Make Olive Oil a Part of a Healthy Pregnancy Diet and More Olive oil should be the go-to oil for cooking and baking as part of a healthy pregnancy diet. Perhaps the idea of tossing out a nearly full container of vegetable oil or canola oil might not be appealing. If a healthy pregnancy diet is high on the priority meter, that might just be the best course of action.
Why is Olive Oil a Choice Source of Fat?
For years, research on the aspects of diets producing the best nutrition in general and healthy eating during pregnancy specifically has called for the inclusion of fats. Detailed information on what exactly the best sources of fats are is not always expounded upon in the short clips that media outlets broadcast on healthy pregnancy diet plans.
Noted nutritionist, Isabel De Los Rios, has scoured medical research on fats and found consistent recommendations for olive oil.
Olive oil is produced naturally and is not heavily processed. This means it is free of trans fat naturally. In addition to being free from unhealthy cholesterols and trans fats, olive oil is loaded with the healthy fats, which help fight heart disease and lead to healthy weight gain.
Eat a Mediterranean Diet
Olive oil is the oil of choice in nations like Spain and Italy. These countries are well known for longevity and vitality. Also common to these regions are low rates of diabetes and heart disease. Yet the average diet in these countries is very high in cholesterol and starchy foods.
Both of these elements of eating have been decried as unhealthy in American diets and yet these populations thrive. Doctors now believe that the health and longevity in these nations are due in large part to their nearly exclusive use of olive oil.
Healthy pregnancy diets include only the best foods. Olive oil’s health benefits leave vegetable and canola oils in the dust.