CR and preparing for pregnancy

[Erin Devereux]

Does anyone have any experience or advice on doing CR before but not while trying to conceive? At the moment I have weight I'd like to lose, and of course I'd like to eat a very nutrient dense diet. Are there any particular foods/nutrients you would advise taking? I currently eat something like Eat to Live combined with Deep Nutrition. I supplement with Thorne Prenatal, Carlson Cod liver oil, choline and inositol. I'm planning this about a year in advance, I already have two healthy children aged two and four. Thank you.

[mccoy]

On 10/5/2019 at 6:05 AM, Erin Devereux said:

At the moment I have weight I'd like to lose, and of course I'd like to eat a very nutrient dense diet.

My obvious suggestion, which is not pre-pregnancy-specific, would be to use cronometer and try to cut calories while keeping all essential amminoacids, vitamins and minerals well above 100% AI or RI. That constitutes an interesting optimization scheme and I really see no other way to practice CR-ON if you're not a consumed veteran of it.

Supplementation may be necessary, especially for some nutrients. Watch out for and eventually correct any potential deficiencies in vitamin D levels, Rhonda Patrick warned pregnant women on that. By the way, she described her supplementation during her recent pregnancy, that's always useful to study carefully.

You may just google 

rhonda patrick + pregnancy

 

On 10/5/2019 at 6:05 AM, Erin Devereux said:

Does anyone have any experience or advice on doing CR before but not while trying to conceive?

It's good that you wrote that second part I emphasyzed. We all know that pregnancy is one of those few instances where caloric abundance is a must.