Navigating Pregnancy Nutrition on a Vegetarian or Vegan Diet

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 22 September 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

You have increased nutrient needs during pregnancy, and maintaining a balanced diet is essential for you and your baby. There is no denying that animal products are naturally rich sources of specific vitamins and nutrients, and those following a plant-based diet can still meet their nutritional needs. People choose a plant-based diet for various reasons, including environmental, ethical, or health considerations. This episode examines the evidence on plant-based diets during pregnancy and provides an overview of key nutrients to focus on when following a vegetarian or vegan diet.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Mert.
0:07.0	Hello and thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode
0:17.1	we're covering navigating pregnancy nutrition on a vegetarian or vegan diet.
0:24.1	You have increased nutrient needs during pregnancy, and of course maintaining a balanced and
0:29.9	healthy diet is essential for you and your baby. There's no denying that
0:34.7	animal products are naturally rich sources of specific vitamins and nutrients.
0:39.5	But those following a plant-based diet can still absolutely meet their nutritional needs.
0:47.0	And people choose plant-based diets for a lot of reasons, including environmental, ethical, or health considerations. If you choose to limit animal
0:57.3	products in your diet, I want to make sure that you have the information that you need to make sure that you're getting everything you and your baby need.
1:06.0	This episode examines the evidence on plant-based diets during pregnancy
1:11.0	and provides an overview of key nutrients to focus on if you follow a
1:16.4	vegetarian or vegan diet.
1:19.2	I should tell you that I was vegetarian for four years. That was through my first pregnancy and about a year and a half into breastfeeding.
1:28.0	Now during that time and as I was going through prenatal care,
1:32.0	I can't tell you how many times I got asked about my protein intake and
1:36.6	doctors or nurses were concerned about my diet because it didn't include any
1:41.9	animal products and my personal experience with that
1:45.0	was that it was incredibly frustrating. One of the goals of this episode is to arm you with the
1:50.5	education that you need so that you're confident about your dietary choices and in
1:56.1	the event that you need to you can advocate for yourself.
2:00.2	You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this episode at pregnancy
2:06.7	podcast.com slash Vegetarian.
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