Event Details
Optimal nutrition has considerable benefits during the preconception and prenatal periods. This session will address the impact of nutrition on lifelong health, providing guidance to pre-pregnant and pregnant individuals. Topics will include issues surrounding weight gain, prevention of gestational diabetes, food safety, and the pros and cons of various prenatal supplements. Special attention will also be given to the unique nutritional needs of those on specific or restricted diets.
Virtual workshop hosted on Zoom. Link will be provided via email.
Instructor
Lena DeGloma, CCCE, MS, LMT, CD, CLC
Lena DeGloma has a master of science in therapeutic herbalism and is also a licensed massage therapist, certified birth doula, certified lactation counselor, and certified childbirth educator. She is the founder + director of Red Moon Wellness in Park Slope, Brooklyn where she and her associates have been in clinical practice for over 12 years. She is currently serving as president of the CEAMNY and is on faculty part-time at Pacific College of Health and Science in Manhattan and the ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism in Brooklyn. She has taught and written curriculum for several professional training programs for massage therapists, herbalists, and childbirth professionals. She is also the mother of an exuberant 3 year old daughter named Juniper.
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