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[quote=Anonymous]People need to get over the Wisdom diet already. It's not like this elite club that people will kick you out of if you eat a cupcake. They want you to be healthy. If all you can stomach is Wonderbread fluffernutters, it's better than not eating anything at all.

By excellent health they mean they don't want to start out with having to worry about complications from things like hypertension, diabetes, etc. You can be overweight if you are also healthy. But they will probably tell you to watch it with the weight gain. Because they want you to stay healthy.

I've had zero conversations about what I've been eating since I've been with the practice. I'm of average weight, average fitness level, etc. I'm mindful about what I eat generally because junkfood makes me feel like crap even when I'm not pregnant. And I'm even more prone now to the blood sugar swings associated with a high-crap diet. That said, I don't eat "perfectly" because pregnancy, even at 20 weeks, has completely altered what I want to eat and how I eat, and I still don't always relish the idea of a bowl full of broccoli.

But I do try to eat it anyhow. Why? Look, if you're pregnant and you want good outcomes, a natural birth, a healthy baby, a springy vagina, etc, you are better off eating food that is nutrient-dense and anti-inflammatory. It's just that simple. Your body is already taxed, immunosupressed, etc. Taxing it more by making it process a bunch of crap, fight inflammation from shitty food is just going to cause you problems, vitamin deficiencies, gestational diabetes, etc.

You are what you eat. Your baby is too. So stop whining that Whitney et al tells you to put down the McDonald's.

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