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Are You a Veggie-Mama?
Tips for a Successful Vegetarian Pregnancy
By Melanie Wilson
Further evidence shows that pesticide and mercury consumption from eating certain types of fish may be unsafe during pregnancy. "Several studies have found markedly higher levels of pesticides in breast milk of women who eat meat and fish, especially fatty fish," says Dr. Reed Mangels of the Vegetarian Resource Group. "We don't really know what effect these pesticides have on pregnancy. The FDA has issued an advisory calling for pregnant women to avoid shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish."
"When a pregnant American woman thinks about adding calcium to her body, she automatically thinks she needs to drink more milk," says Dr. John McDougall, author of The McDougall Program for Women. "Yet, after they are weaned from their mothers, billions of women worldwide consume no milk and produce perfectly healthy and strong children."
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