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There are countless opinions out there about how expecting mothers should eat and it can get very overwhelming. Tackling food cravings and making nutritional choices while pregnant doesn’t need to be stressful – it’s time to talk about how we can enjoy staying nutritionally balanced while pregnant. Joining me in this episode of the pregnancy series is Lindsay Taylor. Lindsay believes in the power of food to help us live our best life, and that no one is more deserving of feeling good than mothers and mothers-to-be. With a Master’s degree in Public Health, certification as a Postpartum and Infant Care Doula, and an Honours certification as a Culinary Nutrition Expert, Lindsay transforms an academic background in nutritional science into real-food, real-world, and practical solutions to help modern moms feel supported, nourished, and energised as they embrace the challenges and joys of new motherhood. Lindsay talks about her journey to becoming the food doula, how key nutrients change with pregnancy, ways to incorporate specific nutrients into your diet, reframing your perspective on food cravings, how to navigate tastes throughout pregnancy, and why context is needed to determine what’s best for each woman’s pregnancy experience.
Meet Our Podcast Guest:
Lindsay is a perinatal nutrition expert focused on making eating well and feeling good easier for the realities of pregnancy and postpartum life (when eating well can be hard!). Lindsay is the author of the award-winning cookbook, The Food Doula Cookbook, the founder of The Professional Prenatal Nutrition Program, a nutrition school faculty member, nutrition coach, and mom of two girls.
In this episode we chat about:
- How Lindsay became known as the food doula (03:51)
- How our key nutrients change when we are pregnant (08:44)
- The importance of calcium and how to incorporate it in your diet (16:13)
- Why context is so important when navigating the nutritional opinions for pregnant women (28:24)
- How to reframe your perspective around food cravings (33:55)
- (Transitioning tastes throughout pregnancy 39:13)
- How to connect with Lindsay (46:30)
Connect with our Guest:
Website: www.thefooddoula.com Instagram: @the.food.doula
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Get connected, listen to your body and remember; body confidence all begins with living in tune with your menstrual cycle.