Question

pregnant women and lactating mother need more proteins than other women ? give reason

Answer 1

Pregnancy is physiologically and nutritionally a highly demanding period. Extra food is required to meet the requirements of the foetus.
A woman prepares herself to meet the nutritional demands by increasing her own body fat deposits during pregnancy.
A lactating mother requires extra food to secrete adequate quantity/ quality of milk and to safeguard her own health.

Answer 2

actually in simple words our body cells are made of proteins so for the formation of cells a huge amount of protein is required


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