The Brewer’s Diet

The Brewer Diet: This is an easy to follow nutrition plan that helps you monitor what foods are best for you and your baby.  This is just one diet recommendation. But it is a good one.

According to the diet every day of the week, you and your baby must have:

1. One quart (4 cups) of milk. Any kind will do: whole milk, low fat, skim, powdered, or buttermilk. If you do not like milk, you can substitute one cup of yogurt for each cup of milk.
2. Two eggs.
3. One or two servings of fish, shellfish, chicken or turkey, lean beef, veal, lamb, pork, liver or kidney. Alternative combinations include:
   • Rice with beans, cheese, sesame, milk
   • Cornmeal with beans, cheese, tofu, milk.
   • Beans with rice, bulgur, cornmeal, wheat noodles sesame seeds, milk.
   • Peanuts with: sunflower seeds, milk.
   • Whole wheat bread or noodles with: beans, cheese, peanut butter, milk, tofu.

   For each serving of meat, you can substitute these quantities of cheese:

   Brick	4 oz.		Longhorn	3 oz.
   Camembert	6 oz.		Muenster	4 oz.
   Cheddar	3 oz.		Monterey Jack	4 oz.
   Cottage	6 oz.		Swiss	3 oz.

4. One or two servings of fresh, green, leafy vegetables: mustard, beet, collard, dandelion or turnip greens, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, kale, Swiss chard.
5. Five servings of whole grain breads, rolls, cereals or pancakes: wheatena, 100% bran flakes, granola, shredded wheat, wheat germ, oatmeal, buckwheat or whole wheat pancakes, corn bread, corn tortillas, corn or bran or whole wheat muffins, waffles, brown rice.
6. Two choices from: a whole potato (any style), large green pepper, grapefruit, lemon, lime, papaya, tomato (one piece of fruit, or one large glass of juice).
7. Three pats of butter.

Also include in your diet, in addition to the above (i.e., don’t count one food in two categories):

1. A yellow- or orange-colored vegetable or fruit five times a week.
2. Liver once a week, if you like it.
3. Table salt: SALT YOUR FOOD TO TASTE
4. Water: Drink to thirst.

It is not healthy for you and your unborn baby to go even 24 hours without good food!

Checklist:

Every day of the week, you and your baby should have:

Milk Servings	(8 grams each)		=	32 grams
Eggs	(6 grams each)		=	12 grams
With just 2 eggs and 4 glasses of milk you’ve already laid a “protein foundation” for today’s excellent nutrition! You’re halfway there!		Subtotal	=	44 grams
Meat/Protein	(avg. 25 grams each)		=	50 grams
Green Leafy Veggies	(under 1 gram each)		=	2 grams
Other Veggies	(under 1 gram each)		=	1 gram
Whole Grain Bread	(2 grams each)		=	6 grams
Citrus Fruit or Juice	(~1 gram each)		=	1 gram
Other Fruit	(under 1 gram each)		=	1 gram
Butter	(1 gram each)		=	3 grams
Protein Grand Total (if all boxes checked)			=	109 grams
And don’t forget the following foods weekly:
Whole grain cereal (oatmeal, wheatena, etc.)
Yellow or orange fruits and veggies
Liver (if you like it)
A whole potato, any style.
If you were overweight before pregnancy, or have been diagnosed with diabetes (or simply don’t like potatoes ), skip the potato and choose instead from the following list: large green pepper, grapefruit, lemon, lime, papaya, tomato (one piece of fruit, or one large glass of juice).
Congratulations! You’ve given your baby the best possible start in life by eating right TODAY! Simply do this every day during pregnancy, one day at a time, and you’re doing everything you can to ensure that you and your baby won’t suffer from toxemia, low birth weight, IUGR, and a host of other nutrition-related ills. Way to go!!