Pregnancy: myths

5 Myths about pregnancy

Eating is necessary during pregnancy
Energy requirements vary among individuals. It is generally recommended that pregnant women increase their daily intake by 300 kcal is sufficient. Excessive food consumption leads to gaining excess weight, in addition the baby can be overweight.

Coffee or tea Is Forbidden During Pregnancy
Studies have shown that consuming about 200 mg of caffeine or about 2 cups of coffee is considered a safe limit in pregnancy. Excessive consumption of coffee may lead to miscarriage or the baby may be born underweight; this is, however, an extreme case and the mother has to consume a huge quantity of caffeine to get into such situation.

If you eat a little less, the baby will take some of the extra fat off you.
Your baby is not being built from fat. Fat is a way your body stores glucose, the main source of energy for your body. The difference is that glucose can not be made into protein to build your baby’s tissues.
When you are eating little, your body breaks down muscles to support the baby’s growth..

Food cravings indicate nutritional deficiencies.
During the first trimester food aversions can be a part of pregnancy. However there is no nutritional link between aversion or craving. This is just game play of hormones in the body. Cravings are particularly for less nutritional foods like chats and ice creams.

One drink won’t harm my baby.
No amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy. Of course, the larger the consumption the greater the risk, however, the best thing for the baby that the mother to be stays away from alcohol entirely.

Human babies need Human milk:
A 100% human milk diet is achieved when 100% of the proteins, fats and carbohydrates in an infant’s diet are derived from human milk. NeoLacta Lifesciences develops 100% human milk derived products which are extensively used for babies who have difficulty in accessing own mother’s milk.





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