009: Lily Nichols - Updating Pregnancy Nutrition Advice for Better Blood Sugar Management

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lily Nichols is a registered dietician and nutritionist, a certified diabetes educator, researcher, and best-selling author who has a passion for uncovering evidence-based prenatal nutrition. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She comes on the show to share the research behind why our pregnancy nutritional advice should be updated, how her approach differs from conventional policies, why she focuses on blood sugar management in pregnancy, the macro and micronutrients to focus on while pregnant, and so much more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s a peek at what Lily and Chris Irvin get into:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 Introduction</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4:20 How Lily’s Real Food for Pregnancy book helped Chris and his wife</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4:50 What led Lily to write this book and the problems she saw in current pregnancy nutritional advice</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">14:40 The role real foods have in pregnancy and why it’s so important</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:30 How Lily’s approach differs from conventional pregnancy nutritional advice</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">20:49 What Lily recommends from a macro standpoint</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">22:57 Protein and fat requirements in pregnant women</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">26:28 Why Lily’s approach differs in the carb amount compared to conventional advice, how carbs affect blood sugar, and the risks that come with high blood sugar in pregnancy</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">32:19 Using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) and the traditional glucose drink for testing for gestational diabetes in pregnant women</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">34:30 What happens when you have food aversions in pregnancy and all you want or can handle are carbs?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">41:38 What happe