A fundamental difference between plants and animals is that animals have a brain. Mammals were able to increase brain size by developing 2 special adaptations that facilitate transfer of specific brain building nutrients during gestation via the placenta and after birth via the mammary glands. It’s important for mothers to nourish and replenish their bodies before, during and after pregnancy because it is only the females that must “build a brain from scratch”. This talk will cover superfoods, suspect foods and supplements that promote wellness in mothers and babies by restocking maternal body stores (the pantry). The biology of morning sickness, why women have curves and the facts of fictions of prenatal vitamins are discussed.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Describe the physiologic changes that occur during female development that prepare her body for childbearing.
Objective 2: Explain why human milk is uniquely “brain juice”.
Objective 3:Identify foods and supplements that nourish and replenish mother’s body.
Objective 4:Clarify the misconception of eating for two.
Objective 5:Discuss the differences between cost and value and why maternal nourishment is a serious public health concern.
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