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🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Consuming a healthy diet during pregnancy is an obvious and accepted recommedation. However, what exactly is a "healthy diet" in this context? In addition, there are specific nutrients which are crucial for the healthy development of the child, including nutrients which may be difficult to consume enough of. In addition there are nutrients and foods that need to limited or avoided during this period.
In this episode, researcher and dietitian Dr. Julie Abayomi discusses important nutrients in pregnancy (e.g. iodine, DHA, and folic acid), as well as potentially problematic nutrients/foods (e.g. high-mercury fish and caffeine). In addition, she discusses the current debates about weight gain/loss during pregnancy, as well as what supports are needed for health professionals supporting pregnant women.
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1:19.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 441 of Sigma Nutrition Radio. |
1:21.5 | I am your host, Danny Lennon. |
1:24.0 | You are very welcome to the podcast. |
1:29.3 | And today we're going to be talking all about diet during pregnancy. So consuming a healthy diet during pregnancy is an obvious and accepted recommendation. However, what exactly |
1:34.6 | is a healthy diet in this context? In addition, there are specific nutrients which are crucial |
1:39.4 | for the healthy development of the child, including nutrients which can be difficult to get enough of. |
1:45.3 | And beyond that, there are nutrients and foods that need to be limited or avoided during this |
1:49.8 | period. So in this episode, researcher and dietitian, Dr. Julie Abiomi, is discussing some |
1:55.8 | important nutrients to get in pregnancy. We're going to touch on things like iodine, DHA, |
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