During pregnancy, it’s extremely common to feel tired during the first trimester and those pesky hormones can leave you feeling exhausted and emotional. Combine that with morning sickness and an aversion to anything that resembles a vegetable and it will wreak havoc on your energy levels
Author: The Pregnancy Pantry
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Nutrition and the Immune System – How Does Our Immune System Protect Us?
Our immune system protects us against bacteria, viruses, and other disease-causing organisms. It is an efficient, complex defence system shielding us against disease and is on constant high alert on a mission to search and destroy any potentially harmful organisms from invading.
Do I need to supplement Choline when pregnant & plant based?
Choline is an essential nutrient in our foods. When we use the term essential, it basically means that the body is unable to produce something by itself and we therefore need to source it from our diet or by supplementation. Although widely distributed in the diet, choline is absent from most prenatal vitamins currently on the market, and less than ten percent of pregnant women achieve target intake levels.
The Best Lemon & Berry Vegan Cheesecake
This cheesecake is on a totally different level. Despite being called a ‘cheesecake’ no cheese curd, soft cheese, eggs or cream were hurt in the making and thankfully the typical crust made with crushed digestive biscuits and butter doesn’t make an appearance. What does make an appearance is a list of ingredients that contain such an abundance of plant based healthiness that you’ll be hard pressed to categorise this dish as ‘dessert’
Healthy Vegan Brownies
These are quite simply the tastiest, healthiest, chocolaty vegan brownies you’ll ever try. Plus I bet you can’t guess the secret ingredient.
Spicy Cauliflower and Chickpea Rice Bowl
Cauliflower can be eaten raw, steamed, blended in a soup, mashed, roasted whole for a vegetarian Sunday Roast or added as a main ingredient for the tastiest vegan curry. Plus; If you haven’t yet tried cauliflower buffalo wings – you’re missing a trick.
Are Soy Products Safe during Pregnancy?
Now that you’re pregnant, you might be wondering if including soy in your diet is safe for you and your growing baby and scrolling through countless search engines trying to find an answer that isn’t shrouded in conflicting information is hard to do.. am i right?
Good Fats Versus Bad Fats
As oxymoronic as it sounds, there are actually good fats—the unsaturated kind that help fight the very diseases that consuming excess fat was said to cause.
How to ensure you get your Calcium when you don’t eat dairy.
Dairy is the richest source of calcium, however by switching to alternative sources during a vegan pregnancy you can ensure you still get the right amount
Which plant based milks have the best nutritional value?
Remember the days when the only milk you had to choose from was skimmed, semi skimmed or full fat and a bloated, gurgling stomach and regular trips to the toilet were just part of the norm?
Well, thankfully those days are long gone my friend.
Green Glowing Smoothie
This Green Glowing Smoothie also has an abundance of Vitamin C which helps build up your resistance to infection, is important in the formation and support of healthy tissue and cells and is important in healing wounds and fractures of bones. It also helps in the absorption of iron.
Super Easy & Healthy Pancake Recipes
There’s something super indulgent about pancakes for breakfast and when they’re this good and healthy you’ll want to eat them everyday. Stack em, fold em, drizzle them in maple syrup! I could go on and on…