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13/05/2025

Key Recommendations for Maternal Nutrition**
- **Balanced Diet:** Rich in fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains, and healthy fats.
- **Prenatal Supplements:** Folic acid, iron, iodine, and DHA are often recommended.
- **Avoid Harmful Substances:** Alcohol, excessive caffeine, and high-mercury fish can impair development.

Conclusion

Nutrition during pregnancy is foundational for fetal growth and long-term health. Ensuring adequate intake of essential nutrients during critical developmental windows helps prevent birth defects, supports organ formation, and reduces the risk of chronic diseases later in life. Healthcare providers emphasize **personalized dietary plans** to meet the needs of both mother and baby.

11/05/2025

Think deeply about this Post:
1. You can only go to work when you are healthy.
2. You can only make money when you are healthy
3. You will only think of how to raise the family when your health is fine
4. You can achieve your dreams only when you have sound sleep and healthy
5. You can only sleep/ live in that beautiful house in peace when you are healthy

No one can price how much good health.
Health is wealth and life; think, and be wise, take good care of yourself.
Feed very well, relax when your body calls for it, and leave God to take charge of all your affairs.
When your health fails, everything remains unfixed.

10/06/2022

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Pineapple: 8 Impressive Health Benefits

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is an incredibly delicious, healthy tropical fruit. It’s packed with nutrients, antioxidants, and other helpful compounds, such as enzymes that can protect against inflammation and disease. It’s commonly eaten baked, grilled, or freshly cut.

Originating in South America, it was named by early European colonizers for its resemblance to a pine cone (1).

Pineapple and its compounds are linked to several health benefits, including improvements in digestion, immunity, and recovery from surgery.

Here are 8 impressive health benefits of pineapple.

1. Loaded with nutrients

Pineapples are low in calories but boast an impressive nutrient profile. Just 1 cup (165 grams) of pineapple chunks contains the following nutrients (2Trusted Source):

Calories: 83

Fat: 1.7 grams

Protein: 1 gram

Carbs: 21.6 grams

Fiber: 2.3 grams

Vitamin C: 88% of the Daily Value (DV)

Manganese: 109% of the DV

Vitamin B6: 11% of the DV

Copper: 20% of the DV

Thiamine: 11% of the DV

Folate: 7% of the DV

Potassium: 4% of the DV

Magnesium: 5% of the DV

Niacin: 5% of the DV

Pantothenic acid: 7% of the DV

Riboflavin: 4% of the DV

Iron: 3% of the DV

Pineapples also contain trace amounts of phosphorus, zinc, calcium, and vitamins A and K.

As you can see, this fruit is particularly rich in vitamin C and manganese. Vitamin C is essential for immune health, iron absorption, and growth and development, while manganese offers antioxidant properties and aids in growth and metabolism (3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source).

Antioxidants help prevent oxidation in your body, which may help ward off inflammation

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