Nicole Richie Pregnancy Diet

Nicole Richie will have to get healthy for her baby and Star Magazine reports that she is doing just that.  Though there is still no "official" confirmation that the troubled Hollywood starlet is indeed with child a report out this week in the magazine claims that as she is fearful that her past problems with drugs and anorexia could endanger their unborn child, Nicole and her rocker boyfriend, Joel Madden, are working together to ensure the troubled star stays as healthy as possible.

Nicole Richie Pregnancy Diet

After checking in as an outpatient at the Beau Monde treatment center in a panic when she learned she was pregnant in May, friends say Nicole has been working hard to stay clean and sober, and to pack pounds onto her then 83-pound frame, the magazine reports.

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And whenever he's had time off from his band Good Charlotte’s world your, Joel has been right there with her.  “Joel’s doing everything he can to get Nicole to eat more, for herself and the baby,” and insider tells Star.  So what's a pin thin gal to do?

There are several dietary measures Nicole can take to decrease the risk to her baby, says L.A.- based celebrity nutritionist Christine Bybee, who does not treat Nicole.  The first one is simple: Eat more!  “Nicole is a very thin person,” says Bybee.  “It’s recommended a woman gain 25 ponds during her pregnancy, but I wouldn’t be worried if Nicole gained 30 pounds or more.”

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Bybee says Nicole should “consume at least 40 to 50 grams of cabs and 20 grams of protein per meal.”  But what she eats is just as important as how much.  For example, a pal tells Star that sushi is one of Nicole’s favorite takeout foods.  But Bybee cautions that sushi could be dangerous to a developing fetus.  “She especially shouldn’t eat tuna because of the high mercury levels in the fish,” she cautions.  “I’d also avoid it if she breast-feeds.”

Bybee has more advice on how Nicole can optimize her favorite meals at her favorite restaurants.  When she gets her beloved chicken  Caesar salad at the trendy Urth Caffe, Bybee says she should leave off the dressing and cheese, because “it just adds 15 grams of fat” with little nutritive value, and add some carbs- whole-grain bread or fruit. 

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And when Nicole gets her customary Dover Sole at II Sole, Bybee advises she leave off the eatery’s signature special sauce, which she estimates adds 300 empty calories.  “It’s best to have just the fish and the vegetables,” says Bybee.  “That’s a great meal.” And when Nicole’s ordering her stead and baked potato at her favorite hand, Chateau Marmont, Bybee recommends a three-ounce filet mignon cut to “the size of a cell phone.  That would be good for her and the baby.”