Weekly Nutrition advice in Week 23
- You may have to watch your salt intake during pregnancy. Excess sodium causes water retention leading to bloating and swelling.
- Avoid foods with high salt such as salted nuts, chips, pickles, canned foods and processed foods.
- Food labels will indicate the salt content per serving. However some foods have no indications like fast foods. You have to be careful there.
- Create the habit of reading labels before buying it off the shelf. Go easy on fast foods such as burgers and fries.
- Some foods with high salt content to give you and idea of what you are digging into:
Food Serving Portion Sodium Content (mg)
Salt 1 teaspoon 1938
Hamburger 1 regular 963
Cola 8 oz 16
Oatmeal cup 523
Potato chips 20 regular 400
Cottage cheese 1 cup 580
American cheese 1 slice 322