Part 2: Meal plans for a pregnant woman (5 points) Answer the following question

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Part 2: Meal plans for a pregnant woman (5 points) Answer the following questions (you may delete the chart when submitting your answers. Please also type your answers in red) Eating Plan B Day's Intake) 6 ounces grapefruit juice 2 scrambled eggs Fating Plan C1 Day's Intake) 6 5"-diameter pancakes Vs cup pure maple syrup 1 ounce cheddar cheese 20 ounces coffee pound of bacon 2 scrambled eggs 6 ounces orange juice 8 ounces 1% fat milk 2 slices of unseeded Italian bread 3 ounces of thinly sliced pastrami 2 Tbsp. spicy brown mustard 2 ounces of cheddar cheese 2 ounces soy milk 1 cup fresh raspberries 1 cup cantaloupe 1 honey oat granola bar 1 cup vanilla yogurt 6 ounces grilled salmon 10 cooked asparagus spears 1 cup broccoli 4 ounces white wine 4 ounces blueberry juice + seltzer water 20 barbecue flavor soy crisps 1 cup wasabi peas 1%cups 1% fat milk 6 ounces beef tenderloin 1% cups mashed potatoes 1 cup cooked com 1 cup cooked peas 10 ounces Seltzer water 2 ounces cheddar cheese 1 3" x 3" spanakopita 1 cup spinach s cup feta cheese % cup black olives grape tomatoes 3 Tbsp. oil& vinegar dressing 6 ounces white wine mixed nuts 1 cup vanilla ice cream Look at Eating Plans B and C: 1. a. Which of these eating plans has the highest level of folate? b. Which of these eating plans has the highest level of vitamin By? c. How do folate, vitamin Bu, and iron work together to ensure a healthy outcome in I pregnancy for both the newborn and the mother? 2. a Which intake item or items in Eating Plan B is/are of potential concerm for a pregnant or lactating wonsan? b. Why? 3. a Which of these eating plans may alter the breast milk of a lactating woman such that the nfant may be itritated by its consumption? b. Which foods could be eliminated from this eating plan to reduce the risk of unitating the nfant?

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1.a. Plan B has highest level of folate. Folate in high amounts are generally found in spinach, asparagus, nuts, peas, dairy products like cheese, eggs, yoghurt which are all present in plan B.

b.Plan C has the highest amount of vitamin B-12 since it contains higher amounts of dairy products as compared to Plan B. Vitamin B-12 is predominantly found in eggs,milk, cheese, poultry and meat.

c. Vitamin B-12 works with folate to help both mom and baby during pregnancy. It helps the production of healthy red blood cells in both mom and baby. It further works to develop the brain and the nervous system of the fetus. Folate further helps in DNA replication, cell formation etc. Iron helps produce the extra blood which the mother needs during pregnancy.

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