The Gut-Brain Axis and Pregnancy

How a mother’s gut health may shape her baby’s brain

A few years ago, I met an expectant mother who proudly told me she had given up nearly all vegetables during her pregnancy because they made her feel bloated. “I’m just eating plain pasta and crackers—it feels safer for the baby,” she said. What she didn’t know was that by cutting out fiber-rich foods, she wasn’t only limiting her own nutrition, she was…