Concubine, my cousin is pregnant, but she's been very anxious about what to do with her pregnancy
Don't worry about the diet during pregnancy! Today, we have experts to detach high-frequency minefields for pregnant mothers and to avoid pits。
Professional consultants
First mother and child health hospital, shanghai
Tanching, registered nutritionist, deputy gynaecologist
Zhou zhou qianxiang, a registered nutritionist, a physician in charge
Shanghai city health promotion centre
Dr. Wei xiaomin
Miss one
Does early pregnancy require extra help
No need
The early pregnancy of the foetus is only at a critical stage of organ separation, and there has been no significant increase in nutritional demand。
Some expectant mothers suffer from early pregnancy responses, with weak gastrointestinal functions, which are compounded by blindness. Overweight growth due to overnutrition also increases the risk of diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy。
Scientific recommendations:
Early pregnancy nutrition should focus on “equilibria” rather than “compensation”, ensuring that good quality proteins, folic acids, carbon water are available in the diet, and lightening and digestive is also important。
Mistake two
Can dietary supplements replace the food itself
I can't
Some expectant mothers use dietary supplements as nutritional “all-power medicine”。
In practice, dietary supplements can only fill the nutritional gap in diet and cannot completely replace dietary fibres and natural antioxidation components in food。
Scientific recommendations:
During pregnancy, it is mainly natural food, with a variety of diets, and dietary supplements should be supplemented as required by a doctor。
Miss three
Can't you eat any snacks during pregnancy
Not really
Many expectant mothers have completely eliminated snacks, even if they are hungry, in order to “control sugar”。
Instead, this may lead to over-eating and less favourable to blood sugar and weight management。
Scientific recommendations:
The diet during pregnancy shall consist of regular, fixed, quantitative and small meals, with two to three healthy snacks in addition to regular daily meals。
Precious nuts, sugar-free milk, fresh fruits, whole wheat bread, etc. Can be selected to avoid deep processed foods such as chips, cakes, spicy strips, etc。
Wrong four
Can you keep weight without carbon water
No way
Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for pregnant mothers and foetuses。
Long-term inadequate carbon water intake may lead to low blood sugar, low concentration of attention and even ketone acid poisoning in pregnant mothers, affecting the development of the foetus's brain。
Scientific recommendations:
During pregnancy, the type of carbon water is selected and the food is appropriate。
The partial refining of carbon water with rough rice, oats, maize and soybeans can provide both sustained and stable energy and increase nutritional density。
Wrong five
Can't you have tea and coffee during pregnancy
Not absolutely
Medical research shows that coffee and tea are not always allowed during pregnancy, but the amount of drinking needs to be controlled。
Scientific recommendations:
Caffeine intake is 200 mg per day, with about one cup of medium american coffee, avoiding strong tea, espresso and three to four hours before bed。
If you are not used to tea or coffee before pregnancy, you do not。
The pregnant mothers remember:
Nutrition during pregnancy is “scientific, balanced, adequate” rather than blind or ultra-controlled。
Regular maternity check-ups, consultations with doctors and nutritionists, and the development of diets appropriate to themselves can better protect their health and that of their babies
Shanghai city health department
Project number: jkkpyl-2025-a10, kpz2025-16
