201 Organic Smoothies and Juices for a Healthy Pregnancy: Nutrient-Rich Recipes for Your Pregnancy Diet (24 page)

Good for your baby’s nervous system

Garlic is a very good source of vitamin B
₆
and vitamin C that will help develop your baby’s nervous system and are essential for tissue and bone repair and bone growth. Garlic is also an old-fashioned cure for water retention, which may come in handy during your pregnancy.

YIELDS: 1 CUP

¹
⁄
₄
cantaloupe, rind removed

2 whole cloves garlic

Sprigs fresh baby dill

1. Juice cantaloupe and garlic.
   
2. Stir and garnish glass with dill.
   

GARLIC

Garlic is said to provide and prolong strength in the body, and it’s also been used as a cure for toothaches. It is a member of the lily family and a cousin of leeks, chives, shallots, and onions. The white-skinned variety is known as American garlic. The Mexican and Italian garlic have a mauve-colored skin and a mild flavor.

Nicole Cormier, RD, LDN,
is a registered dietitian, local food enthusiast, and owner of the nutrition counseling company, Delicious Living Nutrition, Inc., and health food store, Farm Fare Market located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She is also host of
Radio Brunch
, author of
The Everything
^®
Guide to Nutrition
and
The Everything
^®
Healthy College Cookbook
, and the coauthor of
The Everything
^®
Juicing Book
and
201 Healthy Smoothies & Juices for Kids
. Nicole lives in Buzzard’s Bay, Massachusetts with her partner Jim Lough, an organic farmer.

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