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| Necessary Elements | Iron
Now you need twice more of it than usually. Thanks to this element the level of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to all body cells and tissues gets normal. Even a small deficiency of iron leads to fatiguability, immune system weakening, body temperature lowering, etc.
Eat regularly: meat, kidneys, liver, egg yolks, nuts, spinach, beans, rye – bread, beetroot, peas, figs, pumpkins, black currants, pistachios, garlic.
It is important to know: Ferrum gets better adopted from the products of the organic origin. Thus, from vegetable food you adopt only 10% of ferrum, and from the animal food you will have about 30% of it. All the products, rich in vitamin C quicken the ferrum adoption process.
Iodine
First of all this element is responsible for the activity of our thyroid gland. The optimal amount of iodine is necessary for your and you baby’s immune system, brain work and hormonal balance support. This element is extremely important during first six months of your pregnancy. It is responsible for the intellectual abilities development of your future child.
Eat regularly: sea fish, sea products, spinach, field mushrooms.
It is important to know: some substances, present in cabbage, beetroot hamper the iodine adoption. Now you should not forget to consume one teaspoon a day of iodine salt.
Calcium. This microelement is the building material of your little one’s bone system. If you want your baby to have healthy backbone and teeth, enrich your diet with plenty of calcium. It is also necessary for the nervous system functioning and for the normal work of your child’s heart. Enough of calcium protects your baby from all kinds of allergies.
Eat regularly: cheese, cottage – cheese, milk, fish, seeds, nuts.
It is important to know: the condition of a good calcium adoption in your organism is the presence of vitamin D in it.
Magnesium. It normalizes the nervous system condition and helps to cope with muscle and joint pains. It is also necessary for the protein synthesis and for the energy production, for normal blood coagulation and for calcium adoption. During your pregnancy magnesium helps to prevent any fetus’ development decelerations, premature delivery and miscarriage.
Eat regularly: cereals, peanuts, dried apricots, almonds and parsley.
It is important to know: the redundant amount of fats makes dissolvable combinations with magnesium and prevents its adoption by your organism.
Zinc
It is necessary for healthy and normal work of all body cells and for the correct metabolism. Zink deficiency lowers the resistibility of your organism, hampers digestion, and causes tiredness and lack of appetite. It can also lead to many complications, connected with your pregnancy: miscarriage, toxicosis, hard delivery, etc.
Eat regularly: milk, beans, fish, carrots, cereals.
It is important to know: zinc gets better adopted from organic products. Do not drink much coffee, as it lowers zinc adoption. You should not eat much sugar and frozen vegetables as well.
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