Protein deficiency in Pregnancy

I like eat boiled egg white, because I like the smooth texture and egg white is complete with proteins providing adequate amounts of all nine essential amino acids.

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Proteins are one of the three energy-yielding macronutrients. 1gram of proteins provides 4 calories and they are made up of amino acids. The body needs 20 amino acids. These amino acids can be classified as essential, nonessential, or conditionally essential. Eleven are synthesized i-in our body.  There are nine essential amino acids which should be included in our diet because these amino acids cannot be synthesized in our bodies.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/protein.html

Besides, most plant foods are incomplete proteins which lack adequate amounts of one or more of the essential amino acids. If you are a vegetarian, you can take different types of plants in the same meal to get a combination that provides adequate amounts of essential amino acids for human protein synthesis in the body and prevent deficiency of proteins during pregnancy. 

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/protein.html

Pregnant women should prevent protein deficiency during pregnancy. It is because proteins are important for building structure of tissues and maintaing fluidbalance between plasma and the interstitial fluid. Moreover, enzymes and hormones are made of protein which facilitates chemical reactions and regulates some of the body’s processes.

34 week fetal profile -Fetal profile in the third trimester of pregnancy

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During the third trimester, protein requirements increase throughout gestation and peak. A pregnant woman and her growing fetus use proteins for growth and maintain a positive nitrogen balance. Therefore, pregnant women have additional protein requirements to support their babies to synthesize material and fetal tissues.

 

Life Stage Group	Energy	CHO	Protein
	(EER)	(g)	(g)
Pregnancy
<18 years	2368-2820	175	25	20-35%
19-30 years	2403-2855	175	25	20-35%
31-50 years	2403-2855	175	25	20-35%