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Eat for Life: Preconception through Permimenopause with Torie Borelli Hall

Eat for Life: Preconception through Permimenopause with Torie Borelli Hall

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We talk about nutrition quite a bit on Health Youniversity, because what we eat influences so many aspects of our health, including fertility, pregnancy, postpartum recovery and the hormonal changes that come later in life. But knowing that nutrition matters and knowing what to put on your plate every day are two different things. I wanted to get into the specifics of which foods provide the nutrients we need and how to make those foods part of everyday family meals.My guest, Torie Borrelli Hall, is a functional nutritionist, founder of The Vida Well and author of Eating for Life: A Holistic Cookbook for Pregnancy and a Thriving Family. She has worked in nutrition for nearly 20 years, helping women with fertility, pregnancy, postpartum health, hormonal concerns and autoimmune conditions. Her interest in reproductive health became especially personal through her own experience with pregnancy loss and trying to conceive again.Torie was 15 weeks pregnant when she went to an ultrasound appointment, without her husband, and learned that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. After her miscarriage, it took another year to conceive. On the very day she became pregnant again, although she didn't know it yet, she attended an IVF consultation where she was told that her AMH was 0.003 and that she had only a 3% chance of conceiving naturally. The following day, she had a positive pregnancy test.Having experienced a loss, Torie found herself approaching her next pregnancy with considerable anxiety, checking her progesterone and hCG levels weekly. During that time, she began looking closely at prenatal vitamins and thinking about how many of those nutrients could also come from food. That curiosity eventually grew into her cookbook, which contains 120 recipes organized around nutrients and nutrient-dense ingredients, including bone broth, egg yolks, organ meats and other traditional foods that have largely disappeared from many American kitchens.We spent time discussing how these foods can support women through different stages of reproductive life and why the nutritional needs of pregnancy deserve more attention than simply taking a prenatal vitamin. Torie wrote the book over two pregnancies with her co-author, chef and food photographer Eric Wolfinger, who was also doing much of the cooking at home while his wife was expecting.Another part of our conversation focused on environmental exposures, something I address regularly with my fertility patients. We looked at everyday products, including laundry detergent, bedding, toothpaste and canned beverages, and talked about making informed choices without becoming overwhelmed by everything we encounter in our homes. We also discussed functional testing, when additional investigation may be useful, and the importance of considering sperm health as part of preconception preparation.One of the more personal moments in our conversation came when Torie recalled asking her midwife what she had done wrong after her miscarriage. Her midwife reassured her that she hadn't caused the loss. I think that's particularly important for women to hear, because it's so common to look back at everything you ate, did or didn't do and wonder whether something could have changed the outcome. We can take meaningful steps to support our health before pregnancy while recognizing that many pregnancy losses occur for reasons outside anyone's control.I especially enjoyed the practical part of our conversation. Torie shared how she prepares proteins in batches, turns a roast chicken into several meals and introduces her children to foods such as pâté and clams. Her four-year-old even makes the family salad each evening. We talked about how to involve children in preparing food, how to make nutrient-dense meals manageable when you're pregnant or caring for young children, and ways to work with picky eaters without making every meal a struggle.These are the kinds of habits that can continue serving a family long after pregnancy. The principles we discussed, including adequate protein, nutrient-rich foods, blood sugar balance and reducing unnecessary environmental exposures, remain relevant as women move through perimenopause and beyond. Nutritional needs change with age and life circumstances, but learning to prepare and enjoy nourishing food is something we can carry through every stage.This episode may be especially helpful if you are:Trying to conceive naturally or preparing for IVF or embryo transfer and want more specific guidance about nutritionPregnant after a loss and looking for practical ways to support your healthIn your first trimester and finding it difficult to eat wellPregnant or postpartum while also feeding young children and managing a busy householdConcerned about blood sugar balance or gestational diabetesLooking for ways to introduce more nutrient-dense foods to picky eatersInterested in how nutrition supports hormonal and metabolic health through perimenopause and beyondMy hope ...
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