This chapter discusses the significance of nutrition during pregnancy and postpartum, highlighting the important nutrients and the role of prenatal supplements. It emphasizes the need for a resource that outlines vitamin requirements and provides a guide for choosing a quality prenatal vitamin. The chapter also addresses the confusion surrounding foods to avoid during pregnancy and the lack of coordinated nutrition care.
Welcome back to another episode of The Nutrition Science Podcast. I have an amazing episode for you today, I am chatting with my good friend Dr. Jessica Knurick. Jessica and I did our PhDs together and she now specializes in prengnacy and post-partum nutrition after having two little ones of her own.
She has built a large following on Tik Tok and on Instagram now as well education women about this topic and I am looking excited to have her on today to share her knowledge with you all as well.
We cover a lot in this episode, here are some of the topics that we touch on:
- What nutrients are specifically important during pregnancy?
- How should women change their nutrition habits during pregnancy to meet these nutrient needs?
- What supplements are important and how does someone choose a good supplement?
- What foods should pregnant women limit/avoid/be careful with?
- What is gestational diabetes and why is it important to test for it?
- Postpartum weight loss: What is realistic, how to approach it, and what to be careful of.
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