Missing Pregnancy Nutrients That Are Sabotaging Child Development

About this episode

Matt Blackburn discusses essential nutrients for pregnancy and their impact on child development.

By popular request after years of interviewing several different women and getting their perspectives on how to create healthy babies, I decided to create a solo show dedicated to the topic. While I don't talk about iron at all in this show, and several other nutrients and supplements that can support a healthy pregnancy, I highlight vitamin K2 and melatonin. I also talk about vitamin E and why fears about pregnant women supplementing it are unfounded, how I view the four fat soluble vitamins, the benefits of zinc for fetal development, and briefly touch on magnesium and shilajit. If you want to learn the science of why iron deficiency (low serum ferritin) can permanently cause brain damage to your child (I believe i'm in this category), check out episode number 337. I've helped two families here in northern Idaho create several healthy babies by supplementing all of the Mitolife products. The conventional health system combined with influencers with various agendas (usually the whole food supplement types) have really mudied the waters and confused a lot of mothers. In this show I aim to break the spell that many are under regarding fear around various supplements, specifically…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Blackburn

Topics covered

• pregnancy nutrition
• child development
• supplements
• vitamin K2
• melatonin
• zinc
• fat soluble vitamins

Keywords

• pregnancy
• nutrients
• vitamin K2
• melatonin
• zinc
• fat soluble vitamins
• child development
• supplements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mitolife, Mitolife products, www.matt-blackburn.com, www.mitolife.co, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.

Books & works: episode number 337

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