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5 of the top nutrients your baby needs now

Learn more about the essential nutrients your baby needs now and how to choose your food wisely while you’re pregnant.

1 min to read Dec 30, 2021

Here are the 5 essential nutrients for pregnancy. Try to include all these nutrients in your weekly diet:

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Sources

  • Health Canada. Preantal Nutrition Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals – Folate Contributes to a Healthy Pregnancy. Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals - Folate Contributes to a Healthy Pregnancy - Canada.ca Published 2009. Accessed April 2021.

  • Health Canada. Preantal Nutrition Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals – Iron Contributes to a Healthy Pregnancy. Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals - Iron Contributes to a Healthy Pregnancy - Canada.ca Published 2009. Accessed April 2021.

  • Innis S. Metabolic programming of long-term outcomes due to fatty acid nutrition in early life. Matern Child Nutr 2011; 7 (Suppl 2):112–23.

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