| Some of the most vital components of the best diet in | | | | other foods to taste is much preferred. |
| pregnancy come in the smallest packages. Salt is | | | | Sea Salt vs. "Regular Salt" |
| one such example. Cravings for salty foods are | | | | Every expectant mother wants to give the very best |
| common and often dismissed as a funny quirk of the | | | | to the new life growing within the womb. Making |
| pregnant state of mind. Quick dismissals of food | | | | wise food selections for diet in pregnancy is one of |
| craving undermine the body's attempts to | | | | the best ways to protect baby and help mom's health |
| communicate its needs for a healthy diet in pregnancy. | | | | as well. |
| Virtues of Salt in Pregnancy | | | | Salt, like so many other vital nutrients, can be |
| At one time, salt was listed under the heading of things | | | | consumed in various forms. Some salt sources are |
| to avoid during pregnancy. Its consumption during | | | | much better than others. The current superstar of |
| gestation has been controversial for some time. In | | | | healthy salt is sea salt. |
| recent years however, the medical community has | | | | Sea salt is less processed than regular table salt. Less |
| reconsidered. | | | | processing translates into two very important health |
| Salt is now recommended for expectant mothers to | | | | factors. First, during the processing undergone by |
| use freely according to their taste requirements as | | | | mined mineral salts, many toxic chemicals are used to |
| part of a healthy diet in pregnancy. It has been shown | | | | dissolve, clean and refine the raw rock salt into a |
| to reduce bloating, increase energy levels and improve | | | | useable form. Most of these chemicals are removed |
| general comfort. | | | | from the final product but traces of these chemicals |
| All Salt is Not the Same | | | | remain. |
| Now that the name of salt has been cleared from | | | | Secondly, mineral salt as it is refined is stripped of |
| pregnancy infamy, a general chow fest on all foods | | | | other vital mineral nutrients naturally occurring as |
| salty is not in order. Just remember the salt that the | | | | companions. Sea salt is served up without the need |
| body needs is not the fried, processed fatty foods that | | | | for complex processing. Trace minerals remain |
| so often serve as salt conveyance mechanisms. | | | | without any added toxic chemicals. |
| French fries and sodium-laden processed foods are | | | | When satisfying that salty craving know that it is |
| not good options for getting the needed salt. Simply | | | | perfectly alright to indulge as long as the salt choices |
| setting a saltshaker on the dinner table and sprinkling | | | | are part of a healthy diet for pregnancy. |
| healthy home cooked vegetables, lean meats and | | | | |