Welcome to the R.U. Menstrual podcast where we dive deep into all things women's health to support you on your healing journey.

I'm Amanda Montalbo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD.

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Okay, we have our episode on mineral shifts in pregnancy. I'm excited to talk about this today.

I'm going to be talking about certain minerals

that shift, you know, they increase, some minerals decrease naturally and what that looks like,

why it happens, how to support, like, healthy levels of those. And then I'm going to get into

mineral needs that do increase and just minerals that you want to keep an eye on and things that

I typically get questions about,

like calcium, things like that. So I'm going to dig into all of that. Just remember, like,

all my episodes, this is for informational and educational purposes only. And I hope that you learn something. Just make sure you talk with your provider before you implement anything,

because you never know if it's a good fit for you, depending on your health history, and we just want to be careful.

So that's my only ask.

If you're watching the YouTube version of this and you're like,

Amanda, why is your face like a little bit red?

It's because I'm recording this on a Sunday morning, which I don't typically do,

and I derm a roll on Saturday nights. And I was like, maybe I shouldn't derma roll because I'm going to have to record a podcast tomorrow. My face will be read. And I was like, you know, this is a part of my routine and I really like it. So I'm going to do it. And hopefully people don't notice, don't really care. If you're like, why do you derma roll? I can do content around, I'm in my holistic, supportive aging era right now.

And I'm obsessed with all things like how to support, mostly like your skin and things like that long term.

So to support, like, I don't want to say anti-aging because I think aging is an absolute privilege and we should be grateful for it.

But just like,

how do I do it in a very graceful, mindful, intentional way? And now I, I derm a roll, I face tape, and I do

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