Byron discusses this in his article about how Mother’s Healthy Choices Influence Obesity in Offspring.
I wanted to get a little bit more in depth about how this specifically worked for me and why the strength of a mother’s immune system and her overall wellness can directly benefit her baby.
First of all, keeping my weight managed and my fitness up through my pregnancy made delivery and the first experiences with my kids much more pleasant than some of the experiences I’ve heard from new moms who experienced a lot of weight gain and had sedentary lifestyles.
Following the principles of the Leptin Diet such as having high quality protein at breakfast and eating small meals that contain plenty of fruits and vegetables at lunch and dinner 5 to 6 hours apart is very effective means of not gaining too much weight during your pregnancy. Walk for exercise, briskly if it’s comfortable, there’s nothing better.
What getting into these eating habits allows you to do is train your body not to want the sugar and refined foods that will pack on pounds and be hard cravings to recover from as your pregnancy progresses. Understanding that everything you put into your body is meant to nourish your baby makes it easier to say no to what may seem like an uncontrollable urge for marshmallow fluff and pickled herring. Who is their right mind would eat that? Yuck.
Secondly, understanding your supplements is crucial to keeping you from getting deficient. Your body is under great nutritional demand when you’re pregnant and its main priority isn’t always you. That is why you need to reinforce your nutritional reserves.
These are the Prenatal Supplements we recommend to cover your baby bases:
Daily Super Pack, Blood Builder, DHA, Daily Energy Multi-Vitamin, Daily Bone Xcel, Iosol Iodine, GI Soother
Take the best possible care of yourself you can because your mini-me needs you to be healthy and happy throughout your pregnancy and ready for his/her arrival.
