Womens and Parenting

Precautions: Fasting

Both periodic fasting as a diet free of carbohydrates can lead to situations of low energy reserves, which have harmful effects on the fetus. In situations of fasting, the amount of carbohydrates in the body decreases and used as an energy source of fatty acids. In the process of degradation they produce acetone can cross the placenta and affect fetal growth and development, so do not recommend fasting during pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »