What to look for in a Prenatal vitamin
Episode 2 of our podcast scratched the surface on the importance of preconception nutrition but with Ayla, we take a deeper dive into some of the key nutrients for fertility, compromises made in common prenatal supplements and why she decided to take the leap into starting her own prenatal supplement company.
Before the Bump, Bump Up Your Nutrition
Is preconception nutrition a new idea?
Traditional cultures prized nutrient dense foods like organ meats, fatty fish, bone-in meats, and eating nose-to-tail. Without even having names for the nutrients found in these foods, they had such strong intuition ( and generations of practice) to know exactly which foods helped young couples conceive.
Concerns with a Vegetarian Diet in Pregnancy with Lily Nichols, RDN
Dr. Mark and Anisa Woodall dive deep in this conversation with Lily Nichols, RDN into the true concerns for mamas and babies when a woman chooses to follow a vegetarian (or even limited animal protein) diet. Though there is so much to be discussed on this topic, we covered the key concerns of what true protein needs are in pregnancy, essential pregnancy micronutrients often deficient on a vegetarian diet, the differences between animal and plant forms of nutrients, and the challenge of balancing blood sugar on a limited protein diet.