ABSTRACT The period of pregnancy is an important period early in the human life cycle, so the nutritional status and health must be optimized. The problem that many occur in pregnant women is the restriction of the type and amount of food consumed. One of them is due to food taboos. The purpose of this study was to describe the type of food taboos, symbolic meaning of food taboos on pregnant women in Indonesia, and its nutritional aspects. This study was a literature review, by collecting articles through the database online. Number of articles or libraries that have been collected to be reviewed were 38 reading materials, consist of 19 scientific articles, 10 research result in the form of thesis / dissertation, and 9 research result book ...