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News and Views (0:56)
Sarah is working on submitting her book and getting it off to the printer
Stacy's favorite person in paleo, and long-time guest on The Paleo View (episode 42 and 109), is here as a guest on this week's show - welcome Danielle Walker!
Danielle had a baby recently and will be helping to answer a number of questions related to pregnancy, newborns, and breastfeeding
You can find more on Danielle on her site, Against All Grain, she has a popular YouTube channel, and is a New York Times Bestselling Author of Against All Grain and Meals Made Simple - and she is currently working on a third book
What brought Danielle to blogging
Danielle's number one job is being a mom, find out more about her kids here
The difference in Danielle's pregnancies
Fulfilling pregnancy cravings in a way that supports your health, but also makes you feel normal
Why people experience a shift in the immune system when they are pregnant - some experience a remission and others experience flairs, with the most major immune system shift happening when the baby weans
How Danielle is managing her health during the postpartum phase to reduce the possibility of an autoimmune flair
Sarah's recommendations on how to reduce the risk of a flair postpartum
Uber focus on nutrient density - how and why the immune system is a nutrient gas guzzler, with the immune regulator being the most sensitive to nutrient deficiencies
Get a lot of sleep - let go of perfection, and focus on basic needs
Activity is great, but prioritize sleep
Be aware of stress levels and triggers
Danielle's protocol when she notices a flair
Creating a personal list of foods that are automatic no items that cause issues, and the role that a food journal can play in helping you identify your problematic foods
Milk production shifts around the 6 week marker and what is happening at a hormonal level that impacts that change in milk supply
What Stacy experienced with her food intolerances while breastfeeding her boys and how that led her to elimination dieting
Getting Calcium from Non-Dairy Sources (34:09)
There is calcium in other foods, and in fact more absorbable calcium in other foods than the calcium in dairy - we absorb a much higher percentage of calcium from cruciferous vegetables than we do from the calcium in diary
We need calcium to make breastmilk
There is a collection of studies that looked at dairy consumption and long-term bone health and there is actually no correlation between dairy intake and bone health, if anything there is a slight negative correlation
One study shows that the more dairy you consume the more likely you are to have bone health problems
Studies show that the most important diet factor to bone health is vegetable consumption
One of Stacy's favorite soup recipes is Danielle's Chicken and Vegetable Soup, which she finds as a convenient way to get vegetables and bone broth in
What Danielle has noticed with the foods she is eating and how those impact Easton through breastmilk
Supplementing Easton with a probiotic
Checkout kellymom.com for great factual information on breastfeeding, and for community and support with all things lactation
How and why antibodies from mom cross into breastmilk
When you are nursing, your body will prioritize the food source for your child - your body will essentially take the nutrients you are not getting enough of from your reserves and pass them along to your child
Top Foods Nursing Moms Should Eat (52:20)
Protein
Mineral rich foods (organ meats and vegetables like cruciferous vegetables)
Vitamin D (fish and shellfish; pastured raised animals; grass-fed dairy; time out in the sun)
Vitamin A (liver, egg yolks)
Antioxidants (organ meat, high quality meats, lots of vegetables)
How to get 5 servings of vegetables a day to optimize health
As long as you are getting adequate animals foods and then piling on the vegetables, that is the best case scenario for your health
Danielle's tips for incorporating healthy foods and healthy habits
Making soup and adding in vegetables
Putting vegetables in smoothies and adding collagen (Stacy adds Vital Proteins)
Prepping ahead and using the crockpot, see this post for Danielle's recommended prep ahead recipes
Accepting help
More from Danielle on how she is doing and feeling being in the newborn stage
Thank you so much Danielle for coming back on The Paleo View - and congratulations on Easton's arrival and thank you for being such a positive role model to so many in the community
Be sure to find Danielle and all of her social media channels on her site HERE
Thanks everyone for listening!
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