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Eat healthy foods when you are pregnant: brief version.
- Article from:
- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- May 24, 2006
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When you are pregnant, you need to eat healthy foods to help you and your growing baby stay healthy. Eating right can also help take care of some common discomforts of pregnancy.
What foods do I need to eat?
When you are pregnant, it is important to eat healthy foods. What you eat gives your baby what he or she needs to grow. When you eat healthy foods, you give your baby strong bones and teeth, healthy skin, and a healthy body. Eating right keeps you healthy, too.
Here's what you should eat every day.
Meat, poultry, fish, beans, or eggs
* You need 2 to 3 servings every day.
* One serving of meat is 2 to 3 ounces of ...