Preconception Nutrition for Fertility and Pregnancy with Lily Nichols
Hormone Puzzle Podcast - Fertility, Hormones, & Women's Health
Release Date: 04/21/2026
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info_outlineIn episode #435 of The Hormone Puzzle Podcast, our guest, Lily Nichols, talks about Preconception Nutrition for Fertility and Pregnancy.
More about Lily Nichols:
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and sensible. She is the founder of the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition®, co-founder of the Women’s Health Nutrition Academy, and the author of three books: Real Food for Fertility (co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack), Real Food for Pregnancy, and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily’s bestselling books have helped hundreds of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com
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