The first 1000 days of life are critical for the health of your children, turns out it starts well before you are in fact pregnant!
The 3-6 months before you conceive your child are an important time to set-up positive diet and lifestyle habits that will support you and your baby throughout pregnancy and those first few years.
Plus, you don’t want to be on the backfoot with a nutritional deficiency heading into pregnancy where your requirements for key nutrients such as folate, iron and iodine are on the rise.
So, what are the 8 essential nutrients to prioritise during the pre-conception period?
8 essential nutrients for pre-conception
Folate
Folate (or folic acid in supplement form) is essential to promote healthy development of your baby’s neural tube (brain and spinal cord) which starts to form often before you even get a positive pregnancy test! Folate can be found in lentils,… Read the rest