>Date: Thurs, 5 Aug 1999 22:24:40 +0200
>From: Rachel Matesz <[log in to unmask]
Subject: Paleo-pregnancy
Re: Have any studies been done on paleo-pregnancies? Women following a
paleo WOL
>during their pregnancy.
For: Maria Tomashefsky-Dugan and others. Are you serious? We don't need
any studies!!!! We have 2 1/2 million years of evidence that a Paleo diet
can support reproduction. How on earth do you think we got here? The PWOE
and PWOL isn't new. It's not a fad....it's the longest practiced WOL and
WOE on the planet. Every heard of a 2 million year old fad? Whatever we
modern people have been doing, it's a blink of an eye, a few minutes, if
that, in the context of a 24 hour block of time.
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>I am wondering whether being Paleo will allow a pregnant woman to gain only
>the necessary amount of weight to sustain a healthy fetus (regardless of the
>amount of paleo food easted), not the 40 - 80 pounds that the women around me
>are gaining during their pregnancies.
Most women use pregnancy as an excuse to "eat for two" when they really need
only about 300-400 extra calories. FYI: one handful of nuts = about 1/2
cup = 400 calories! Of course her nutrient needs go through the roof. A
Paleo diet is ideal--it cuts out the nutrient poor foods (bread, pasta,
rice, cold and hot cereals, cookies, ice cream, soda, candy, chips, etc.)
and replaces them with nutrient dense foods: eggs, fish, fowl, meat, organ
meats, fibrous leafy green and bright orange veggies, fresh fruits, nuts,
seeds, and other friendly fats. How much weight you gain will depend on
what selections you make and how much you choose to eat. It's not true that
everyone loses weight like crazy or is always famished on a Paleo diet......
personally, I can put on fat very easily if I eat too many nuts, seeds, nut
butters, too much coconut milk, too much of any kind of fat, whether it's
paired with fruit or not.
Most women gain way too much weight then have a heck of a time losing
it....prolonged breast feeding helps but if the mother's diet contains too
much carbohydrate and too little protein and EFA's she may struggle to lose
post pregnancy weight... A woman can be trim, post pregnancy, and produce
enough EFA rich milk if she eats right, so there's no need to turn into the
good year blimp when you're pregnant if you eat the diet HUMAN's are
designed to eat at all stages in the life process.
And what about cravings? Cravings are like a stray cat. Feed 'em and they
just keep hanging around.... ignore 'em and they'll just go somewhere else.
I wrote a whole article on this too.... E-mail me if you want me to send it
your way later this week. Don't torture yourself by restimulating desires
for unwholesome foods. You can decide not to eat certain things (I was a
vegan for 9 years; haven't drunk soda or eaten in a fast food eatery in 14
years....) then just stick to your guns. Cravings are passing fancies.....
ever see a really good looking man? (B esides your husband, I mean!!) If
your're married, you know that you don't have to indulge every thought that
passes through your mind. It's the same with food! Impulse control.
Impulse control.
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Well, my e-mail time's up for today. Must get some real work done, fun as
this is......
Rachel
P.S. If anyone what's to know the nutritional factors that can impair a
woman's ability to produce sufficient milk, let me know. I'll post it
Friday or Saturday.....
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