With the increasing standard of living, people are paying more and more attention to the impact of healthy living and eating habits on fertility.
The nutritional status of women who are trying to conceive is directly related to the quality of conceiving and nurturing new life, and has a long-term impact on the health of women and their descendants. In order to ensure a successful pregnancy, improve the quality of fertility, and prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes, both husband and wife should make adequate preconception preparations.
Here's the point!
How should women who are trying to conceive eat?
The Expert Committee for the Revision of Dietary Guidelines of the Chinese Nutrition Society clearly pointed out that the Dietary Guidelines for Women Who Are Trying to Become Pregnant have specially added the following 3 contents on the basis of the Dietary Guidelines for the General Population:
(1) Adjust the pre-pregnancy weight to the appropriate level;
(2) Often eat iron-rich foods, use iodized salt, and start to supplement folic acid 3 months before pregnancy;
(3) Smoke alcohol and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Why add these three in particular? What should I do? Hear what the women's health care practitioner has to say
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Adjust your preconception weight to an appropriate level. Preconception weight is closely related to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as neonatal birth weight, infant mortality and complications during pregnancy. Women of childbearing age who are low-weight or obese are at high risk of developing adverse pregnancy outcomes, so the body mass index (BMI) of women trying to become pregnant should be kept in the range of 18.5 to 23.9.
BMI
BMI ≥ 28.0: You should change bad eating habits, slow down eating speed, avoid excessive eating, reduce the intake of high-energy, high-fat, high-sugar foods, and choose foods with low glycemic index (GI), rich dietary fiber, and high nutrient density, such as quinoa, oats, celery, spinach, soybeans, etc. At the same time, exercise should be increased, and moderate-intensity exercise of 30 to 90 minutes per day is recommended. 2
Women of childbearing age are the most prevalent people with iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia, which can lead to preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, low birth weight of newborns, and iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy if iron deficiency before pregnancy. Therefore, pregnant women should regularly consume animal foods rich in iron and high utilization, and those with iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia should correct the anemia before becoming pregnant.
Iodine is an indispensable trace element for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, in order to avoid the adverse effects of iodine deficiency on fetal intelligence and physical development during pregnancy, healthy women who are trying to conceive should consume iodine-rich seafood once a week in addition to iodized salt.
Folate deficiency can affect the proliferation and differentiation of embryonic cells, increase the risk of neural tube malformations and miscarriage, and pregnant women should supplement 400 μg of folic acid daily from 3 months before pregnancy and continue until three months after pregnancy. 3
Good physical condition and nutritional storage are important conditions for successfully conceiving new life. Quit smoking and alcohol, correct possible nutritional deficiencies and related diseases, and maintain good hygiene habits and a healthy lifestyle are conducive to fertility and fertility. Both husband and wife should work together to make adequate nutritional, physical and psychological preparations for conception, so as to achieve scientific pregnancy preparation and healthy eugenics.