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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow LILY Twitter: @LilyNicholsRDN Instagram: @lilynicholsrdn Lily's blog: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/blog/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow DR MAX Twitter: @mgulhaneMD Instagram: @mgulhanemd Apple Podcasts: Regenerative Health Podcast Spotify: Regenerative Health Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/maxgulhanemd Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show