Maternal supplements during pregnancy
Introduction
There are so many questions that pop into the minds of women who discover they are expecting a baby.
Among the most frequently asked questions are those relating to maternal supplements during pregnancy , a topic that is often discussed, but not always with the right attention to scientific details.
What supplements are really useful during the nine months of pregnancy ?
I will answer this and other similar questions in the article that you can read in the following lines.
Before starting, I'll leave you some useful information:
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What is meant by maternal supplementation during pregnancy?
When we talk about maternal supplements during pregnancy , we are referring to the introduction of external supplements aimed at supporting and improving the physical balance of the woman during pregnancy and the effects of a healthy diet.
The sweet wait is a period full of emotions, but also a journey that is synonymous with considerable upheaval for the body of the future mother.
The previous status quo, in fact, is completely overturned to focus on a single objective: nourishing the growing child.
Just to give some numbers that can quantitatively "photograph" - and only to a minimal extent - these changes, I recall that, during pregnancy, the energy requirement of the female body , especially that of proteins, increases from 14 to 20%.
When we look at the intake of vitamins and minerals, however, we are talking about the need for an intake greater than 25/50%.
Yes, it is a lot. If we stop to think that, however, we are talking about the growth of a human being, we realize that it is all normal, it is the wonder of nature that takes its course.
A fundamental thing to know when approaching the very interesting topic of maternal supplementation during pregnancy is the fact that, in situations where the pregnant woman's diet is lacking in a certain nutrient, the growing fetus would draw on the reserves present in the mother's body.
The mechanism just described is natural. The law of survival puts the mother's body in the background, focusing above all on the well-being of the growing baby and its nutritional needs.
