Maintaining a healthy diet during pregnancy is very important.
During this time, your body needs additional nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
In fact, you need 350–500 extra calories each day during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters.
A diet that lacks key nutrients may negatively affect the baby’s development.
Poor eating habits and excess weight gain may also increase the risk of gestational diabetes and pregnancy or birth complications.
Put simply, choosing healthy, nutritious foods will help ensure the health of you and your baby.
It will also make it a lot easier to lose the pregnancy weight after you’ve given birth.
Here are 13 highly nutritious foods to eat when you’re pregnant.
Yogurt, especially Greek yogurt, is particularly beneficial for pregnant women. AnjelaGr/iStock
