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Food Concern When Babymoon Vacation 

When go for babymoon vacation, the most concern is the food selection for pregnant women. What type of food is suitable and need to eat, what food need to avoid and what is the important vitamins and minerals need to consume so that you have enough energy and nutrients for you and your baby to grow and develop.

Food To Eat
During your pregnancy, this is important for you to try to eat variety of foods to boost your energy. Especially when babymoon holidays, you need plenty of fruit and vegetables. Bread, rice, bread and potatoes are starchy foods that you can choose to have. These are the foods that give you plenty of fibre and help to prevent constipation. Constipation always happen when holidays and it's a good idea to prepare your own fruits on the journey.

Other than that, you need to take foods rich in protein such as chicken, fish and lean meat. However, always eat the well cooked chicken and lean meat to avoid the bacteria and viruses that might harm your baby. Foods that contain calcium like milk, yoghurt and cheese are food that you need to take during babymoon travelling.  

To avoid putting on too much weight during pregnancy, it's good for you to cut down on foods such as cakes and biscuits. Cakes and biscuits are foods that high in fat and sugar. However, enjoy your hi-tea section during vacation should be all right for you.

Food To Avoid
There are some food that you need to avoid during your babymoon vacation. During pregnancy, you should avoid some types of cheese such as soft blue cheeses, camembert and brie because these cheeses are made with mould and they can contain listeria. Listeria is a type of bacteria that could harm your unborn baby. It is very important to check on the types of cheese you take during your travelling.

To avoid the risk of salmonella, pregnant women are advised not to eat raw eggs and food containing raw or partially-cooked eggs. Always make sure they serve you the eggs that cooked enough for both the white and yolk to be solid. Eating raw eggs might cause a type of food poisoning that might harm your baby.

You need to also check the foods with poultry and products made from minced meat. Example of the products are sausages and burgers. It's important to make sure these are cooked until they are piping hot all the way through and no pink meat is left. Pregnant women should always go for well cooked food to avoid food poisoning.

Another food that you should avoid in order not to have food poisoning is raw shellfish. Raw shellfish can sometimes contain harmful bacteria and viruses and we couldn't know whether they were caught from polluted water. Any food poisoning can be unpleasant when babymoon travelling and also when you're pregnant.

it is important not to have too much caffeine. Caffeine can have bad impact on your unborn baby such as low birth weight, health problems in later life and also cause miscarriage if consume high level of caffeine. In fact, caffeine occurs naturally in a range of drinks, such as coffee, tea and chocolates. Therefore pregnant women should check the ingredient and choose wisely before consuming. 

Vitamins and Minerals
There are few essential nutrients for pregnant women such as folate and folic acid, iron and vitamin D. Folic acid can help to reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida. You should eat foods that containing folate. Folate is the natural form of folic acid which you could get from green vegetables and brown rice, fortified bread and breakfast cereals.

You need lots of iron for you and your baby. Foods that contain vitamin C are fruit juice, red meat, bread and green vegetables. These are the iron rich foods that give your body enough iron. You need iron nearly doubles during pregnancy. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in the red blood cells that carries oxygen to your tissues. The risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight may be higher if your don't get enough iron.

You can get vitamin D from summer sunlight and if you always cover up all your skin when you're outside, or if you rarely get outdoors, you may be particularly short of vitamin D. Since these nutrients are essential for pregnant women, always include in your checklist while planning for the babymoon travelling. It is good to seek the advice of your doctor and get some supplements containing the nutrients you need.

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