Pregnant on Coffee, Liver, and Low Carb: This Is Not “Healthy”
Author: Freelee | thebananagirl.com
I just reacted to a “what I eat in a day” from Jovana (formerly Rorvana), pregnant in her second trimester. And yes, I am going to say it plainly: this was shocking and irresponsible.
Not because pregnancy requires perfection. But because this style of eating is a predictable setup for lipotoxicity, glucose drag, cravings, and poor metabolic stability.
Waking Up “Very Very Thirsty” Is a Clue
She says she wakes up very thirsty, then adds electrolytes and sea salt to water. That is not a hydration strategy. It is often a sign the day before was salty, dense, and dehydrating. High sodium, high fat meals tend to leave people paying the bill overnight.
Wellness Theatre: Alkaline Water and “Grass-Fed” Everything
There was also the alkaline water bottle pitch and the constant “grass-fed” framing. This is common in influencer culture: sell an object, attach a health halo, and call it science. Your body does not need gimmicks. It needs the basics, consistently.
The Real Pattern: Low Carb, High Fat, High Animal Products
The day included dairy yogurt, coffee during pregnancy, protein powders and collagen, salmon with cauliflower rice, cucumber and jicama as a snack, and dinner built around a burger patty wrapped in lettuce. That is not “balanced.” That is carbohydrate avoidance.
When dietary fat is high and carbohydrates are low, the body becomes less efficient at clearing glucose. Fat can build up inside cells and disrupt normal sugar handling. That is lipotoxicity. This is when people start blaming sugar, even when sugar is not the root problem.
This is also why the glucose spike fear pushed by Glucose Goddess messaging misses the bigger picture. A normal post-meal rise is not the villain. The bigger issue is what delays clearance and keeps blood sugar elevated longer: lipotoxicity and high fat meals.
Liver During Pregnancy: A Red Flag
The most alarming moment was liver pâté. Liver is a filtration organ and it is concentrated, not gentle food. Pregnancy is not the time to experiment with extreme animal-based “nutrition hacks” while restricting fruit-based carbohydrates.
Shine Diet and Raw Till 4 Principles: The Opposite of Deprivation
This is what deprivation looks like dressed up as discipline. Pregnancy is a high-fuel state. The baby needs glucose. Your brain needs glucose. Your body needs carbohydrates that actually satisfy you.
Shine Diet and Raw Till 4 principles make this simple: fruit-based carbs first, keep fat low, and if you want cooked food at dinner, choose high carb, low fat, plant-based meals. Stop treating pregnancy like a cutting phase.
If you want structure, recipes, and a plan aligned with frugivore physiology, check out my books and the 12-month fruit-based course on thebananagirl.com.
