Nutrition consultant warns of obesity during pregnancy: cause high pressure and sugar
Nutrition consultant warns of obesity during pregnancy: cause high pressure and sugar
Dr. Sharifa Abul-Fotouh, nutrition consultant and executive director of the Envision Women's Health Foundation, warned of obesity during pregnancy. "There is a big problem with obesity during pregnancy, because it causes abnormal damage to the mother. Weight gain leads to high pressure, High albumin, premature birth, gestational diabetes, and the birth of a large child.
During a press conference to announce a new vitamin containing a group of vitamins, Sharifa Abu Al-Fotouh said that the pregnant woman should not increase during the pregnancy about 10 kilos, because the weight of the child with all that is around 7 kilos only, and after birth the increase will be in her body, You can get rid of them, so you have to work to analyze the diagnosis of vitamin deficiencies before pregnancy and compensation, because we have the highest percentage of anemia in Egypt.
She added that the folic acid must be taken before pregnancy, because "if the mother is happy, the family will be happy" because it can serve the whole house, stressing that six home was years of processing food at home so the meals were healthy, but after the emergence of fast food and reduced The woman preferred to buy fast food instead of the number of healthy food in the house, which led to high rates of obesity in Egypt, a big problem, explaining that the gynecologist must cooperate with the nutritionist for the health of pregnant women.
She said in a special statement for the "seventh day", that the pregnant woman should be eating foods rich in vitamins to prevent deformities of the fetus, explaining that when planning for pregnancy see the deficiency, and make up for our shortage, explaining that we must keep away from fast food, and we have to get On what the body needs of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
It is recommended to obtain vegetable protein such as beans and wheat, which compensates for the missing amino acids to represent 25% and 50% of the complex carbohydrates, which includes vegetables and fruit containing fiber, and 25 unsaturated fats, such as vegetable oil, olive oil, flaxseed , And sesame seeds, which contain antioxidants and ensure that they are not heated.