Are you pregnant?? ladies here comes a super diet for you

What you eat, and how much you eat, can affect your ability to conceive a child, in both a positive and negative manner. Having a healthy weight primes your body for baby-making and eating well lays down stores of nutrients that can get pregnancy off to a good start

For both men and women, food and fertility are linked. If you and your husband stick to a healthy, balanced diet, you can boost your chances of conceiving and of having a healthy baby.

So, what is a healthy diet? A healthy diet simply means eating a balanced variety of foods. Try to include the following:

At least five portions a day of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Plenty of starchy foods, such as bread, cereals, protein and rice. Try to have one portion with each meal. If you can, choose wholegrain varieties, which contain more fibre. Some good options are, whole wheat, rice, unpolished jowar,bajra, nachni (ragi), bulgur wheat (dalia), whole wheat pasta, whole wheat bread and so on.

Some protein, such as lean meat and chicken, fish, eggs, pulses, beans, soya and lentils. Pulses include green gram (moong dal), pigeon peas (toor dal), sprouted moong, black eyed peas (lobhia), chickpea (kabuli chana), kidney beans (rajma). Aim for two portions a day, or three if you are vegetarian.Fish should make up about two portions a week. One of these should be oily, but try to have no more than two portions of oily fish a week.

Some low-fat dairy foods, which contain calcium. Try skimmed milk, yogurt/curd, buttermilk (chhaach), cottage cheese (paneer). Aim for three portions a day, one portion being a fermented milk product namely, curd and yogurt, or a glass of semi-skimmed milk.

Some iron-rich foods, such as red meat, pulses, dried fruit, bread, green vegetables and fortified breakfast cereals. These build up your resources of iron in preparation for pregnancy.

Try to have something containing vitamin C, such as a glass of limeade (nimbu pani) orange (santra), sweet lime (mausumbi) or amla juice, with iron-rich meals. The vitamin C in the drink will help your body absorb the iron better.If you are wondering when you should start to improve your diet, there is no time like the present. A healthy diet is important both before and during pregnancy.