The diet in pregnancy is essential for the proper development of the baby in gestation. Sometimes we don't know how much food and how to cook it can affect the baby, so take care Pregnancy feeding is very important. Even when you eat late meals, choose healthy snacks.
As Eva told us yesterday, a study that has just come to light has found that acrylamide, a compound that is formed by heating food, especially carbohydrates, frying them or roasting them at high temperatures, mainly present in snacks, is related with the low birth weight of the baby.
French fries, especially chips, take the palm in terms of the amount of acrylamide (I remember that in one of my pregnancies I ate industrial quantities of bag potatoes), but it is also found in everyday foods such as breakfast cereals, Bread and coffee.
As the study has revealed, babies who had been more exposed to acrylamide in pregnancy had a weight difference of 100 grams on average compared to babies who had been less exposed, even linked to a reduction in the size of head circumference
Therefore, not only should you try to maintain a balanced diet during pregnancy, but you must also take into account the way you cook food and avoid the most roasted and those who have been high temperature frying.
Healthy snacks in pregnancy
* Nuts: almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts, also rich in Omega-3 and folic acid.
* Crudités: Raw vegetables are an excellent choice as an appetizer. Carrot, cucumber or celery cut into sticks with cream cheese, hummus or sauces.
* Homemade chips potatoes: If you have a craving for french fries, as happened to me, what you can do is prepare the potatoes yourself even without using oil to make them lighter. The potatoes are cut into very thin slices and soaked for a few minutes. Then they are taken out and dried, and put in the hot oven about ten minutes. We can simply salt them or season them with garlic salt, onion powder or a little paprika, as we like them.
* Toasts: Finally, slices of toasted bread with montaditos always have good acceptance, such as a tomato and ham toast with a few drops of olive oil, bonito and hard boiled egg, turkey and blue cheese, brie cheese and caramelized onions ... options can be varied
