Pregnancy Tip: Follow the rule of 5-5-5 foods 5 times a week

Pregnancy Tip: Follow the rule of 5-5-5 foods 5 times a week
Eat foods with five different colours, five different tastes and five different types of food, five times a week.

How does it help?

During pregnancy, you should keep nutrition in mind. You can eat everything but in moderation. And the best way to get vitamins and minerals from foods is to eat foods that have different colours– green, orange, red, white and yellow. They should also have different tastes -sweet, sour, bitter, salty and spicy. And they should be of different types –fruits, vegetables, grains, cereals and meat. The should be eaten five times a week. You can even eat small meals, six times a day to stay full and prevent hunger pangs. But remember not to overeat as it might lead to weight gain, which can cause complications during the delivery.

For example, if you eat spinach on day one, then eat fenugreek on day two, amaranth on day three and so on. You can even try to include various seasonal fruits in different colours like apples, pear, pomegranate and papaya to reap its benefits. Controlling your intake of sugar and salty foods is mandatory, but increasing your intake of foods like karela is important as it helps in better blood glucose control. Hence, make sure your plate is colourful with different tastes and types of foods. Here is the ultimate pregnancy diet guide – what to eat and how.

Another important factor to keep in the mind is that eating the same kind of food for 30 days at a stretch might not help. For example, puranpoli, (roti filled with a sweet lentil filling) which is rich in fats, proteins and carbohydrates is good for health. But you cannot eat it every day. The same rule applies to eating out. Here’s why you should avoid processed foods during pregnancy. Eating these foods once a week and in moderation is the key to staying fit and healthy during pregnancy. Avoid eating raw foods as they might increase your risk of infection. The aim is to make sure you get all the nutrients required for proper growth and development of the baby and also meet the daily dose of nutrients through diet for  a smooth pregnancy. Not just this, also avoid these common mistakes every pregnant woman commits!

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