Pregnant? Worried about all those pregnancy myths out there? For the longest time women who became pregnant thought they had to start eating certain foods, avoid eating certain foods, to exercise a certain way, not practice particular exercises, etc. Today we are going to set the record straight for all you moms-to-be.
Below, BBC News.com provided a list of those pregnancy myths that should be followed:
- Eating for two results in unnecessary weight gain
- Drink 1% or fat free milk vs. whole milk
- Spike up nutritional value in what you eat
- Yes, vitamins are a MUST
- Add 200 calories to your diet in the last 90 days of pregnancy
- Lose baby weight in a healthy way
- Extreme dieting will lead to lack of breast milk
- It is more difficult to get pregnant when overweight or obese (BMI over 30)
- Should not have to change their exercise routine
- Yoga and water aerobics are great additions to any work out regime
- Prenatal massages are very helpful
Professor Mike Kelly, director of the centre for public health excellence at NICE, said: “In today’s society women are bombarded by often conflicting advice on what constitutes a healthy diet and how much physical activity they should do during pregnancy and after birth.”
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