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16. Lily Nichols: Optimizing Prenatal Nutrition to Build the Healthiest Baby
Description
Lily Nichols joins me to discuss optimal foods for pregnancy, the current misguided dietary approach to gestational diabetes, folate vs folic acid, what to eat to prevent stretch marks, Vitamin K2 and much, much more.
Lily is a registered dietitian and certified diabetic educator. She is the author of two seminal works of prenatal nutrition, Real Food for Gestational Diabetes and Real Food For Pregnancy, She also runs the Womens’ Health Nutrition Academy, an online learning portal for evidence-based nutrition training.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:04 Podcast begins
00:01:17 Lily’s backstory
00:07:53 Carbohydrates and gestational diabetes
00:14:12 Pregnancy micronutrient ‘powerbank’ or ‘bank account’
00:18:31 Weston Price’s observation of pre-conception feeding practices
00:21:52 Lily’s nutrition advice for unplanned pregnancies
00:28:11 Micronutrients, protein and optimal foods for pregnancy
00:33:22 Folate, folic acid and how to prevent neural tube defects
00:30:34 The importance of dietary collagen and glycine
00:46:26 Vitamin K2 deficiency and improper facial development
00:54:24 Lily’s closing advice
00:57:05 Dr Max’s sign off
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LINKS
Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols - https://shop.lilynicholsrdn.com/collections/frontpage/products/real-food-for-pregnancy-paperback
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes by Lily Nichols - https://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-Gestational-Diabetes-Conventional/dp/0986295000
Folate: Why Its Superior to Folic Acid For Pregnancy (Even if You Don’t Have MTHFR) Lily Nichols blog - https://lilynicholsrdn.com/folate-pregnancy-folic-acid-mthfr/
Women's Health Nutrition Academy - https://whnacademy.com/
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price https://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston-Price/dp/0916764206
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