This course explores the relationship between nutrition and health and the impact diet has on a woman’s reproductive health, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and lactation. Topics covered include an in-depth study of the physiology of digestion, assimilation, and GI health; basic nutritional principles relevant to all humans; specific unique nutritional needs of the pregnant and lactating woman; nutrients and their sources; special dietary needs and choices including food allergies and sensitivities and vegan and vegetarian diets; signs of nutrient deficiencies and PICA; and nutritional evaluation.
- Teacher: Jordan Walker