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Nutritional therapy and pregnancy
Nutritional therapy helps
Anaemia
Various veins
Morning sickness
Breast tenderness
Fatigue
Constipation
Indigestion
Piles
Stretch marks
Depression
Anxiety
Tooth decay
Inflamed gums
Poor sleep
Forgetfulness
Dry skin
Headaches
Frequent urination
Water retention
Nutritional therapy helps to provide your body with all the nutrients needed to support the rapid growth and development of your baby. Eating an unhealthy and imbalanced diet during pregnancy can lead to a low birth weight baby, a premature baby, birth abnormalities and can even increase your babies risk of developing certain diseases later on in life.
During your pregnancy nutrient demands for specific vitamins and minerals can increase by as much as 50-80% and the types and quantities of fats, carbohydrates and proteins vary throughout your pregnancy. For example, the omega-3 fats found in seeds and oily fish are important in your third trimester to ensure proper brain and nervous system development. Deficiencies of these types of fat at this stage can lead to low IQ, coordination problems and behavioural disorders.
Surprisingly, the total number of calories during your pregnancy increases by as little as 200-300 extra calories a day. We can teach you how to achieve a diet rich in nutrients whilst not overdoing it on quantity or calories. This helps to keep the weight gained during pregnancy within a healthy and expected range and ensures that you have good nutrient reserves to cope with breast feeding.
During a nutritional therapy treatment
Our nutritional therapist will focus on guiding you through the different nutrient requirements for each trimester. You will be advised on the common foods and drinks that can actually have a negative impact on pregnancy. Our nutritional therapist will provide you with dietary and supplement advice for avoiding or clearing any of pregnancy complications that you start to experience. We recommend that you have one nutritional therapy treatment in for each trimester and this is included in our Pregnancy Programmes.