Diet for pregnant and nursing women

by Earthwalker | Oct 31, 2007 | Columns, Nourishing Wisdom | 0 comments

Dear Sally,
Do you have any dietary recommendations for women who are pregnant? Should their diet change at all when they start to nurse? I am asking for my wife. Thank you!

Sally’s response:
Here is the diet recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation for pregnant and nursing mothers:

• 1 tablespoon cod liver oil to supply 20,000 IU vitamin A daily, (mixed with water or a little fresh juice)

• 2 (8-ounce) glasses whole milk daily, preferably raw and from pasture-fed cows (learn more about raw milk at A Campaign for Real Milk)

• 4 tablespoons butter daily, preferably from pasture-fed cows

• 2 or more eggs daily, preferably from pastured chickens

• Additional egg yolks daily, added to smoothies, salad dressings, scrambled eggs, etc.

• 3-4 ounces fresh liver, once or twice per week

• Fresh seafood, 2-4 times per week, particularly wild salmon, shellfish and fish eggs

• Fresh beef or lamb daily, always consumed with the fat

• Oily fish or lard daily, for vitamin D

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil or 1/2 cup coconut milk daily, used in cooking or smoothies, etc.

• Lacto-fermented condiments and beverages

• Bone broths used in soups, stews and sauces

• Soaked whole grains

• Fresh vegetables and fruits, preferably organic

AVOID:
Trans fatty acids (e.g., hydrogenated oils)
Junk foods
Commercial fried foods
Sugar
White flour
Soft drinks
Caffeine
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Drugs (even prescription drugs)

Live well, Sally

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Earthwalker

Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.

Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.

A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.

She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.

In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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