Iron rich foods for pregnancy
During pregnancy it is important to consume foods with iron to prevent anemia, but vitamin C is also necessary to assimilate it better.
Eating a healthy diet during the 9 months of pregnancy will be the key to making this period much more bearable and for your future baby to be born strong and healthy. In this case, a pregnant woman’s diet has to be made up of foods rich in iron, even more than what is normally required. This is due to the increase in the volume of blood that a woman produces throughout pregnancy and therefore it is essential that her iron stores are at full capacity.
The baby that is in the womb of its mother will depend on how she takes care of herself and depending on the amount of foods with iron that she consumes, she will produce a greater amount of red blood cells in her blood.
Normally, pregnant women have a lack of iron or anemia during the pregnancy period . This is quite common because they continue to consume the same amount of iron as before they got pregnant. The most common anemia in pregnancy is iron deficiency anemia, which will be cured by consuming more iron. To do this, the ideal is to consume more foods rich in iron that help us combat this deficit.
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FOODS WITH THE MOST IRON FOR PREGNANCY
Whether our blood test shows that we have anemia , or not, the ideal is that the moment we become pregnant we begin to increase foods with iron in our diet, so that we do not have to resort to pills and capsules. The main foods that are rich in iron are:
– Legumes and cereals: Lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, rice, beans and peas.
– Fish and shellfish : Mussels, clams, oysters, cockles, sardines, anchovies, monkfish, crayfish, prawns, whiting, sea bass.
– Meats : Lamb, pork, beef, veal. The liver is the part that has the most iron of all animals, although consuming them in excess is not good for health because they have a lot of fat.
– Vegetables: Spinach, chard, garlic, endive, beets, broccoli, parsley, artichokes, radishes, leeks.
– Nuts: pistachios, almonds, pipes, hazelnuts, pine nuts, walnuts.
– Dairy: Yogurt and milk.
After analyzing which are the foods that have the most iron and which are better for pregnant women, we can only increase their consumption in our daily diet and take into account that if we combine them in the same intake with foods rich in vitamin C , they will be better assimilated by our body.
BOOST FOODS RICH IN VITAMIN C
The foods rich in vitamin C that will help us the most that iron does its function better and we stay strong. Among them we are going to highlight the orange, which we can take natural or in juice, the red peppers or the kiwi.
On the other hand, tea and coffee will inhibit the function of iron in the body, so this will make it difficult for us to stay strong and for our baby to grow up healthy.
When we become pregnant, we have to have a fairly exhaustive medical control since any complication can arise when we least expect it. In the case of anemia, with a simple analysis we can know if we have a lack of iron or not.
If we do not want to increase the intake of foods rich in iron in our diet, we can always resort to iron capsules, pills or ampoules that will do the same effect and we do not have to be so aware of our diet. Of course, if we opt for this option we have to mix it with foods rich in vitamin C and take them on an empty stomach. Finally, we have to know that these types of capsules tend to cause some side effects such as stomach discomfort, constipation and diarrhea, so from PregDream we recommend the option of increasing your intake of foods rich in iron.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.
