How a Plant-Based Diet Affects Pregnancy and Fertility | Dr. Debra Shapiro and Jeanne Schumacher
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 18 May 2021
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Summary
The doctors didn't understand how much food could impact fertility until they understood the science of a plant-based diet. Now, OBGYN Dr. Debra Shapiro and lifelong educator Dr. Jeanne Schumacher are sharing the facts about vegan diets and pregnancy on The Exam Room™ podcast.
They join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share how food may affect fertility and tips for maintaining a healthy diet throughout pregnancy.
The views and opinions expressed by guests on The Exam Room podcast do not necessarily reflect official positions or policies of the Physicians Committee.
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Dr. Debra Shapiro
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| 0:00.0 | I certainly wasn't thinking about any of the problems that women were having either conceiving |
| 0:04.4 | or having pregnancies that were uncomplicated by gestational diabetes or by hypertensive conditions |
| 0:10.0 | and preeclampsia, needing medication and pregnancy and needing inductions and having more |
| 0:14.7 | C-sections. |
| 0:15.7 | I wasn't even thinking about that in terms of what would be possible if they changed to |
| 0:20.7 | a plant-based diet until I understood this science and thinking, well, if we know what causes |
| 0:26.5 | insulin resistance in some of you's not pregnant, well, then it wouldn't make sense that this |
| 0:31.3 | same idea of would be at play with gestational diabetes as well. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.3 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:48.3 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:53.5 | This is Episode 40 of Season 4, number 235 overall. |
| 0:59.8 | And today on the show we are shifting our focus to fertility. |
| 1:04.6 | We will be talking about how food can impact a woman's chances of becoming pregnant. |
| 1:11.0 | And to do that, we will be looking at the typical American diet, one that is high in |
| 1:15.6 | fat, one that is high in calories and generally less nutritious. |
| 1:22.2 | And all of those pizzas that are delivered to the house and the trips through the drive |
| 1:25.9 | through to load up on hamburgers. |
| 1:28.2 | Can they make it harder to conceive? |
| 1:32.0 | We'll find out. |
| 1:33.4 | And then we'll also flip over the coin to take a look at the other side of the equation. |
| 1:40.6 | Because if the fat and the grease can make an impact, what effect then does a healthy plant |
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