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Do you know the best vegetarian diet during pregnancy that I could follow?
Are you deciding to become vegetarian in the hopes of having a healthy baby, or did the
doctor order this to help you lose weight and get your blood pressure under control?
It’s actually involuntary. The sight and smell of meat make me violently ill.
First and foremost, you need to get enough protein.
That’s from eating beans and legumes.
If you can stand lentils, chickpeas and other pulses, you should eat those, too.
I could drink soy milk and eat soy-gurt.
Or eat vegetarian meat substitutes like fake ribs and vegetarian chicken wings.
A lot of vegetarian mock foods are a joke.
You could get enough protein by eating tofu. And then there is dairy.
I won’t have milk production until later.
I meant milk and milk products. One of the best things you could do is eat enough milk,
cheese, yogurt and other dairy products.
A perfect excuse to down a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
While I said you could eat dairy, don’t forget to mind the calories.
I’m eating for two.
At this stage, it is more like 1.3. You only need about 100 to 300 calories more, not doubled
food intake.
At least on a vegetarian diet, I don’t have to worry about getting enough fruits and vegetables.
If you are eating dairy products, you don’t have to worry about calcium, B12 or protein.
But going vegan is going to mean you need a lot more vitamins and dietary management.
Funny how people who say they want to go back to nature can’t live without B12 and other
supplements made in a complicated lab. But all I need is the iron supplements.
You might want to talk to the doctor about the iron supplements, because that might be
what is aggravating your stomach.
Or it might be the stomach bug that’s going to stay until pushed out in a few months.