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Here’s a guide to the types and amounts of foods you can eat for good nutrition
during pregnancy. 
Food category | Number of daily servings during pregnancy | Good choices | Breads and cereals
| At least 9 servings
1 serving = 1/2 cup pasta,
cooked cereal or rice; 1
1 /2 hamburger bun, 1/2 English
muffin or 1/2 small bagel | At least 3 servings of
slice bread; 6 crackers;
Cereals, bagels, brown
rice, whole-grain breads,
rolls and crackers,
whole-wheat pasta
| Vegetables
| 4 or more servings
1 serving = 1/2 cup
Leaf lettuce (romaine,
cooked or 1 cup raw
vegetables
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Leaf lettuce (romaine,
endive), spinach, red and
green peppers, sweet potatoes, winter squash,
peas, green beans,
broccoli, carrots, corn,
tomatoes
| | Fruits | 3 or more servings
1 serving = 1/2 cup
cooked fruit or 1
medium-sized piece
of fruit
| Apples, apricots, bananas,
grapes, mango, pineapple,
strawberries, raspberries,
orange, grapefruit, melon, peach, raisins | | Milk, yogurt, cheese | 3 or more servings
1 serving = 1 cup milk or
yogurt; 1 ounce cheese
| Skim milk, low-fat
cheese, low-fat yogurt,
low-fat cottage cheese | Meat, fish, eggs,
dry beans
| At least 3 servings
1 serving = 2 to 3 ounces
| Chicken, dried peas and beans, fish, lean beef,
lean pork, peanut butter,turkey | | Fats and sugars | Use sparingly | Butter, margarine, sour
cream, nuts, avocado,
olive oil, salad dressing,
sugar, syrup, honey,
candy, desserts |
Reference: Mayo Clinic Pregnancy |
