16. Lily Nichols: Optimizing Prenatal Nutrition to Build the Healthiest Baby

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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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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