N O U R I S H

RESOURCES

READING

recommendned reading by subject…

PERINATAL NUTRITION

Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of optimal prenatal nutrition

Real Food for Gestational Diabetes

by Lily Nichols

BOOKS FOCUSED ON POSTPARTUM NUTRITION

Primary Recommendations

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

by Heng Ou with Amely Greeven and Marisa Belger

The Postpartum Recovery Program

by Dr. Lia Andrews, DAOM, L.Ac.

Touching Heaven, Tonic Postpartum Care with Ayurveda (an e-book)

by Ysha Oakes, LMT, Ayurvedic Cook and AyuDoula

Nourished Mama at Kitchen Curandera (a free resource, click below)

by Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz and Andrea Ruizquez

Secondary Recommendations

Postpartum Nutrition: Eating for Postpartum Healing, Breastfeeding and Reducing the Risk of Postpartum Depression

by Crystal Bossola

(Good for more specific nutritional info)

BOOKS FOCUSED ON POSTPARTUM HEALING

Natural Health After Birth: The complete Guide to Postpartum Wellness

by Aviva Jill Romm

includes postpartum herbalism practices

A Taste of Our Own Medicine:

3 Vital Keys to Ending Postnatal Depletion, Nurturing Mothers and Improving Communities

by Danett C. Bean, DAAM

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide

by Kimberly Ann Johnson

Includes some basic information on Ayurveda and TCM

BOOKS ON THE PRENATAL & POSTNATAL PERIOD PERIOD

Nurture

by Erica Chidi, Birth + Postpartum Doula, Founder and CEO of LOOM

The Natural Pregnancy Book

by Aviva Jill Romm

Like A Mother

by Angela Garbes

BEYOND PERINATAL HEATH

The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism

By Karen Rose

Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life

by Dr. Claudia Welch, MSOM

Earth Medicines: Ancestral Wisdom, Healing Recipes and Wellness Rituals from a Curandera

By Felicia Coctizin Ruiz

Ayurveda: A Life of Balance - The complete guide to Ayurvedic Nutrition & Body Types with recipes

by Maya Tiwari

Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing

by Usha Lad & Dr. Vasant Lad

What To Eat for How You Feel

by Divya Atlar

Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

by Rupa Marya & Raj Patel

MISC. RESOURCES

PANTRY

GHEE

Ancient Organics

Maha Ghee

SPICES

BROTHS

BRODO (FROZEN)

BONAFIDE PROVISIONS (FROZEN)

KETTLE & FIRE BONE BROTH (BOXES)

GRAINS

OILS

Your local butcher

SEEDS & NUTS

Pure Food for Better Health (SPROUTED, RAW & ORGANIC ALMONDS & WALNUTS)

Heron Fox Farm (UNPASTURIZED/RAW)

Ulli’s Oil Mill (SEED PROTEIN POWDERS)

GEAR

GLASS FOOD STORAGE

6pc sets

11 cup (rectangular ones optimize space in most refrigerators)

OXO containers (I like the 8 cup)

Small containers for sauces and salad dressings

Half Gallon Mason Jars, 64oz (for teas and broths)

Wide-mouthed Quart sized Mason Jars, 32 oz

Wide-mouthed 16oz jars (for freezing singular portions)

COOKWARE & CLEAN UP

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