58 - What to Eat During Pregnancy w/ Lily Nichols

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition and exercise. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and unapologetically critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. In today’s episode, Lily and I talk about all things prenatal nutrition, gestational diabetes, and post-partum nutrition. She discusses which nutrients are necessary during these periods, things to avoid, and how to best support the body with food. Instagram: @lilynicholsrdn Online Course: Gestational Diabetes: realfoodforgd.com/online-course/ Books: lilynicholsrdn.com/books/

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I was amazed when my very vetted midwife said "just eat healthy" when I asked her what foods to eat or what to avoid

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After I cut out grains I lost so much weight and I already was not that fat so I've been using an app to track my calories and the more I followed the apps guidelines for how many calories I should eat the more weight I was able to gain. But how can a person gain weight without a carby diet?

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Oh my gosh the foods to avoid list because of danger of contamination and disease is so crazy and I think adds extra stress to a pregnant woman! If you've gotten your whole life never getting foodborne illnesses then why should you worry about it extra at pregnancy?