#371 Preconception & Fertility Nutrition with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE

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This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I’m thrilled to have Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, back with us! Lily, a prenatal nutrition expert, shares her journey from the California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program to authoring Real Food for Gestational Diabetes and Real Food for Pregnancy. We discuss how outdated prenatal guidelines need updating and why preconception nutrition matters for both men and women.

Lily also introduces her latest book, Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, highlighting nutrient-dense foods for boosting fertility and debunking myths about fats and animal proteins. Lily’s evidence-based, myth-busting approach is a refreshing take on nourishing your body for pregnancy and beyond!

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Why conventional guidelines for gestational diabetes often fail, and what actually helps with blood sugar control
• How preconception nutrition for both men and women affects fertility and pregnancy
• The benefits of nutrient-dense foods like liver, meat, and seafood for hormone health and egg/sperm quality
• The role of environmental toxins in fertility and simple steps to minimize exposure
• Why fats and animal proteins are essential for healthy pregnancies
• How myths around prenatal nutrition can hurt rather than help

Find Lily's books here: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/books/

Lily's other episodes on the LSL:
#031 Do you really need to eat for 2? 3 myths in prenatal nutrition & how to have a healthy pregnancy and postpartum experience with Real Food for Pregnancy Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE
#204 Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols, RDN

ABOUT GUEST:
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the founder of the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition™, co-founder of the Women’s Health Nutrition Academy, and the author of three books: Real Food for Fertility (co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack), Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily’s bestselling books have helped tens of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com.

WHERE TO FIND:
Website: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilynicholsrdn/

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NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY:

• Over restriction is dead
• Whole food is soul food and fed is best
• Sustainable, synergistic nutrition is in (the opposite of whack-a-mole supplementation & supplement graveyards)
• You don’t have to figure it out alone
• Do your best and leave the rest