This is the human heart at twenty weeks gestation. The first trimester of pregnancy is crucial for your baby’s heart health. Proper nutrition plays an essential role in the development of their cardiovascular system. Here is a list of four heart healthy nutrients and what foods contain them:
CALCIUM and PHOSPHOROUS can be found in found
in milk and are recommended in daily quantities of 1,000 and 700 milligrams.
COPPER at, at least, one milligram per day from foods such as cashews, kidney beans, and crabmeat.
THIAMINE with at least 1.4 milligrams a day from foods such as oats, split peas, and most meat products.
