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Nutrition and Digestion - Google Doc

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Books

• Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes by Lily Nichols

• The Natural Pregnancy Book, Aviva Romm

• Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon 

• Plus Size Pregnancy: what the evidence really says about higher BMI and birth by Sara Wickham

• Functional Maternity, Using functional medicine and nutrition to improve pregnancy and childbirth outcomes by Sarah Thompson

• Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Susan Weed

Online Resources

Websites

• Real Food For Pregnancy : Lily Nichols

• Nourishing Traditions Blog : Sally Fallon Morell

• Functional Maternity: Sarah Thompson

• The Brewer Diet

• “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Clean Fifteen”

• MTHFR: What the Bleep Is It?” : Dr. Aviva Romm

• Understanding Traditional Diets : Oldways

• The Weston A Price Foundation

• “Pica as a Culture Bound Syndrome” by M.S. Bhatia & Jaswinder Kaur

• Micheal Pollen’s Resource link: - Michael Pollan

Digestive Anatomy

• Interactive Anatomy Illustration - Interactive anatomy illustration with text

Fluoride and Cavities

• Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children: Harvard Health

• Alliance for a Cavity Free Future

• Flouridation Facts: American Dental Association publication 2005

Microbiome and Gut Health

• Human Microbiome Project: National Institutes of Health

• Some of My Best Friends Are Germs: Michael Pollan

• The Maternal Microbiome and Pregnancy Outcomes that Impact Infant Health: A Review: 2015

• Paediatric Digestive Health Across Europe: United European Gastroenterology (UEG)

Podcasts

• Optimizing Vegetarian & Vegan Diets for Pregnancy, The Fertility Friday Podcast with Lily Nichols RDN (01:15:52)

• The Paleo Solution with Robb Wolf, Real Food for pregnancy with Lily Nichols RDN (55:13)

• Herbs for Digestion: The Bitters: Dr Aviva Romm

• Plus Size Pregnancy, an Interview with Sara Wickham about her new book, Plus Size Pregnancy book. (Sept 12, 2023 on the Midwives Cauldron Podcast)