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South Indian Non Veg Diet Plan 1

This document provides a sample 1st trimester pregnancy diet plan for a South Indian woman. It highlights foods rich in folate, iron, vitamin B6, and foods containing caffeine to avoid. The plan consists of 7 days of meals and snacks consisting of locally available South Indian dishes. The meals include protein sources like eggs, meat, lentils and dairy as well as fruits and vegetables to provide nutrients for a healthy pregnancy.

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South Indian Non Veg Diet Plan 1

This document provides a sample 1st trimester pregnancy diet plan for a South Indian woman. It highlights foods rich in folate, iron, vitamin B6, and foods containing caffeine to avoid. The plan consists of 7 days of meals and snacks consisting of locally available South Indian dishes. The meals include protein sources like eggs, meat, lentils and dairy as well as fruits and vegetables to provide nutrients for a healthy pregnancy.

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South Indian pregnancy non veg diet plan | First trimester: Plan 1

In your first trimester, you need to eat folate-rich foods as well as take a folic acid supplement. We've highlighted in light
orange foods that are rich in folic acid. You'll need plenty of iron-rich foods as well to help your body make red blood cells for
your growing baby. We've highlighted in green foods that contain iron.

If you're feeling nauseous, foods rich in vitamin B6 may help with morning sickness. We've highlighted in brown foods that are
rich in vitamin B6. Throughout pregnancy, you need to limit your caffeine intake as it can pass on to your baby. We have
highlighted in dark orange the foods containing caffeine.

Tip: Keep dry crackers near your bed to nibble on before you get up if you feel nauseous in the morning.

Breakfast Snack Lunch Snack Dinner

• Boiled tapioca Walnuts • Colocasia sambhar • Tender coconut • Minced meat curry
Monday

• Fish curry and raisins • Ivy gourd palya/poriyal water • Tomato and
• Buttermilk (moru/majjige) • Pineapple raita • Roasted corn cucumber raita
• Chapati/rice (bhutta) • Chapati

• Idli Banana • Spinach and red • Grape juice • Mutton leg soup
• Curry leaves chutney lentils dal • Black gram • Tomato egg curry
Tuesday

• Coffee • Beetroot vada • Chapati


kosambari/kosumalli
• Garlic rasam
• Curd
• Rice

• Ven pongal Sapota • Mutton biryani • Buttermilk • Drumstick and shallot


Wednesday

• Coconut chutney • Crispy brinjal (moru/majjige) sambhar


• Sweet lime juice • Onion raita • Puffed rice with
peanuts • Dosa

Finger millet (ragi) Papaya • Garlic chilli chicken • Pineapple lassi • Bottle gourd and
porridge with walnuts and curry • Chickpeas pigeon peas dal
Thursday

milk • Snake gourd sundal • Chapati


palya/poriyal
• Pepper rasam
• Rice

• Omelette with Guava • Fish curry Mango milkshake Semolina (rava) upma
Friday

wholewheat toast • Carrot palya/poriyal with potato, beans and


• Milk • Rice roasted peanuts

• Capsicum and onion Muskmelon • Black chickpeas curry Almond milk • Chettinad crab soup
Saturday

uthappam • Beans palya/poriyal (nandu rasam)


• Coriander chutney • Chapati/rice • Curd
• Coffee • Rice

• Broken wheat (samba Watermelon • Minced mutton kofta • Lemonade • Radish sambhar
rava) upma with curry • Mixed sprouts • Cabbage and peas
Sunday

vegetables • Mint coriander chutney sundal palya/poriyal


• Banana milkshake • Buttermilk • Curd
(moru/majjige) • Rice
• Rice

Note: Lentils (dal) are also a good source of iron. www.babycenter.in

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