Rank | Pregnancy | Post partum | ||||||||||
Add | n | % | Avoid | n | % | Add | n | % | Avoid | n | % | |
1 | Milk | 204 | 13.9 | Pickle | 77 | 13.5 | Milk | 259 | 16.1 | Brinjal | 154 | 11.9 |
2 | Apple | 190 | 13 | Wood apple | 52 | 9.1 | Special halwa | 249 | 15.4 | Pumpkin | 152 | 11.7 |
3 | Pomegranate | 137 | 9.3 | Yam | 50 | 8.8 | Pulses | 209 | 13 | Curd | 130 | 10 |
4 | Leafy vegetable | 108 | 7.4 | Blackberry | 33 | 5.8 | Ginger | 99 | 6.1 | Oily and spicy food | 89 | 6.9 |
5 | Banana | 106 | 7.2 | Papaya | 26 | 4.6 | Jaggery | 90 | 5.6 | Banana | 80 | 6.2 |
6 | Coconuts/coconut water | 80 | 5.5 | Banana | 22 | 3.9 | Black carom seeds | 54 | 3.3 | Pigeon pea | 57 | 4.4 |
7 | Orange | 49 | 3.3 | Jackfruit | 22 | 3.9 | Leafy vegetable | 54 | 3.3 | Pickle | 51 | 3.9 |
8 | Spinach | 44 | 3 | Lemon | 22 | 3.9 | Turmeric | 53 | 3.3 | Jackfruit | 46 | 3.5 |
9 | Pulses | 43 | 2.9 | Curd | 17 | 3 | Wheat/maize flour | 50 | 3.1 | Fish | 34 | 2.6 |
10 | Fish | 39 | 2.7 | Mango | 16 | 2.8 | Rice | 40 | 2.5 | Fava bean | 30 | 2.3 |
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