Real Food for Fertility with Lily Nichols, RDN CDE

Today midwife Sarah interviews Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE about her new book, "Real Food for Fertility". Lily and Sarah talk all about the importance of protein for fertility, maximizing pre-conception nutritional intake, and how to avoid some of the common misconceptions and mistakes of the preconception period.

Key Takeaways

• Sarah talks with registered dietitian Lily Nichols about her book Real Food for Fertility.
• They discuss the importance of protein for fertility and making the most of nutrition before conception.
• Lily also covers common misconceptions and mistakes people make during the preconception period.

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and sensible. She is the founder of the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition®, co-founder of the Women's Health Nutrition Academy, and the author of three books: Real Food for Fertility (co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack), Real Food for Pregnancy, and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily's bestselling books have helped tens of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com and you can find her on Instagram (@lilynicholsrdn).