Hi,

I am struggling to keep up with my ever increasing appitite. Any heatly snack ideas? Also, are you eating/ doing anything in particular which helps featus/ placenta development in the first tri
Sunshine replied. My case is quite the opposite. I am losing my appetite and it worries me. I feel nauseous and the smell of certain foods puts me off completely. I am just about managing to have my meals.

As I am working, I dont find time to make anything so I snack on any of these: fruits, dry biscuits, rusk, soaked almonds, peanuts, dry figs, flavoured yogurt etc.

When I surfed the net, I found that the following foods should be included in our diet between 9-12 weeks of pregnancy:

Aim to include these magnesium-rich foods in your diet.
• Dried fruits especially figs, apricots and raisins, peanuts, walnut, almonds
• Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, radish leaves, bathua, sarson, methi, lettuce
• Peas and sweet corn are also good sources
• Vegetables such as bottle gourd (lauki), bitter gourd (karela)
• Non-refined cereals like whole-wheat and brown rice
• Pulses like green gram, yellow lentil, kidney beans, and soya beans
• Dairy products like milk, cheese, curd, etc.
• Non-vegetarian food products like fish and meat

Vitamin A helps to keep your skin and the linings of your internal organs healthy. Eat plenty of reduced-fat dairy products, such as milk, yogurt, paneer and cheese, for their retinol.

Vitamin A is found in:
• red and dark green vegetables like peppers, paalak, sarson, methi, radish leaves etc,
• yellow, red and fleshy fruits like oranges, sweet lime, apricots
• vegetables like peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes

Hope this information helps.