An overview on dietary supplements during pregnancy: A review

Abstract

A woman has to go through nine month long journey and faces many ups and down in this journey. In many developing countries, complication of pregnancy and child birth are the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age.Ayurveda and Morden system of health care provider understands food and nutrition in a different way than what is advocated by the modern science of nutrition. Only when adequate balance diet understanding becomes part of the common man, that it will also become part of their everyday living. Dietary measures for special situations like pregnancy or postpartum are only extensions of this science of nutrition. The average regular diet (with some modifications with view as to what is good for her and what is not) is adequate for the average expecting mother. She should be more concerned with the quantity and quality of what she eats. She should supply her body with good nourishing diet and at the same time eat foods that will build her baby's body tissues.