POSTNATAL NUTRITION
- Eating a healthy diet can be beneficial to both you and baby
Looking after a newborn baby can be very demanding, so eating a well-balanced diet will help to maintain your strength and keep you healthy. The following information explains why you should keep well hydrated whilst trying to return to your pre-pregnancy weight, what to look for on food labels and how to eat healthily when eating out.
You may also like to read a more comprehensive guide to Mother's Diet During Breastfeeding.
A BALANCED DIET WILL HELP YOU RETURN TO YOUR PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT
A balanced diet for weight loss encourages healthy food choices without restricting the types of food you can eat. This type of diet provides all the essential nutrients necessary for good health and will leave you feeling great when the pounds fall away.
- A balanced diet provides all the essential nutrients for good health
Follow the healthy eating tips and spread the portions out over the course of a day, e.g. eat your five fruit and vegetables by having one portion with each meal and two portions for snacks. Remember, fruit and vegetables can be high in fibre and low in fat and calories, so eat plenty. A balanced diet is made up of the right proportion of foods from the following groups:
Fruit and Vegetables
Starchy Carbohydrates
Milk and Diary Products
Meat, Fish and Alternatives
Foods containing Fat and Sugar
Fluids
