Prenatal nutrition is the foundation of life and everyone deserves a healthy and happy start.
About Ryann, Author of The Feel-Good Pregnancy Cookbook
I help women who are planning a pregnancy, currently pregnant, or recently postpartum reach optimum health during these significant and emotional periods of life.
My goal is to help every woman I can have a Feel-Good pregnancy by providing science-based recommendations, using real food nutrition principles, and creating simple, tasty meal ideas.
Working with Ryann has been super easy and enjoyable! My partner and I had been TTC for about 5 months before I found Ryann on Instagram. Her recommendations and lifestyle changes have been super helpful and it has been an easy adjustment. Also, learning how to add in different types of nutrients through different foods has been very eye opening. I have struggled my entire life with my weight (constant ups and downs) so learning how to have a balanced lifestyle has been super helpful, especially a lifestyle that will hopefully soon benefit both myself and baby. I have a severe dairy and egg allergy and Ryann has gone above and beyond working around it (which has always been a super struggle with all those cookie cutter meal plans out there). Ryann is so sweet and has always answered all of my questions. I would definitely recommend her if you are looking to enhance your life and live a healthy lifestyle for you and your baby!
Ryann is extremely knowledgeable in regards to nutrition, especially for pre-pregnancy and pregnancy nutrition. I am always impressed that she uses studies to back up her information and is very up to date on current findings. She makes you feel very confident going into pregnancy knowing you’re giving your next two generations optimal nutrition!
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![Research was recently published putting the recommendations on caffeine intake during pregnancy from ACOG and WHO to the test.
Should the 200-300 mg of caffeine "safety net" during pregnancy be changed to complete avoidance??
I spent a semester in college doing this same research and revisited the research recently.
Coffee, tea, soda, and chocolate are all extremely popular worldwide, some more popular in certain countries which is why we DO have thousands of studies on caffeine use during pregnancy. It would actually take years to sift through all the data, truly, it's quite nuts! For every study that says there is an association there is one that says there is no association.
As I went through the recent published study and other similar meta-analysis's these are the notes I took:
- High amounts of caffeine do increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as miscarriage, low birth weight, small for gestational age, and stillbirth
- The 1st trimester is the most vulnerable time, but is usually coupled with nausea which typically reducing caffeine consumption, if not, the avoidance of caffeine during this time may be wise
- The half-life of caffeine increases in the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy meaning it takes longer to clear from your “system”
- Caffeine avoidance may be wise for those who are already considered "high-risk" during pregnancy
- We still can’t determine causation, i.e. caffeine intake causes low birth weight, stillbirth, miscarriage, etc.
- Conclusive data in rats suggests the human equivalent of 7 cups of coffee per day causes low birth weight
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