakfast Breakfast

7. Breakfast Breakfast A bowl of fruits  Wheat rava upma, or breads with seasonal vegetables Poha with enough amount of vegetables   Oats porridge Whole wheat toast with omelette or butter   Vegetable omelette  Parathas with fillings of potatoes, spinach, carrots, beans, dal, cheese with curd, or cottage cheese  Patties or mixed bean cutlet Some fruits with the breakfast such as dates, apricots, banana,   sweet fig, and oranges Cheese toast or cheese/vegetable sandwich Rice sevai with seasonal vegetables  

8. Mid morning snacks Mid morning snacks  Tomato soup  Spinach soup  Creamy spinach soup  Carrot and beetroot soup  Chicken soup

9. Lunch for pregnant women Lunch for pregnant women  Wheat breads with choice of vegetables, dal, and a small bowl of curd  Paratha with a bowl of curd or dal or vegetables  Carrot and peas paratha with some butter and a bowl of curd  Pea or jeera rice with raita  Rice, vegetable, and dal with salad  Lemon rice with some vegetable salad and peas  Vegetable khichdi  Chicken salad with fresh vegetables or vegetable soup  Rice with chicken curry  Grilled chicken with a bowl of curd  Rice, mint raita, dal, and a fruit  Rice with a bowl of kofta curry  Cottage cheese paratha with vegetable salad and butter  Rice with curd  Paratha with sprouted beans salad ..

10. Evening snacks for pregnant Evening snacks for pregnant women women  Corn sandwich with cheese  Vegetable idli  Tomato or spinach idli  Seviyan with vegetables  Lauki or carrot halwa  Fruit smoothie with strawberry or banana  Roasted peanut mixture and vegetables

11. Evening snacks for pregnant Evening snacks for pregnant women women  Peas or cauliflower samosa  Bread cutlet  Chicken cutlet  A bowl of dried dates or dry fruits  Chicken sandwich  Chicken soup  A cup of green tea  Milk porridge with sevaior daliya, oats  Vegetable daliya  Mixed vegetable uttapam

12. Dinner for pregnant women Dinner for pregnant women Mixed dal khichdi Mixed dal khichdi with a bowl of with a bowl of vegetable curry and vegetable curry and curd curd Vegetable pulao or chicken Vegetable pulao or chicken rice with a bowl of rice with a bowl of yoghourt yoghourt Rice with spinach vegetable, Rice with spinach vegetable, dal, and salad dal, and salad Plain paratha with a glass of Plain paratha with a glass of buttermilk buttermilk Roti with a bowl of Roti with a bowl of vegetable, dal, and a vegetable, dal, and a glass of buttermilk glass of buttermilk . . . . . 04 03 01 02