What should pregnant women eat to supplement calcium?

　　Why do pregnant women need calcium supplements?

　　After pregnancy, if you don’t supplement calcium, a large amount of calcium in your bones will be transferred to the baby’s body, which is enough. fetus The development of bones consumes your bone calcium. The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that pregnant women in middle and late stages should have a daily calcium requirement of up to 1000-1200 mg. During the entire pregnancy, special attention should be paid to calcium supplementation. Relevant experts believe that calcium supplementation should be taken one step earlier. The ideal time for calcium supplementation should start when preparing for pregnancy, so as to be "prepared for anything". If you wait until after pregnancy to supplement, it may be "a drop in the bucket".

　　In fact, sufficient nutritional reserves before pregnancy are beneficial to the growth and development of the fetus and the mother's own health. healthy , are of great benefit. If the mother has sufficient calcium before pregnancy, the baby will be less likely to have calcium deficiency symptoms such as night terrors, cramps, delayed teething, irritability, and rickets after birth, and the baby's teeth and bones will also be in better development. Pregnant women can also relieve calf cramps, waist and leg pain, bone and joint pain, edema and other discomforts during pregnancy, and prevent osteoporosis.

　　How to supplement calcium during pregnancy

　　Calcium supplementation needs to be sustained to achieve obvious results, and the method of calcium supplementation is also very important. How to supplement calcium? Here are two ways to introduce to you: dietary supplements and medicinal supplements.

　　Food supplements: drink more soy milk and milk, and eat more vegetables, meat and other foods high in calcium. Usually, food supplements are considered an ideal way to supplement calcium, but if you look at the diagram, you will find that if you follow your daily calcium needs, you need to supplement 6.7 kilograms of beef or 600 ml of milk to meet your needs. So if you are too lazy to calculate the calcium content in food, do not have time to prepare a calcium supplement meal, or are afraid of taking in a lot of food and a lot of calories, then it is recommended that you supplement calcium preparations in a scientific way, which not only supplements calcium, but also saves a lot of trouble.

　　Medicinal supplements: There are so many calcium supplement products on the market that it can be confusing and confusing. It doesn’t matter, experts have summarized five “gold standards” for choosing calcium supplements, which can be used as a reference:

　　1. Suitable calcium content.

　　2. Contains an appropriate amount of vitamin D.

　　3. Safe and reliable, suitable for a wide range of people.

　　4. It has been verified by evidence-based medicine clinical Effect.

　　5. Convenient to take and cost-effective.