When going to arrange unloading days during pregnancy, do not forget to consult with your doctor. Given the individual characteristics of your body and the peculiarities of bearing the fetus, he will choose the most optimal ways of unloading during pregnancy.
When are days for pregnant women recommended?
Normally, during pregnancy, a woman picks up about 12 kilograms of weight. Excessive set is fraught with complications, such as shortness of breath, swelling, high blood pressure, oxygen starvation of the fetus, disruption of the gastrointestinal tract. To avoid all these troubles, get rid of constipation and keep after birth a figure, a pregnant woman is recommended to arrange unloading days. They help to cleanse the body of accumulated waste and control weight gain.
How correctly to organize unloading days during pregnancy?
Please note that it is recommended to perform fasting days starting from the 28th week of pregnancy, after the basic systems and organs of the child are formed.
You should spend no more than one day off during 7-10 days. It is most convenient for pregnant women to arrange unloading on the same day. The organism will be easier to adapt to the limitations in nutrition.
To ensure all necessary nutrients, alternate days of shipment should be alternated.
Divide the products into 5 to 6 parts and eat at regular intervals. On a fasting day, you should drink at least 2 liters of water. A feeling of hunger will help reduce a glass of low-fat kefir or yogurt.
What kind of fasting days are recommended during pregnancy?
There are different options for unloading days during pregnancy. The most useful are the juice, vegetable and fruit.
- Apple unloading day. During the day, about 1.5 - 2 kg of fresh apples are eaten. You can use them and as a salad with lemon juice and olive oil, adding greens to taste. Also, the perfect solution will be apples baked with cinnamon, without sugar.
- Watermelon unloading day. During the day, you should eat about one and a half kilograms of watermelon flesh. You should not arrange this type of discharge for women with diabetes, as in watermelon contains a large amount of sugar.
- Juicy unloading day. For a day you need to drink 1 liter of any freshly squeezed juice.
- Fruity fasting day. Use 1.5 kilograms of any fruit, except bananas and grapes.
- Vegetable unloading day. It is recommended to consume one and a half kilograms of fresh vegetables. You can prepare a salad with a small amount of vegetable oil or low-fat sour cream.
- Sour milking day. You can drink up to one and a half kilograms of low-fat fermented milk product. Or eat about 600 grams of cottage cheese.
- Compost Unloading Day. Boil in 1.5 liters of water, 100 grams of any dried fruit or a kilogram of fresh apples. Sweeten the compote with 4 tablespoons of sugar.
But days for pregnant women can be more dense.
- Meat unloading day. It is shown to eat 400 grams of low-fat boiled meat cooked without salt. As a garnish use fresh vegetables, up to 800 grams.
- Fish unloading day. 400 grams of boiled lean and unsalted fish, allowed to eat with a small amount of stewed vegetables.
- Rice unloading day. 150 grams of boiled brown rice, flavored with sweet peppers or apples, is divided into three parts and eaten throughout the day.