The Real Reason Behind Pregnancy Foods

It has been constantly insisted that pregnant mother must abstain from polluted sounds, air, food and thoughts too. It is a proven fact that if the mother can understand the influence of her, on her personality, as well as, the personality of the unborn child resolving stresses due to these emotions and restrictions is easy.

There is one very vital fact which is dawning on the experts, coaches and all those who are sensitive and sensible enough to be aware of the self and the difference in the mental and emotional aspects that everything that we put into our mouth and allow to get into our system has vital effect on the way we think, feel and react. When too much sugar is consumed, it is proven that negativity sets in. Sattvic food is the best food on records and it keeps the mind clean and body healthy. Especially for pregnant mothers, Sattvic food is the best and ideal.

Refined eating habits during and to be precise from before pregnancy period brings out the best result in maintaining and nourishing the health of the mother and that of the baby in the womb of the mother.

Food serves more than filling hunger in humans. Food serves as happiness, comfort, luxury and in many cases, even as security. That is why when people feel depressed they crave for various kinds of food like the junk food and fast food. The most famous in this list is the major consumption of chocolates. It is this comfort and consolation eating that leads to weight gain in a major part of human race till date. To increase in diabetes is the result of this habit of comfort and consolation consumption of food.

Sometimes thinking of an alternative, like taking a walk or nap, can also help dealing with the cravings in during pregnancy. Sometimes when there is craving for chocolate. It is a fact all that the pregnant mother needs is a hug and a pat more than anything else. It is often that body’s signals are largely mistaken by us.

Whenever humans celebrate or relax, they prefer eating. There are two dimensions of eating – Eating for health and eating for emotional upheavals, both positive and negative. There are two further ways of eating – eating for hunger, eating for no reason. Some eat to live and some for live to eat.

Pregnant mothers should take up responsibility towards what they eat. It is not just for their own sake that they are consuming whatever they are eating. The point to be kept in mind all the while during pregnancy is the fact that they are honored with bearing a new life in their uterus. As per the researchers, eating vegetarian food is more conducive optimum functioning of the body, mind and intellect.

Studies using the Electrosomatographic method with the help of a biofeedback machine, the DDFAO of the effect eating meat and vegetarian food on the Kunḍalinī chakras of seekers with and without negative energy distress had been done which clearly prove benefits of vegetarian food.

The most important factor that influences the emotions of the mother is type of food she consumes during pregnancy.

Long time back scientists have found out that nutritional conditions that exist in the mother’s womb during pregnancy and the nutrition it receives during infancy, has a long lasting effect on a person’s development and future health.

This phenomenon is termed as “fetal programming,” which has led to the recent theory fetal origin adult disease in Barker’s hypothesis.

If the mother fails to provide vital nutrients, the fetus prepared for a world of scarcity adjusting its metabolism so that it can wring the most out of every calorie. Such baby might be born with a liver and pancreas that have less capacity to process fats and sugars, predisposing the adult, to high cholesterol level and diabetes. For example, we now know that strong link between low birth weight and heart diseases, poor gestational nutrition, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.

During pregnancy, women need protein and calcium for baby’s tissues and bones. Extra folic acid is also needed to protect against neural tube birth defect as well more iron to help red blood cell carry oxygen to the baby.

In addition balanced diet also means to keep track the proper quantity, quality,  reaction or allergy of any food on mother. Pregnant women must try to eat five or six small meal each day, instead of three large ones. Baby needs regular sustenance, and the woman also needs to keep up her energy levels, so she must try not to miss meals.

She must eat a variety of foods from these different food groups each day. A generic balanced diet chart for pregnant women is described as under:

Preference must be given to including natural foods to the diet rather than processed foods. It has been established that the body absorbs more energy from natural sources of food. To best explain with an analogy, one can observe the difference in the health and growth of plants which are watered everyday with tap or well water versus rain water.                                    

One must observe the after effects of the food taken; whether it keeps you agile and active or causes lethargy. Being mindful of what foods are good for rather than what we like will have fetched benefit. This can be done by observing the body. Be aware of foods causing gastric upset, indigestion, etc and avoid them. Processed food is easy for one to eat but difficult for the body to process. A full bowl of salad and fruits will be easy to process and when seen in right perspective will be enjoyable and easy to eat often as well. Some enzymes that are found in the natural diet aid digestion.