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Healthy pregnant women with Seaweed

So that the birth and the baby was born healthy future, prospective mothers must comsumtion health food support in the pregnancy, such as seaweed.

When talking about the seaweed, which is meant the type of alga brown and red alga. Alga brown living in the cold, while the red alga in the tropics. During this seaweed is known more for the gelatin or pudding. Nutrient composition of seaweed is a very complete match for pregnant women and breastfeeding.

Food technology experts from the IPB, Prof Dr Astawan Made in Gynecology Nutrition Aneka Food Ingredients said that seaweed nutrient composition varies depending on the species, growing place, and season.

Gynecology main seaweed is fresh water that reaches 80-90 percent, while the protein content and lemaknya is very small. Although the degree lemaknya low, the order lemaknya acid is essential for health.

Fat-rich seaweed akan omega-3 and omega-6. Second fatty acid is a fat that are important to the body, especially as the membrane forming the network brain, nerve, eye retina, blood plasma, and reproductive organs.

Gynecology calories in seaweed is very low. Karbohidratnya womb of the total, less than seperempatnya body that can be absorbed. Therefore, both seaweed and agar-agar is very good for those who want to reduce body weight.

Seaweed is very rich also known element iodine. Gynecology iodine seaweed around 2400-155000 times more iodine than the uterus that grows vegetables in the land.

Lack of iodine will cause various health problems, particularly the incidence of goiter (enlargement tiroid gland). Lack of iodine during pregnancy can result in a defective fetus, the children become deaf and dumb, the brain is less developed, small-minded, constrained growth, and mental backwardness.

To prevent problems due to iodine deficiency, the recommended consumption of iodine is 150 mikrogram for adults, 175 mikrogram for pregnant women, and 200 mikrogram for breastfeeding women.

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