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10. Low Carb Diet for Pregnancy & Gestational Diabetes with Dr Jackie Montefiore
Description
Dr Jackie Montefiore is a low carb GP from Brisbane, Australia with a background in clinical dietetics. In this episode she discusses her journey from providing conventional dietary advice of high-carb, low-fat to a more low-carbohydrate healthy fat approach.
We discuss approach to metabolic disease, gestational diabetes, iron deficiency, the important foods to build a health baby, and much more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:02:50 Inadequacies and misleading conventional nutritional training
00:06:12 The evolution of Dr Jackie’s nutrition advice
00:15:15 How Dr Jackie thinks about metabolic health
00:18:50 Tests for metabolic dysfunction
00:23:18 Pregnancy and gestational diabetes
00:32:20 Dr Jackie’s recommended (animal) foods for pregnancy
00:38:15 Dr Jackie’s thoughts on eating liver and Vitamin A
00:43:06 Iron deficiency is endemic in Australian women today
00:49:10 Vegan and vegetarianism
00:53:37 Dr Jackie’s approach to irregular periods and polycystic ovary syndrome
00:57:01 Is fasting appropriate for women?
LINKS
Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols - https://lilynicholsrdn.com/real-food-for-pregnancy/
Lily Nichols Blog - https://lilynicholsrdn.com/blog/
DR JACKIE
Sante Medical - https://santemedical.com.au/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jackiemont80
DR MAX
https://linktr.ee/maxgulhanemd
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