Your Baby's Metabolism is Being Decided Right Now | Jessie Inchauspé

0:00Your boom is not just an oven.

0:01It's more like your baby is a seed and you're the soil.

0:04And if you plant this seed in your driveway full of gravel, it's not gonna grow as strong and healthy as if you plant it in a nice piece of soil.

0:11You are co-creating your baby's genetic plan with your diet.

0:14The placenta is not a filter.

0:16The placenta does not keep out all the bad and give only the good to your baby.

0:2090% of pregnant moms are below the minimum recommended amount of choline during pregnancy, even though this nutrient builds their baby's brains.

0:29We're lying to moms.

0:30What happens during pregnancy is very important for the health of their baby.

0:33At conception, your baby's DNA is set.

0:35But the epigenetics, which genes are switched on, which genes are silenced, that has to do with your diet during pregnancy.

0:42The food you eat sends a sort of like postcard to your baby, telling him what world he's going to be born into.

0:48Jessie Inzersepi is a French biochemist.

0:50She's a founder and international best-selling author behind the global glucose guidance movement, helping millions stabilize blood sugar for better energy, mood, and metabolic health.

0:59If a mom has low protein intake during pregnancy, her baby is epigenetically programmed to have lower muscle mass.