How to Get Enough Protein Without Eating Meat While Pregnant
Protein requirements change significantly during pregnancy. People tend to perceive meat as the primary dietary source of protein but there are a variety of other, healthier options. More and more pregnant women are considering alternative diets due to the recent surge in nutrition research and education Pregnant women who do not consume meat can reach […]
How to Battle Morning Sickness with a Plant-based Diet: + Recipes
It can be rather difficult searching for foods and recipes that don’t make you nauseous during the first trimester, or sometimes even throughout pregnancy. This can be particularly frustrating with the increased feelings of hunger brought about by pregnancy. In most cases, symptoms of morning sickness can successfully be reduced by consuming a diet rich […]
Healthy Vegan Pregnancy: Tasty Snack Recipes with Essential Nutrients
Your daily dietary intakes require additional attention and planning during pregnancy, particularly if you are following a vegan diet. I was able to implement a number of helpful nutrition strategies during my recent pregnancy to assist with the nuanced vegan nourishment. Meeting the increased nutrition requirements during pregnancy is completely obtainable on a healthy vegan […]
How to Lose the Baby Weight with a Plant-based, Vegan Diet
Throughout my pregnancy, I had been concerned with how, or if, I was going to be able to shed the baby weight following birth. Thankfully, I was able to follow my whole-food plant-based diet plan carefully throughout the majority of my pregnancy and the weight was gone by the time I returned home from the […]
Plant-based Pregnancy: Insider How-tos, Benefits, & Myths
A woman’s diet becomes more important during gestation than at any other time in her life. I had been embracing the plant-based lifestyle for three years prior to my pregnancy. I knew it was the right diet for me but was it the right diet for the new life growing inside of me? In this […]
Is it Really Healthy or Safe to Feed Your Baby Cow’s Milk?
Part of our job as parents is to provide our kiddos with the best start in life. In order for them to succeed and grow up healthy, we need to spend time combing through the available online information. I found this task to be particularly cumbersome with all the contradictory information about whether or not […]
Breastfeeding on a Plant-based or Vegan Diet: Insider Tips
First off, if you are a breastfeeding mama, or planning on breastfeeding in the near future, I would like to congratulate you! Breastfeeding is the single most important decision you can make for your precious bundle of joy. Now, deciding to eat plant-based during your breastfeeding journey may just be your second greatest decision! Mothers […]
A Full Guide to Safely Raising a Vegan or Plant-based Baby
As a plant-based Mama, I naturally want to incorporate the healthy meals I make for myself into my child’s diet as smoothly and as safe as possible. I did some research on plant-based eating throughout the life cycle, beginning with infancy, to ensure my daughter would obtain all her nutrients from the plant foods in […]