The risk of iron-deficiency anemia is highest for women who: 1  Are pregnant. Iron-deficiency anemia affects one in six pregnant women.1 You need more iron during pregnancy to support your unborn babyâs development. 2  Have heavy menstrual periods.
Letâs sum up what weâve learned in this chapterâ¦. 1  Choose fats found in fish, nuts, and vegetables. 2  Know your limits on fats, salt, and sugars. 3  Use the Nutrition Facts label on foods.  Choose and prepare foods and beverages with little salt (sodium) and/or added sugars (caloric sweeteners).
Tips for getting less added sugar. Use these simple tips to reduce sugar in your diet: 1  Remove sugar (white and brown), syrup, honey and molasses from the table â out of sight, out of mind! 2  Cut back on the amount of sugar added to things you eat or drink regularly like cereal, pancakes, coffee or tea. Avoid fruit canned in syrup, especially heavy syrup. 2  Instead of adding sugar to cereal or oatmeal, add fresh fruit (try bananas, cherries or strawberries) or dried fruit (raisins, cranberries or apricots). 3  When baking cookies, brownies or cakes, cut the sugar called for in your recipe by one-third to one-half.