Superfoods For Healthy Pregnancy

Spinach
The benefits of spinach during pregnancy are manifold.
1.Spinach is an excellent source of folate/folic acid and so plays a major role in preventing the new-borns from birth defects like cleft lip, cleft palate and spina bifida. ...
2.Folic acid in spinach also helps in fighting against anemia, shortness of breath, decrease in weight, diarrhea and fatigue during pregnancy.
3.The high fiber co...ntent of spinach aids in preventing constipation and hemorrhoids in expecting moms. 4.The anti-inflammatory properties of spinaches aids in preventing swelling and joint pains during pregnancy.
Cooking spinach can destroy many of its vital nutrients and thus you will only get perhaps half the spinach benefits. So it is recommended that you slightly steam spinach.