E16: How Your Gut Health Affects Your Pregnancy

Written By Maya Bach

Australian-based vegan dietitian, Courtney Myers joins Maya to debunk gut health myths from probiotics to food intolerances.

Listen in for tips to reduce the gas in beans, identify your food sensitivities, and know what red flags to watch for on nutrition labels.

Courtney and Maya cover:

  • Should you avoid gluten if you don't have a gluten intolerance?

  • Can you eat too many carbs during your vegan pregnancy?

  • Do you need a probiotic during your pregnancy?

Don't miss this vegan MythBusters episode!

About Courtney:

Courtney Myers is a vegan dietitian based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. She sees clients online for one-on-one consultations to give them the information and help they need to eat a nutritionally adequate vegan diet, so they can maintain the lifestyle long-term!

Connect with Courtney:

Website: Nourished By Plants
Instagram: @nourished.byplants

Connect with Maya:
Website: The Vegan Pregnancy Collective
Instagram: @vegan.prenatal.nutrition

 

Transcript

 

Hi friends! Welcome to the Vegan Pregnancy Podcast. I'm your host, Maya Bach, prenatal dietitian, fellow vegan, and founder of the Vegan Pregnancy Collective. From food to fitness, you'll hear from vegan moms to be just like you and other healthcare professionals. The goal is to empower, support, and inspire you as you navigate your vegan pregnancy

You are not alone in your decision to have a healthy baby without eating animal products. It's designed to give you the tools, the support, nutrient calculators, guides, recipes, and most of all, there's a community of like-minded women here for you. Thanks so much for listening to today's episode. If you're ready to go from feeling concerned to confident as a vegan mom-to-be, send me a DM I'm on Instagram @vegan.prenatal.nutrition

I'd love to hear from you and we can chat more and see if the Vegan Pregnancy Collective is for you. Remember, you're not in this alone. If you enjoy today's episode, share it with a friend and subscribe to the Vegan Pregnancy Podcast to get notified when new episodes are released.

Maya Bach

Whether you want to lose weight, manage PCOS symptoms, plan for pregnancy, or improve your relationship with food, you get a meal plan and partner to help you meet your goals.

As a plant-based dietitian nutritionist in Chicago and Miami, I believe that consistency, positive support, and accountability are key to helping make healthy behavior changes.

Animal lover, plant-based foodie, and pilates enthusiast, I’m passionate about helping you go from confused to confident. So you can stop dieting and finally feel good about and in your body

xo, Maya

https://www.mayabach.com
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