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Your ideal diet and must-try recipes at this stage

Team AckoFeb 25, 2025

The second trimester is when your baby is growing at breakneck speed. Your diet should be rich in calcium and vitamin D. Calcium is needed for growing healthy bones while omega 3 will be crucial for your baby brain development. Besides the above two nutrients, another nutrient is vitamin A(beta carotene), needed for healthy blood and skin. Also, include iron-rich foods for adequate hemoglobin.

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Prioritising Financial Security for Your Growing Family

For breakfast include healthy options like sandwiches filled with paneer filling or grilled vegetable sandwich, upma, idli, dosa, methi spinach paratha, besan cheela, daliya with assorted nuts like walnuts and raisins, milk. Non -veg options are scrambled eggs, veg omelet, etc.

For a mid-afternoon snack, you can have fruits like grapes, apple, chikoo, watermelon, banana etc

For lunch, mixed dals, veg curries like okra, brinjal, beetroot, spinach, and cottage cheese, cauliflower, and peas and chapattis/rice/pulao and curd. Non-veg options are fish curry, chicken biryani.

For mid-evening snack, have raw cucumber and carrots, almond milk, lemonade, assorted nuts

For dinner, can be similar to lunch, with a different combination of veg curries and dals. Non- veg options are Mughlai chicken, mutton tikka, mutton with fenugreek leaves.

The main key throughout pregnancy is the right nutrition. Don’t starve yourself or include high-calorie foods. You need to maintain a healthy weight gain by eating and exercising right.

Few tips: -Limit tea coffee intake. Avoid them with iron-rich foods as it makes iron absorption difficult. -When hunger pang strikes, keep healthy snacks handy. Almonds, raw veggies like carrot, cucumber, fruits are healthy options -Try to boost vitamin D levels by staying in sunlight for 20-30 minutes.

-Calcium-rich recipes:

Milk, cheese, yogurt, beans and dals, Amarnath leaves, etc. You can have them in the form of sandwiches, beans like chickpea, rajma in salads, dals with veggies, porridge

-Iron-rich Recipes:

Methi spinach paratha, tomato methi rice, palak kofta rice, stuffed brinjal, and onion khichdi etc.

-Protein-rich recipes:

Soya chunk masala, paneer kadai/makhana/butter masala, whole wheat pasta, multigrain chapatti, wheat bread, brown rice, mixed dal/chole/rajma masala, etc.

Prioritising Financial Security for Your Growing Family

Ensuring your family's financial stability is just as important as maintaining a healthy diet throughout pregnancy for the health of your child. A comprehensive health insurance plan safeguards you from unexpected medical expenses, offering peace of mind during challenging times.

Equally crucial is securing your family's financial future through life insurance. You can protect your loved ones' future by choosing the best life insurance plan based on your needs. While a 1 crore life insurance policy, such as whole life, endowment plan, Ulip, etc., offers complete protection, a term insurance plan provides coverage at the lowest cost.

Term insurance provides pure life coverage for a specific period. The sum assured can cover various expenses for your loved ones, including clearing debts, funding children’s education, managing daily living expenses and more, in your absence. When deciding on a policy, an online term plan calculator helps you compare options and choose the best one for your family's needs.

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Disclaimer: This content is for informational purposes only, based on industry experience and secondary sources. It is not a substitute for professional advice. Please consult a qualified expert for health or insurance-related decisions. Content is subject to change, refer to current policy wordings for specific ACKO details.

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