Healthy Snacks for Pregnancy
What are some good, healthy snacks I can munch on while pregnant?
Eating small, healthy snacks throughout the day is a great way to minimize morning sickness and heartburn, manage your weight gain, and ensure that you get all of the vitamins and minerals that you need. That said, it's a great idea to have a go-to list of snacks that are healthy, nutritious, and available.
Here are a few ideas:
Here are a few ideas:
- Fruit: You can either snack on whole fruits like apples and oranges, or store cut fruit like grapes, pears, bananas, melon and berries in your fridge to grab and go.
- Crackers and cheese or peanut butter
- Pears with cheese slices
- Apples with peanut butter
- Half a sandwich
- Milk and graham crackers
- Pudding (especially made with milk, for extra calcium)
- A handful of nuts
- Dry cereal (like Cheerios or Rice Chex)
- Yogurt
- Cottage cheese with chopped fruit or vegetables
- Breakfast bars (those with more fiber and less added sugar)
- Hummus and pita bread, or pita chips
Answered by
Monica Meadows, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.
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