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Putting Your Knowledge About Nutrition and Pregnancy to Work

A college friend, Gayle, tells you that she is newly pregnant. You are aware that she usually likes to eat the following
foods for her meals.

Breakfast

Skips this meal, or eats a granola bar
Coffee

Lunch

Sweetened yogurt, 1 cup
Small bagel with cream cheese
Occasional piece of fruit
Regular caffeinated soda, 12 fluid ounces

Dinner

2 slices of pizza, macaroni and cheese, or 2 eggs with 2 slices of toast
Seldom eats a salad or vegetables
Regular caffeinated soda, 12 fluid ounces

Snacks

Pretzels or chips, 1 ounces
Regular caffeinated soda, 12 fluid ounces

Using NutritionCalc Plus software, evaluate Gayle's diet for protein, carbohydrate, folate, vitamin B-6, iron, and zinc.
How does her intake compare with the recommended amounts for pregnancy?

Now redesign her diet and make sure that her intake meets pregnancy needs for protein, carbohydrate, folate, vitamin B-6,
and zinc. (Hint: Fortified foods, such as breakfast cereal, are generally nutrient-rich foods, which can more easily help meet
one's needs.) Increase the iron content as well, but it still may be below the RDA for pregnancy.

Answer 1

Breakfast cereal+milk+egg

Lunch baked chicken or portion of fish with boiled brocoli baby carrot and spinach (Mixed Vegetables)
Two pieces of sliced Bread with butter or cheese or sometimes marmalede or fruit preserve
two /three pieces of fruit

Omit Regular caffeinated soda,12 fluid ounces, replace with fresh squeezed fruit juice

Dinner

Pasta with tomatoes, spinach and add salmon or chicken or any choicest protein portion Seafood twice a week

or toast butter chicken/salmon/turkey with salad or spinach/carrot/beetroot /asparagus/green veg and yogurt

  

Snacks Roasted cashewnuts,almonds,peanuts or pistachios

drink black tea, decaffeinated coffee if irresistable .

Folic acid supplement

and iron capsules supplement depending upon blood haemoglobin level