A balanced diet is important to all human beings on earth. It includes the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. For pregnant women, taking a balanced diet becomes more crucial, as they are feeding babies in their uterus apart from themselves.

2. CONTENTS OF THIS PPT
Here’s what you’ll find in this PPT:
 Introduction
 Pre Breakfast snacks for pregnant women
 Breakfast
 Mid morning snacks
 Lunch for pregnant women
 Evening snacks for pregnant women
 Dinner for pregnant women

3. INTRODUCTION

4. INTRODUCTION
A balanced diet is important to all human beings
on earth. It includes the right amount of
carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and
minerals. For pregnant women, taking a
balanced diet becomes more crucial, as they are
feeding babies in their uterus apart from
themselves. A pregnant woman should follow
what her doctor instructs her. Usually,
gynaecologists/obstetricians refer pregnant
women to a dietician to get a pregnancy diet
chart. To facilitate you during your pregnancy,
here is a detailed diet chart for you.

5. Pre Breakfast
snacks for
pregnant women
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Dry fruits like almonds,
raisins, and cashews
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Milkshake
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Apple juice
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A glass of cow’s milk
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Tomato juice
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Almond milk

6. Breakfast

7. Breakfast  A bowl of fruits
 Wheat rava upma, or breads with seasonal vegetables
 Poha with enough amount of vegetables
 Oats porridge
 Whole wheat toast with omelette or butter
 Vegetable omelette
 Parathas with fillings of potatoes, spinach, carrots, beans, dal,
cheese with curd, or cottage cheese
 Patties or mixed bean cutlet
 Some fruits with the breakfast such as dates, apricots, banana,
sweet fig, and oranges
 Cheese toast or cheese/vegetable sandwich
 Rice sevai with seasonal vegetables

8.  Tomato soup
 Spinach soup
 Creamy spinach soup
 Carrot and beetroot
soup
 Chicken soup
Mid morning snacks

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 Wheat breads with choice of vegetables,dal, and a small bowl
of curd
 Paratha with a bowl of curd or dal or vegetables
 Carrot and peas paratha with some butter and a bowl of curd
 Pea or jeera rice with raita
 Rice, vegetable, and dal with salad
 Lemon rice with some vegetable salad and peas
 Vegetable khichdi
 Chicken salad with fresh vegetables or vegetable soup
 Rice with chicken curry
 Grilled chicken with a bowl of curd
 Rice, mint raita, dal, and a fruit
 Rice with a bowl of kofta curry
 Cottage cheese paratha with vegetable salad and butter
 Rice with curd
 Paratha with sprouted beans salad
Lunch for pregnant women

10.  Corn sandwich with cheese
 Vegetable idli
 Tomato or spinach idli
 Seviyan with vegetables
 Lauki or carrot halwa
 Fruit smoothie with
strawberry or banana
 Roasted peanut mixture
and vegetables
Evening snacks for pregnant
women

11.  Peas or cauliflower samosa
 Bread cutlet
 Chicken cutlet
 A bowl of dried dates or dry
fruits
 Chicken sandwich
 Chicken soup
 A cup of green tea
 Milk porridge with sevaior
daliya, oats
 Vegetable daliya
 Mixed vegetableuttapam
Evening snacks for pregnant
women

12. Dinner for pregnant women
Roti with a bowl of
vegetable, dal, and a
glass of buttermilk
Mixed dal khichdi
with a bowl of
vegetable curry and
curd
Vegetable pulao or chicken
rice with a bowl of
yoghourt
Rice with spinach vegetable,
dal, and salad
Plain paratha with a glass of
buttermilk
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