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. 2023 Oct 8;12(19):6405. doi: 10.3390/jcm12196405

Table 2.

Nutritional dietary plan before and throughout pregnancy.

Before
Pregnancy
1st Trimester
[1–13 Weeks]
2nd Trimester
[14–27 Weeks]
3rd Trimester
[28–37 Weeks]
Nutritional products L-Citrulline (g/day) (g/intake) Erratic consumption 3 (1–1–1) 6 (2–2–2) 9 (3–3–3)
Shake Multifruit juice (mL/day) --- 1000 1000 1000
MCT oil (mL/day) (mL/intake) --- 15 (5–5–5) 10 (5–0–5) 10 (5–0–5)
EAA® (g/day) (g/intake) --- --- 25 (8.3–8.3–8.3) 25 (8.3–8.3–8.3)
Duocal® (g/day) (g/intake) --- 30 (10–10–10) 30 (10–10–10) ---
Vitajoule® (g/day) (g/intake) --- --- --- 60 (20–20–20)
Natural protein intake (g/day) * 25 27 35 45–50
Energy intake (Kcal/day) *Δ 1000 1300 1550 1950

* Natural protein and energy intake were estimated through Odimet® (https://www.odimet.es/, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; accessed on 1 December 2022), according to the patient’s 5-day food records. The composition of each of the products can be found in Supplementary Table S1. Δ Energy intake considers both natural sources and nutritional products. EAA: essential amino acid; MCT: medium chain triglyceride.