Nutrition in Pregnancy - Caring For You And Your Baby! From the minute you find out you are pregnant most moms-to-be have a number of questions relating to pregnancy nutrition. What foods you should be eating and which foods should you be avoiding as the next nine months progress. Some foods are even better completely avoided. Then there is all those old wives’ tales to sort through and figure out truth from fiction. Let’s try to simplify things at least a little for you in this article. When you are pregnant, you should try to avoid, even better cut out, sugar and artificial sweetener from your diet. Don’t make the mistake of replacing sugar with Sucralose, aspartame or other artificial sweeteners, which are potent chemicals with questionable health concerns. In fact, there affect on the fetes is not yet established and there is a belief they could pose a health risk to your baby.