Prenatal Nutrition: How To Nourish Your Body Early In Your Pregnancy Journey With Tia Walden

07/11/22 • 27 min

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Pregnancy takes a toll on the body, and you need to be able to replenish the nutrients you’re using up for your baby. That all starts with prenatal nutrition. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi and Integrative nutrition health coach/holistic nutritionist Tia Walden share tips and tricks for people early in their pregnancy journey. Listen in to learn about the different ways you can supplement your nutritional needs and optimize your diet to stay healthy throughout your pregnancy.

Key takeaways from this episode:

- It’s important to listen to your body’s cravings and find ways to insert nutrition without forcing yourself to eat things you don’t want.

- Supplements are essential, but they don’t replace healthy eating.

- You know your body best. Always look into your midwife's or your doctor's recommendations to see if they align with your body's needs.

Guest Social Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tia.walden/

Key takeaways from this episode:

- It’s important to listen to your body’s cravings and find ways to insert nutrition without forcing yourself to eat things you don’t want.

- Supplements are essential, but they don’t replace healthy eating.

- You know your body best. Always look into your midwife's or your doctor's recommendations to see if they align with your body's needs.

Guest Social Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tia.walden/

Previous Episode

Dr. William Li's Eat To Beat Disease Course - 5 Health Defenses and 5 Surprises - Part 1 of 4

Did you know that your body can fight off diseases if you eat the right foods? Learn about the 5x5x5 framework and how you can feed your five defenses correctly. Join Corinna Bellizzi as she reviews Dr. William Li's bestselling book and course of the same name: Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. Discover how your body heals itself with stem cells. Learn the best foods to eat while still having some cheat foods.

This podcast episode marks the launch of a four-week series reflecting on Dr. William Li’s New York Times bestseller, Eat To Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself and his online course of the same name. This series springboards from our interview with Dr. Li, which was episode #3.

Relevant Past Episode:

Interview with Dr.William Li: https://orlonutrition.com/blogs/podcast/eat-to-beat-disease-how-your-body-can-heal-itself-with-the-right-nutrition-with-dr-william-w-li-physician-and-nyt-bestselling-author

ABOUT “EAT TO BEAT DISEASE”:

Eat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food's ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases. Forget everything you think you know about your body and food and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in Eat to Beat Disease.

We have radically underestimated our body's power to transform and restore our health. Pioneering physician-scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. Eat to Beat Disease isn't about what foods to avoid, but rather is a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body's defense systems.

The book's plan shows you how to integrate the foods you already love into any diet or health plan to activate your body's health defense systems-Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions. https://drwilliamli.com/book-li/

About Dr. William Li:

William W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author of the New York Times bestseller “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.” His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments and impacts care for more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views. Dr. Li has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, and the Dr. Oz Show, and he has been featured in USA Today, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, and O Magazine. He is president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation and is leading research into COVID-19.

Next Episode

Dr. William Li's Eat To Beat Disease Course - 10 Foods To Bolster Your 5 Health Defenses - Part 2 of 4

This is part 2 of a 4 podcast series on Dr. William Li’s New York Times bestseller, Eat To Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself and his online course of the same name. This springboards from our interview with Dr. Li, which was episode #3. In that interview, we learned that Dr. Li hosts free masterclasses on the topics covered in his book. In this work, Dr. Li invites us to fall in love with food again – and choose the right foods to support a long, happy, and healthy life.

If you are new to this series and this podcast – and if you haven’t heard Dr. Li’s guest appearance on Nutrition Without Compromise, I encourage you to go back to episode 3, give that show a listen, and come right back here to this series. For your convenience the episodes are listed in our show notes for this episode – so if you’re listening to this show on your favorite podcast platform, you can go to the show notes, click the first link, and get started.

Outline of this week's coverage

00:00 Introduction

02:42 About this course, including a summary of the 5 health defenses

03:38 Week 2 - How Dr. Li eats

05:20 Examples of "Food Dosing"

07:43 What to eat - 10 distinct foods to make sure you get plenty of to support your body's 5 natural defenses

14:45 What not to eat - 3 food types to avoid at all costs.

15:50 Shopping for healthy food, methods and foods to choose

21:23 Are you ready to get cooking?

22:00 What weakens our health defenses? 12 things to avoid / minimize

Other Episodes In This Series:

Interview with Dr. William Li: https://orlonutrition.com/blogs/podcast/eat-to-beat-disease-how-your-body-can-heal-itself-with-the-right-nutrition-with-dr-william-w-li-physician-and-nyt-bestselling-author