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What Pregnant Vegan Moms Need to Hear with Jessie Inchauspé

2 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, the guest (Jessie Inchauspé) explains why a vegan diet is generally unsuitable for pregnancy without extensive education and financial resources. She argues that meeting pregnancy nutrient requirements on a vegan diet demands costly supplements and detailed knowledge of what to purchase. By contrast, consuming animal products such as eggs, meat, and fish provides a simpler way to meet those needs. She advises vegan pregnant women to educate themselves, read her book for detailed supplement guidance, and be prepared to spend money on the necessary nutrients.

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How do you feel about this idea that women can get the nutrients that they need on a vegan diet during pregnancy?
As I was learning about the science of pregnancy nutrition and the requirements of pregnancy, it became abundantly clear to me that a vegan diet is not appropriate for pregnancy. If you're vegan and pregnant, you need a lot of money and a lot of education to make sure you're hitting these requirements. So you need a lot of money to buy supplements and you need a lot of education to know what to buy. It's more complicated. Eating animal protein, eating eggs, eating meats, eating fish makes it so much easier to give your baby what he requires during pregnancy. So if you're vegan and this is something that you're not going to change, then as I say, you have to be educated. So read my book because in every chapter I explain how to get things that you need if you don't eat any animal products. And take your credit card out, you gotta buy some supplements, girl.