I've seen certainly a few dozen cases of preeclampsia across a couple thousand couples.

And they're typically told, as Americans are told when it comes to cancer, it's totally out

of your control, it just zaps somebody and there's nothing you can do about it, which is absolutely

ridiculous in the case of preeclampsia and cancer

and so many other things. So I'm just eager to hear what you've learned about nutrition and its

relationship to preeclampsia. When you start looking at the various micronutrients and the roles

they play in preeclampsia, I mean, you just run down the list. It's like there's data on almost every single

one, especially the minerals. So like, so we do now know that protein requirements are way higher

than we previously thought in pregnancy. So hitting that sort of brewer's diet recommendation

of around 100 grams, even more for really active women, seems like a really wise choice.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberthing of Connecticut, Childbirth Advocate, and Postpartum

Support Specialist. And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board-certified

lactation consultant.

And this is the down-to-birth podcast.

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Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

Thank you. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Hi, everyone.

I'm Lily Nichols.

I'm a registered dietitian and diabetes educator focused on prenatal nutrition.

You know, I've been on the show once before, so you may have

heard my intro, but the short and sweet of it is I have two books, Real Food for Pregnancy

and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. And I think you've brought me on to talk about

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