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Ever wanted to understand more about how Chinese medicine views fertility and how it might be able to support you? Yes - then, read on. The incredibly talented Andrea Murphy, Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, has put together this informative and easy to understand piece for you.

Everyone chooses their model of care based on different priorities. Experienced midwife Emily Biggs takes you through some of the key questions to ask yourself before you start your search for a caregiver and/or model of care for your pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Eat for You encourages you eat well. Your body is resourceful and clever - it will get everything it can out of everything you eat, and if you are on a pregnancy journey it will use those nutrients to build your baby. Learn more about the secret adaptations of your body during pregnancy.

Another miracle of female physiology, nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, is an insurance policy for our babies during early pregnancy, but it can come with a pretty heavy toll for women. Learn why nausea and vomiting is an important part of the early pregnancy experience.

Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy can be hard going. Here we explore some symptom relievers you might like to try that are low risk and evidence based.

Dr H has a real bee in her bonnet about the widespread use and recommendation of folic acid supplements for all reproductive age women, when it is very possible to achieve your folate needs from food.
To show you just how easy it is, she whipped up this breakfast (and took the photo!) that provides ~627mcg of folate / serve.
She really wants you all to have it, now, so here it is, in a blog, not waiting for an update of our e-book!

A script to change the folate / folic acid discussion for care providers. Try it. See how it fits. We'd love to hear if you use it! hello@eatforyou.com.au

The fine print around folic acid is enough to give anyone pause, so why aren't we talking about these risks. Dive in to learn more.

We dare to dive in to the folate / folic acid space. Spoiler alert, no, folate and folic acid are not the same thing. Folate comes from plants, folic acid comes from the laboratory.

The food landscape has changed - we want to change it again - back to celebrating mother natures food bounty, as it is, not dishonouring it with over processing. There is so much good that comes from conscious eating of clean, raw, minimally processed whole foods. These are some of the fundamentals that our mothers shared with us. Enjoy.

Eat for You respects everyone's right to choose the type of diet they ascribe to. And it’s ok if you don’t have a label for how you eat, we generally take the ‘we eat real whole food’ approach. 

The Eat for You fundamentals for good food and health. They are simple. And they will help you and your family thrive.