#17 Vegan Diets for Fertility & Pregnancy: What You Need to Know

Are you currently eating a vegan diet while trying to conceive or while pregnant? Are you considering a vegan diet due to ethical, environmental, or health/fertility concerns? Then tune in! In this episode, we discuss what you absolutely MUST know if you plan to start or stay on a vegan diet during preconception and pregnancy, including the NINE essential nutrients that you may be missing out on from food and what you can do to try to close these gaps. We also talk about some of the major reasons people choose veganism and why the ethical and environmental concerns are not as black and white as you might think. We do talk a lot about KEY supplements in the episode and you can access our entire FREE course on How to Choose the Best Prenatal Supplements here! Other resources we recommend: Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols RDN, CDE The China Study: A Formal Analysis and Response by Denise Minger The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith A Vegan Dietitian Reviews “What the Health” by Virginia Messina MPH, RD