Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits

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Autor(a) principal: Costa-Rodrigues, Joao
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Sá-Azevedo, Rute, Balinha, João, Ferro, Graça
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/14248
Resumo: Background During pregnancy, women face continuous nutritional challenges. Although it is a personal choice, the adoption of a vegetarian dietary pattern during pregnancy must be regarded as a situation that may be associated with some risks and benefits for the mother and the fetus. Scope and Approach In the present review, the most frequent nutritional deficits among pregnant vegetarians will be discussed, namely, those that refer to vitamin B12, zinc, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. If properly planned, vegetarian diets may also be associated with some important health benefits. The main potential outcomes of vegetarianism for pregnant women, fetal development and for the early and later life of the newborns will be also reviewed. Key Findings and Conclusions Taken together, despite some of the controversial published data, vegetarianism appears to be a safe dietary pattern during that period of time. So, the option for vegetarianism must be considered a personal choice that like any other feeding pattern may pose some nutritional risks but also bring some potential health outcomes both for the mother and for the children. In order to deal with the nutritional requirements during pregnancy, it is recommended that vegetarian mothers follow strict nutritional counseling.
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title Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
spellingShingle Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
Costa-Rodrigues, Joao
Vegetarianism
Pregnancy
Nutritional risks
Health outcomes
title_short Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
title_full Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
title_fullStr Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
title_full_unstemmed Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
title_sort Vegetarianism during pregnancy: Risks and benefits
author Costa-Rodrigues, Joao
author_facet Costa-Rodrigues, Joao
Sá-Azevedo, Rute
Balinha, João
Ferro, Graça
author_role author
author2 Sá-Azevedo, Rute
Balinha, João
Ferro, Graça
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa-Rodrigues, Joao
Sá-Azevedo, Rute
Balinha, João
Ferro, Graça
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Vegetarianism
Pregnancy
Nutritional risks
Health outcomes
topic Vegetarianism
Pregnancy
Nutritional risks
Health outcomes
description Background During pregnancy, women face continuous nutritional challenges. Although it is a personal choice, the adoption of a vegetarian dietary pattern during pregnancy must be regarded as a situation that may be associated with some risks and benefits for the mother and the fetus. Scope and Approach In the present review, the most frequent nutritional deficits among pregnant vegetarians will be discussed, namely, those that refer to vitamin B12, zinc, iron, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. If properly planned, vegetarian diets may also be associated with some important health benefits. The main potential outcomes of vegetarianism for pregnant women, fetal development and for the early and later life of the newborns will be also reviewed. Key Findings and Conclusions Taken together, despite some of the controversial published data, vegetarianism appears to be a safe dietary pattern during that period of time. So, the option for vegetarianism must be considered a personal choice that like any other feeding pattern may pose some nutritional risks but also bring some potential health outcomes both for the mother and for the children. In order to deal with the nutritional requirements during pregnancy, it is recommended that vegetarian mothers follow strict nutritional counseling.
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