When it comes to having a plant-based pregnancy, you can be faced with a lot of misinformation and discouragement about your well-intended choices. Trying to find accurate advice often ends up with you stuck in a Google rabbit hole, swamped by conflicting ideas.
Then comes the self-doubt about whether it’s healthy or even possible to stay vegetarian or vegan while pregnant, leaving you to consider sacrificing your beliefs and values for a healthy pregnancy.
In this podcast episode, Sarah is joined by Crysta Pollitt MS, RDN, who helps us to feel confident about plant-based pregnancy choices during pregnancy and gives us the guidance we need to ensure we get all the important nutrients needed to grow a healthy baby.
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Show Notes
3:23 - “It’s completely possible to have a healthy pregnancy without eating animal protein.”
4:53 - “With plant-based pregnancy, I 100% recommend a prenatal vitamin.”
5:16 - “The first thing I look at with supplementation for plant-based pregnancy is choline, Omega-3s and B12.”
9:18 - “We have to make sure there’s protein with each meal.”
20:42 - “One of the biggest myths about plant-based pregnancy or just plant-based eating is that soy is bad for you.”
25:48 - “In pregnancy, really pay attention to the quality of the food and to the characteristics of the food that you are craving.”
26:27 - “We’re not afraid of carbs in the plant-based pregnancy world. We’re just so focused on protein.”
29:27 - “Focus on the time during your pregnancy to really nourish yourself.”