Minerals, micro and micro elements
Alongside with the vitamins minerals and multivitamins are critically important for the mother and her baby.
Magnesium takes part in the acting process of neural system, regulates carbohydrate and energy exchange, lowers irritability, helps the pregnancy to run normally and prevents the miscarriage.
Iodine prevents baby’s pathology of glands thyroid.
Selenium helps the iodine to act properly and normalizes the immunity system.
Ferrum takes part in the synthesis of hemoglobin, prevents anaemia development that every 4th pregnant one suffers.
Zinc and copper supports the formation of the skeleton.
Molybdenum helps the adequate process of glandular exchange during the pregnancy.
Manganese takes part in skeleton development, blood formation and helps to resist infections.
The first quarter
One of the important vitamins is folic acid. Most of the cases the pregnant woman are recommended to take extra portion of the folic acid as it has very important role in substance metabolic processes and it can prevent the diseases in the neural system of the fetus. It also supports hematopoiesis formation and embryogenesis, skin formation and development. The main sources of folic acid are grain stuff, roughly grinded flour and vegetable (parsley, spinach, lettuce, onion, cabbage, green beans). Fresh mushrooms, food yeast, curds, cheese, fish and meet.
The second quarter
Over here nausea stops and appetite becomes better. Most of the future mothers feel all the favor of their pregnancy. They try out what ever they can have. The reason is that the baby wants to eat. This is the time when the mothers gain extra weight and fights against it later on. So it is highly recommended to eat with small portions 6-7 times a day, and keep on taking vitamins and abundant water.
The third quarter
The dietitians suggest eating polyunsaturated fatty sour type Omega-3. At that time the baby’s brain develops and 60 % of its cells consist of liquid and fat and most of the time consists of fat polyunsaturated acid. This is the reason of having adequate quantity of this type of food for the mother and her baby in this particular period. Numerous researches prove the link between the baby’s intellect and the quantity of the fat acid. Sharp vision and healthy neural system of the mother also have common links with this type of food.
Sea fish and sea food contains fat acid (salmon, mackerel, herring, halibut, plaice and so on). It is recommended to eat 2-3 portions of fish either baked or boiled for a day.
As before calcium is strongly required. The reason is the formation of skeleton, neural, cardiovascular system of the fetus, development of normal homogeny coagulability, and teeth development. The examinations show that 250-300 mg of calcium flow trough the placenta to the fetus per day. The reserved calcium and ferrous during the third quarter of the pregnancy have very significant role for the first couple months after the birth, and later baby will have all necessary vitamins with breast feeding.
