Nutrition for mums-to-be in the first trimester

Focus on the nutritional quality of the food in your diet. You should add more protein-rich foods at this stage.

You don't need to eat too much. A standard diet is as follows:

- Starch: 12 units: 660g cooked rice = 720g pho noodles = 960g rice vermicelli.

- Protein: 5 units: 170g beef = 190g lean meat = 355g chicken with bones = 220g boneless fish = 432g raw sea prawns.

- Milk: 3 units: 300ml fresh milk = 300g yoghurt = 45g cheese.

- Vegetables: 3 units: 1 unit = 1 tomato = ½ cucumber = ⅔ small bowl of cooked vegetables.

- Fruit: 3 units: 1 unit = 1 slice of watermelon = 1 small guava = 2 medium pomelo segments = ¼ small dragon fruit = 1 medium mandarin.

- Sugar: under 5 units: 1 unit = 5g. - Salt: under 5 units: 1 unit = 1g salt = 1.5g seasoning salt = 5ml fish sauce.

- Oil and fat: 5 units: 1 unit = 5ml cooking oil = 5g lard.

Rotate the types of food to keep your nutrition balanced.

Reference: tudu.com.vn