Preparing for Pregnancy: How Should You Eat Before You Conceive?
How should you eat when preparing for pregnancy? Folate, iron, iodine, a healthy weight, caffeine and food safety: what to do before you conceive.
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How should you eat when preparing for pregnancy? Folate, iron, iodine, a healthy weight, caffeine and food safety: what to do before you conceive.
When appetite falls on a weight-loss injection, the risk of vitamin and mineral gaps rises. Food suggestions for iron, B12, vitamin D and calcium.
How can you lose weight safely while breastfeeding? Balanced eating suggestions from a dietitian that protect your milk supply and energy.
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Online pregnancy nutrition consultations in English, from preparing for pregnancy through each trimester to breastfeeding, alongside your obstetrician.
Online consultations in English for clients in Doha and across Qatar, in the same time zone as Istanbul: pregnancy nutrition, weight management and more.
Can you eat liver, kokorec, tripe, raw köfte, sucuk and pastirma in pregnancy? The risks of offal and raw meat, and safe rules for cooking meat.
How should you plan exercise on weight-loss injections, and what should you eat before and after? Balancing movement and nutrition to limit muscle loss.
Are there really foods that increase breast milk? The evidence on oats, fennel, fenugreek and dates, and how to eat well while breastfeeding.
What does low ferritin mean and what symptoms does it cause? Nutrition advice for supporting your iron stores, sample meals and points to watch.
Can you eat parsley in pregnancy, and why are parsley tea and cures not recommended? How to eat dill, rocket, mint and other fresh greens safely.
What are the symptoms of menopause, and how should you eat with hot flushes and weight gain? Nutrition advice for bone, heart and muscle health.
Can you drink green tea, chamomile, linden, mint and fennel tea in pregnancy? The caffeine limit, herbs to avoid and tips for drinking them safely.
What are weight-loss injections, how do semaglutide and tirzepatide work, and who might they suit? Side effects and the role of nutrition during treatment.
Can you eat dates during pregnancy, how many a day, and do they affect labour in the final weeks? Dates and portion advice for gestational diabetes.
What should blood sugar be in gestational diabetes, how is carbohydrate spread across the day and which foods suit? A nutrition guide with a sample day.
What is “Ozempic face” and why does it happen? Facial changes with rapid weight loss, nutrients that matter for skin, and the realistic role of nutrition.
Are there foods that help a baby gain weight in the womb? Factors that affect growth, key nutrients and common myths, from a dietitian's point of view.
How to eat to manage weight-loss injection side effects: practical tips for nausea, constipation, diarrhoea and tiredness, and signs that need a doctor.
What should you eat before a glucose test in pregnancy? Dietitian advice on keeping carbohydrate, fasting time, the test morning and eating afterwards.