Pregnancy Myth: You Have to Eat More, You're Eating for Two! This may have been true in the past,…

Pregnancy Myth: You Have to Eat More, You're Eating for Two!

This may have been true in the past, but Americans today don't need any motivation to eat more than they already do.  In past generations, babies weighed an average of a mere six pounds; but modern babies are weighing in excess of eight pounds.  The ever-growing obesity epidemic is already evidence of us eating much more than we need. So using the excuse that you need to eat even more because you have a tiny fetus inside of you is just that: an excuse to eat more.

In all truth, if women today continued their same pre-pregnancy eating habits into pregnancy, they would still gain an appropriate amount of weight within the doctor's recommended guidelines, while avoiding excessive fat and the chance to develop unhealthy eating habits.