Your Pregnancy Diet Can Double Your Baby's Diabetes Risk | Jessie Inchauspé

Did you know that the nutrients you eat or lack of nutrients you eat while you're pregnant, ladies, directly impacts the brain development and the nervous system of your kids? Guys, ladies, if you're about to have kids, this is a must-watch, a must-listen to episode on what you should be eating to set up your future kids' lives for success. Let's go ahead and dive in. I think there's an issue with the societal myth that when you're pregnant, you're gonna gain weight anyway, therefore you should eat as much as you want and eat for two. There's an issue with this belief that's perpetuated in society that pregnancy is the time to eat whatever the heck you want because you're gonna get fat anyway.

It's really backwards. Actually pregnancy is a moment where I believe we need to be extra aware and extra educated about what we're eating because everything you eat when you're pregnant goes straight to your baby's bloodstream. Known around the world as the glucose goddess, and she is a biochemist, a best-selling author, and one of the most influential voices in modern nutrition education. Jessie, welcome back to the school of greatness. Some studies done on animals are suggesting that during pregnancy your brain gets more pleasure from sugar than when you're not pregnant.

So it intensifies sugar cravings. And of course, would it be better to have zero sugar during pregnancy? Of course. Is that realistic? Absolutely not.

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