Pregnant?
5 Fantastic Foods to Have on Hand

By Maggie McHugh, MS, RD, CDN

Pregnant women are often inundated with recommendations on what not to eat. This list is composed of oh-so-easy options for what to eat.

Nutrients essential to the health of both mom and baby during pregnancy include iron, calcium, fiber, folic acid, and vitamin C. Including these nutrients in your diet have many benefits such as providing energy, preventing maternal anemia, developing strong bones, managing maternal blood pressure, controlling weight gain, preventing birth defects, and boosting the immune system.

Here is a list of 5 fantastic foods to include during pregnancy. Each provides a good source of all the essential nutrients - iron, calcium, fiber, folic acid, and vitamin C - in just one serving!

1. General Mills Total Cereal

2. Uncle Ben’s Broccoli, Cheese, and Ham Rice Bowl

3. Wegmans Fresh Bagged Spinach

4. Yoplait Nouriche Breakfast Smoothie, light

5. General Mills Cheerios

By including a few of these oh-so-easy foods in the diet on a regular basis, pregnant women can feel confident they are making healthy food choices in which their babies will flourish!

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Maggie McHugh, MS, RD, CDN is a local Registered Dietitian and co-founder of Eating for You (and baby too), Inc. She can be contacted at (585) 271-6310 or www.eating-for-you.com. To ask Maggie nutrition questions, visit the Ask Maggie page of her web site.