Nutrition to avoid if trying to become Pregnant or is pregnant.

[lph]

Unless you live on this stuff I wouldn't worry :-) My understanding is that it takes a pretty radical diet to harm a baby, and even then it's more likely that the mother suffers and that the baby is just fine. Alcohol, nicotine, sure, stay away. Caffeine, reduce. My experience was quite simply that I didn't want that much caffeine, so my regular two cups a day suddenly went down to a small half cup once I was pregnant.

Best of luck :-)

[gnat23]

First: don't stress.

Advice from my doc: when you're on your period, you get a free zone. Get your wine in, have caffeine, whatever. Scale it back in between.

Once pregnant, don't go scuba diving or go mountain climbing above 14,000 feet, keep the alcohol and coffee to one or fewer per day, and avoid hot tubs. On my own, I have additionally been avoiding artificial sweeteners, and listening to my body about exercise (I can't hit PRs on weightlifting now, and my intervals are much less intense than before). For endurance sports in the heat, electrolytes are good, but sheer hydration is most important.

In general, I personally feel more comfortable with real food than with supplements, especially concerning the fat burners.

And honestly, when it comes to this stuff, half of it is black magic, I'm convinced, and you'll get a million different opinions. After trying for a year, I'm finally convinced that the real magic occurred the day I got my belly button pierced (d'oh)!

-- gnat! (It's like acupuncture or something.)