{"id":917,"date":"2021-05-18T19:07:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.mutusystem.com\/en-us\/?p=917"},"modified":"2023-12-10T22:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:19:23","slug":"animal-gelatin-rebuilding-postpartum-collagen-diastasis-recti-vegetarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-us\/weight-loss\/animal-gelatin-rebuilding-postpartum-collagen-diastasis-recti-vegetarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutritional advice for healing diastasis recti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Nutrition for healing diastasis recti <\/a>means: great postpartum nutrition, hydration and rebuilding collagen. Collagen is the stuff that binds together at the front of your abdomen<\/strong>. It’s where all the abdominal muscles meet (or not in the case of a diastasis). If the collagen doesn’t heal or regenerate, then the gap can’t close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guest post from Jessica Drummond, MPT, CCN, CHC. Jessica Drummond<\/a> was a guest Instructor at the MUTUVation Houston workshop way back in October 2014. Her session impressed everyone with new knowledge and insights on hormone health and healing through nutrition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We always get questions on whether or not humans need to eat animal gelatin or collagen directly. How does nutrition for healing diastasis recti rebuild our collagen postpartum? <\/strong>It seems odd that if oxen and cattle and other large animals can rebuild their own collagen by eating plants, why can\u2019t humans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The answer is that humans can, it\u2019s just not as efficient. If you\u2019re a new mom, who is vegetarian or vegan, eating a healthy plant-based diet that\u2019s high in protein from nuts, seeds, beans, and sprouted grains, I don\u2019t recommend that you change anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cattle and oxen are herbivores. Humans are omnivores. So we can rebuild collagen (for our overstretched abdominals, and strained or torn pelvic floors) more efficiently from animal proteins. Especially those from the skin, cartilage, and bones of other animals (aka gelatin.) We have the capacity to rebuild from either plant or animal sources, it\u2019s just a matter of efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if you\u2019re a healthy vegetarian or vegan<\/strong>, and you\u2019re working to recover your abdomen and pelvic floor postpartum, then nutrition for healing diastasis recti should include lots of plant protein. Take great care of your digestion so that you can best absorb the protein that you\u2019re eating, and get plenty of vitamin C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, if you\u2019re struggling to recover your abdomen or pelvic floor, you would like to eat to optimize your healing, and you don\u2019t mind eating animal products, eating gelatin is a great way to recover faster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specific foods and supplements that can support the healing of your abdomen and pelvic floor after delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that clears up the gelatin and collagen confusion! Start a delicious pot of bone broth brewing on your stove (or in your slow cooker), and enjoy the nourishment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nCollagen nutrition for healing diastasis recti – animal or vegetarian?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Recommendations for postpartum healing through nutrition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
About Jessica<\/h3>\n\n\n\n