On this episode with returning guest Lily Nichols, RDN, we’re talking about a hot topic: of how my body is none of your business, and how your assessment of my body is not helpful. Especially during pregnancy. In the meat of the episode we’re also talking about real food for gestational diabetes vs. the conventional, government’s dietary guidelines, and how you can take a non-restrictive, nutrient-forward approach even with specific health concerns during pregnancy. We’re also talking about how to get out of the mindset of “gotta get my body back after the baby!”
Again, NO, to reiterate, I AM NOT PREGNANT nor do i have any plans to be so any time soon. So mom, before you freak out, chill. As I mentioned on episode 68 with Lily, this realm of nutrition for pregnancy (and the complications that go along with it) are way far out of my wheelhouse, so to help you guys out,, I wanted to go straight to the source and have Lily on again to answer your questions!
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One last thing before we start the episode – *just so you know* we are talking about some specific gram amounts of carbohydrates in this episode in the context of the government’s dietary recommendations for pregnancy, and how this fits in with gestational diabetes. We are not giving prescriptions, but suggesting a different way to interpret those guidelines (because, as we explain in the episode, they don’t make sense) in the context of healing gestational diabetes with food.
In this episode we’re chatting about:
- How things have been going in Lily’s pregnancy since we last talked!
- My pregnant body is none of your business (Lily’s article!).
- Even if you have a positive body image going into pregnancy and enjoying your pregnant body, people comment on the changes of you getting bigger one too many times and you start to get really self-conscious and doubt yourself. How can you deal with that?
- Why commenting on someone’s body in pregnancy is almost never appropriate, except for two phrases: “You look great!” and “You’re glowing!”
- Gestational diabetes: What is it, and why does it happen? Why do people get it who didn’t have type one or type two diabetes before?
- Conventional recommendations for gestational diabetes vs. real food, evidence-based, nutrient-forward recommendations for gestational diabetes.
- How can you follow these without becoming too obsessive – as Lily and I talked about in the last podcast, it’s really easy to become obsessive and compulsive about your nutrition in pregnancy as you’re trying to make the ‘perfect’ baby and have the ‘perfect’ pregnancy.
- The body naturally goes into a form of ketosis in the last stage of pregnancy as a way to divert nutrients to the baby instead of mom – but that does not mean you should be trying to put your body into ketosis with your food choices.
- How to get out of the mindset of “gotta get my body back after the baby!”
- Things to focus on postpartum (other than shrinking your body!) to help you heal
Be sure to check out episode 68: Body Image & Real Food for Pregnancy with Lily Nichols, RDN
Lily’s Book: Real Food for Pregnancy
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes
Lily’s Website: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/
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