194: Lily Nichols – Supporting Healthy Pregnancies with Ancestral Knowledge & Evidence-Based Prenatal Nutrition

Episode #194
Supporting Healthy Pregnancies with Ancestral Knowledge & Evidence-Based Prenatal Nutrition

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author. She explains how to combine ancestral knowledge and evidence-based prenatal nutrition to support healthy pregnancies.  Lily’s first bestselling book, Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, dives into why a nutrient-dense, lower-carb approach works for women worried about or managing gestational diabetes. Her second book, […]

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Lily Nichols

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author. She explains how to combine ancestral knowledge and evidence-based prenatal nutrition to support healthy pregnancies. 

2015 marked the first time a study directly measured protein requirements for pregnant women. It showed we’ve been underestimating protein recs by 40–73%. Share on X

Lily’s first bestselling book, Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, dives into why a nutrient-dense, lower-carb approach works for women worried about or managing gestational diabetes.

Upping vitamin D levels in pregnant women correlated with a 60% reduction in preterm birth and a 78% reduction for women of color. That’s huge for something so easy and free to do. Share on X

Her second book, Real Food for Pregnancy, is the most comprehensive text on prenatal nutrition to date — with nearly 1,000 citations that challenge conventional prenatal nutrition guidelines and confirm what our ancestors have known for generations.

Tune into the episode to discover

  • What inspired Lily to take this path (in a roundabout way)
  • What’s wrong with the current prenatal/postnatal nutrition guidelines
  • Which foods women should be adding/avoiding during pregnancy
  • How hormone changes may influence pregnancy cravings (and aversions)
  • What impacts the “interpregnancy interval” and how long to wait between kids
  • The best prenatal supplements to help cover nutrient gaps
  • Lily’s thoughts on raw eggs, seafood, saunas, cold plunges, and more! 

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