Baby brain development starts in the womb; food you intake decides his intelligence!
Your Doctor asks you to take your flu vaccines to prevent cold or flu during pregnancy as it may cause brain disorder in baby. However, you can also prevent brain disorders in baby by adding vitamin B in your diet.
Vitamin B in food has certain level of choline compound that helps
prevent brain issues and mental illness, such as ADHD and schizophrenia in babies even if the mother is suffering from cold and flu in pregnancy.
Cold and flu condition is unavoidable and the risk gets double when a pregnant woman suffers from this condition.
More Choline prevents foetal brain disorders development regardless of the health condition of the infected mother. Supplements having choline can deliver lifelong benefits to infant.
Our human body creates choline in some quantity on its own and the compound is also naturally present in foods like red meat, liver, and eggs. A pregnant woman should consume 450 mg of choline every day to enhance baby brain development.
Here are some healthy foods with high vitamin B-
Before knowing the list of foods high in vitamin B, you should know that there are total eight B
vitamins – that is called B complex vitamins.
B complex vitamins list include thiamine (B1), niacin (B3), Riboflavin (B2), pantothenic acid(B5), Pyridoxine (B6), Biotin (B7), Folate (B9), and cobalamin (B12). Each of the vitamins performs unique function in human body and generally boosts energy production and makes
critical molecules in the cells.
Our human body cannot store the B vitamin complex and thus, we need to replenish them with proper diet. Here are the top foods that help replenish vitamin b in human body-
SALMON
Salmon fish is high in several B vitamins. 100gm cooked Salmon has 18% thiamine, 29% Riboflavin, 50% Niacin, 19% Pantothenic acid, 47% Pyridoxine, and 51% Cobalamin.
Eating Salmon fish in pregnancy on daily basis can meet the requirement of B vitamin complex in the mother. Since Salmon is low-mercury fish, it is safe to consume in pregnancy and has healthy
omega-3 fats, protein, and selenium.
GREEN LEAFY VEGGIES
Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, collard greens, turnip greens, lettuce, asparagus, and broccoli have more vitamin B complex. To protect healthy vitamins and folate from getting destroyed during cooking, you can try steaming the greens until they become crisp yet tender.
NUTS, FRUITS, and SEEDS
Dry fruit, nuts, and seeds are healthy choices to make in pregnancy. These foods are the powerhouse of energy and important vitamins and proteins. Pregnant woman should include pista, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, lotus seeds, coconuts, and
apricots for good nourishment.
LEGUMES
Legumes are the best source of folate content. They also contain limited amounts of B vitamins, such as thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and Pyridoxine. Include black beans,
chickpeas, green peas, green soyabeans, kidney beans, soy nuts roasted, lentils, and pinto beans in your diet for brain development of infant.
Other than this, have yogurt, chicken and turkey, oysters, clams and mussels as these foods are high in vitamin B.