This was the diet that I ate during my pregnancy, and I’m still on the raw milk and cod liver oil, since I’m extended breastfeeding. The NHS do not recommend liver, which is high in vitamin A, so I was shocked to discover the poor advice that they give to pregnant ladies. However, I was taught in home economics and through examination that pregnant women HAD to receive liver in their diet, or I was marked down. These are the foods that Weston A Price recommends. Grace was my second pregnancy and first child and born at exactly 37 weeks and weighed 8lbs 4oz, precipitate labour with the birth exactly three hours.
Cod Liver Oil to supply 20,000 IU vitamin A and 2000 IU vitamin D per day, which is provided by 2 teaspoons high vitamin cod liver oil (Green Pasture brand).
1 quart (or 32 ounces) whole milk daily, preferably raw and from pasture-fed cows (learn more about raw milk on our website A Campaign for Real Milk, Fen Farm Dairy has delicious organic raw milk and they have a dairy club where you save save 20% off your order. They also sell raw butter. It’s free delivery over £48.
4 tablespoons butter daily, preferably from pasture-fed cows
2 or more eggs daily, preferably from pastured chickens
Additional egg yolks daily, added to smoothies, salad dressings, scrambled eggs, etc.
3-4 ounces fresh liver, once or twice per week (If you have been told to avoid liver for fear of getting “too much Vitamin A,” be sure to read Vitamin A Saga)
Fresh seafood, 2-4 times per week, particularly wild salmon, shellfish and fish eggs
Fresh beef or lamb daily, always consumed with the fat
Oily fish or lard daily, for vitamin D
2 tablespoons coconut oil daily, used in cooking or smoothies, etc.
Lacto-fermented condiments and beverages
Bone broths used in soups, stews and sauces
Fresh vegetables and fruits
AVOID:
- Trans fatty acids (e.g., hydrogenated oils)
- Junk foods
- Commercial fried foods
- Sugar
- White flour
- Soft drinks
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Cigarettes
- Drugs (even prescription drugs)
IMPORTANT WARNING: Cod liver oil contains substantial levels of omega-3 EPA, which can cause numerous health problems, such as hemorrhaging during the birth process, if not balanced by arachidonic acid (ARA), an omega-6 fatty acid found in liver, egg yolks and meat fats. Please do not add cod liver oil to a diet that is deficient in these important animal foods. It is important to follow our diet for pregnant mothers in its entirety, not just selected parts of it.
, which is provided by 2 teaspoons high vitamin cod liver oil (Green Pasture brand).