Vegan pregnancy and neonatal nutrition

Vegan pregnancy and neonatal nutrition

Vegan pre-pregnancy nutrition

What you’ll learn

• Understanding the importance of a vegan healthy diet prior and during pregnancy.
• Understanding the importance of a healthy vegan diet to newborns.
• Understanding the nutrients that are important for vegan pregnancy and neonatal health.
• Understanding how your general health effects you and your baby.

Course Content

• Introduction –> 2 lectures • 9min.
• Vegan pre-pregnancy nutrition –> 1 lecture • 13min.
• Iron, B12, vitamin D, Calcium and Iodine –> 1 lecture • 6min.
• Protein, vitamin A, vitamin B2 and potassium –> 1 lecture • 10min.
• Zinc and salt –> 1 lecture • 2min.
• Neonatal vegan nutrition –> 1 lecture • 4min.
• Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 5min.

Requirements

Vegan pre-pregnancy nutrition

 

1. Understanding the importance of having a normal body mass index
2. Understanding the importance of folic acid, iron and B12
3. Understanding the importance of avoiding foods high in sugar and fat
4. Understanding sources of fat and sugar
5. Understanding how to avoid high amounts of fat and sugar
6. Understanding how increase folic acid, iron and B12 intake

 

Vegan pregnancy

 

1. Understanding the importance of key nutrients such as iron, B12, vitamin D, calcium and iodine
2. Understanding good sources of key nutrients
3. Understanding the importance of limiting salt, sugar and fat
4. Understanding sources of salt, sugar and fat

 

Neonatal vegan nutrition

 

1. Issues with breastfeeding and formula milk
2. Understand the importance of iron
3. Understand the importance of omega 3 and 6
4. Understanding good sources of iron and omega 3 and 6

Overall objectives

 

1. Understand how to create a food diary on cronometer
2. Understand how to increase your intake of key nutrients
3. Understand how to identify key nutrients that you are lacking in your diet
4. understand kcal intake and weight gain
5. Create aims on how to increase your intake of key nutrients in your diet
6. Create aims of how to reduce fat, sugar and salt in your diet
7. Create aims of how to lose weight