You and your baby are what you eat!
We all know the importance of a healthy balanced diet and how vital this is during pregnancy. A balanced and healthy diet is essential for the growth and development of a new baby. Do we really know which essential foods to be including in our diets while carrying a developing baby?
A developing baby is reliant on wide range of nutrients and these nutrients should be supplied in a mother’s diet in abundance on a daily basis.
Many of the discomforts of pregnancy can be reduced when nutritional balance is restored throughout the nine months of carrying a developing baby.
Booking an online nutritional coaching consultation will give you the vital knowledge of choosing an abundance of foods and drinks that will:
- Give you and your baby a balanced and highly nutritious intake of good quality and nutritious foods
- Balance your blood sugar during pregnancy which will reduce cravings for poor quality foods and will help stabilise your moods.
- Increase your energy levels and promote restful sleep which will give you more energy for the birth of your baby.
- Reduce excessive weight gain during pregnancy
- Give variety and enjoyment of eating a wide variety of foods
- Promote good weight gain and development in a new born baby
- Boost mother and babies immunity
- Reduce the onset of digestive problems in your new born baby
- Teach you easy to cook healthy and nutritious recipes
- provide information about supplementation during pregnancy and breastfeeding
And much more……
Book an online nutritional coaching consultation for £9.99
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Breastfeeding online nutritional coaching consultations
Breastfeeding your baby should be a natural and enjoyable part of being a mother but for some mothers they find the whole concept of breastfeeding very tiring and time consuming so how can we manage to fit in time to eat a healthy diet as well.
Booking an online breastfeeding nutritional coaching consultation will teach you:
- Which foods to include in a breastfeeding healthy eating plan.
- How to prepare fast easy and nutritious meals while breastfeeding.
- Promote more energy for a breastfeeding mother.
- Teach the importance of balancing your blood sugar throughout the day and night while breastfeeding.
- Advice on supplementation during pregnancy.
- How to reduce cravings for poor quality food and drinks.
- How to manage your time with food preparation.
- How to stabilise mood swings.
- Foods that can cause digestive problems for your baby.
And much more…..
Book an online nutritional coaching consultation for £9.99
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Weaning your baby
Booking an online nutritional coaching consultation to teach you everything you need to know about weaning your baby can be a valuable source of help for many parents when introducing foods to their new babies. A baby weaning coach will:
- Teach you which foods to introduce to your baby at all the key stages of weaning.
- How to reduce milk feeds and when.
- Teach the importance of Food preparation and baby hygiene during weaning.
- Give guidance on a healthy diet for each stage of your babies’ growth.
- Advise you on food and mood in your growing baby (may be related to sleeping and behavioural issues).
- Offer guidance on troubleshooting specific issues relating to your babies diet.
And much more…..
Book an online weaning consultation for £9.99
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Supplementing your diet
Supplements
It is very important to eat a wide variety of nutritionally balanced healthy foods during pregnancy and throughout breastfeeding , however it is also important to take a couple of top up pregnancy supplements to ensure a back up supply of nutrients for you and your baby.
Pregnancy nutritional formula supplement
- Extra zinc up to 20mg
- B vitamin complex formula
- Good quality fish oil supplementation
- Probiotic supplement
Taking supplements must always be combined with a healthy diet throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding
Pro biotics for pregnancy and breastfeeding
Healthy digestion is reliant on a healthy balance of good bacteria in the stomach. A balance of healthy bacteria helps to break down food and nutrients within the body. Mothers are now encouraged to take a probiotic supplement throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding. Scientific trials have shown that mothers who take a probiotic supplement tend to have babies with less digestive problems.
Baby probiotics can be purchased in milder forms to add to formula feeds in babies who are unable to breast feed.
The importance of supplementing your diet with extra zinc
Zinc levels decrease dramatically throughout pregnancy as your baby uses your stores rapidly for growth. It is essential that zinc levels are increased daily from conception right through to breastfeeding.
Low levels of zinc have been found to cause blood sugar imbalances, low mood and energy and slow growth and immunity for mother and baby.
Zinc deficiencies have been linked to postnatal depression, stretch marks, early miscarriage, and low weight babies. Including more Zinc rich foods during pregnancy and breastfeeding is one of the most sensible things that a mother can do to boost her own mental and physical health and that of her developing baby. Supplementing your diet with extra zinc will ensure that you and your baby do not become deficient in this important mineral.
B-Vitamin complex – to help balance your mood and energy
The B vitamins are important for many functions throughout the body as well as being important in the manufacturing of the brain’s feel good chemicals. A lack of these vitamins can in turn have an effect on our overall mood and energy and have the same effect on how our babies may also feel.
A growing baby needs a good supply of these important B vitamins as well as other key important vitamins which need to be supplied through a healthy diet and via the breast milk.
A mother and her developing baby’s mental and physical health during pregnancy, after birth and throughout breastfeeding is relient on a daily supply of these important vitamins.
The importance of supplementation with essential fats
As well as taking a good quality pregnancy vitamin, adding a fish oil supplement is one of the most important supplements that a woman can take for her own health and that of her developing baby.
It is crucial for the growth and neurological development of a growing baby that your diet includes a daily intake of these health promoting fats. As well as providing nutrition for the whole body, healthy fats are also important for promoting good mental health for both you and your developing baby.
These essential fats also promote blood sugar balance, brain development and immune function and are vital for the overall physical and mental development of your baby. Fat intake is also important for your own mental, immunological, hormonal and cardiovascular health.
Pregnancy supplementation
It is advised to take a vitamin and mineral supplementation especially formulated to support your nutritional intake throughout conception, pregnancy and breastfeeding.
A healthy diet should always be consumed with supplementation. Supplements provide you and your developing baby with a boost of extra nutritional support.
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