Meghan reveals she turned to ancient Indian medicine during pregnancy
On the latest episode of her podcast, the duchess says she was taught about "food as medicine" by an Ayurvedic teacher while pregnant.
Tuesday 6 May 2025 13:56, UK
Meghan has revealed she turned to ancient Indian medicine while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet.
In the latest episode of her podcast Confessions of A Female Founder, released on Archie's sixth birthday, the Duchess of Sussex discussed her belief in the holistic Ayurveda philosophy - meaning the "knowledge of life" in Sanskrit and about balancing the body.
Chatting with Hannah Mendoza, founder of Clevr Blends, Meghan said she turned to a practitioner while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet and was taught to see "food as medicine."
She spoke of the benefits of "adaptogens" such as mushrooms but admitted some see the approach as a "little psychedelic and super woo-woo".
"So there are these items and ingredients that have been part of our natural ecosystem and dietary system for a long time, whether acknowledged or not, that somehow you say mushrooms, and now people have a connotation attached to it," she said.
"But it's really just a food trend that I believe you were far ahead of in terms of saying, 'Hold on, these have properties that can in some way make you feel differently in a really safe way'.
"During my pregnancies, I had an Ayurvedic doctor and so much of it was about seeing food as medicine."
She added: "I think a lot of people when they hear mushrooms, they go 'Okay, she's talking about being hippie-dippy, grounded in all these things'.
"If you aren't familiar with adaptogens, you can go to this place of 'Oh, it's feeling a little psychedelic and super woo-woo'."
After stepping down from full-time royal duties in 2020, Meghan invested in Clevr Blends - an instant organic lattes firm.
She sent her neighbour, chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, a basket of the company's goods. Winfrey went on to share a post, filming herself making a cup of her "new favourite" turmeric Golden SuperLatte to instructions she received from "M".
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In his memoir Spare, Prince Harry admitted taking magic mushrooms in California in 2016.
The Duke of Sussex also wrote about how he and Meghan listened to Sanskrit songs while in the delivery room with Archie on the advice of an Ayurvedic doctor.
They also whispered to their newborn that they loved him after the practitioner told them babies absorb everything said to them in the first minute of their life.
At the weekend, Meghan posted a photograph of Prince Harry and their children on social media.
It was posted after Harry was criticised for fuelling speculation about the King's health.
The duke said he did not "know how much longer my father has left" in an after losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK.
He added that he wanted "reconciliation" with the Royal Family, but claimed the King "won't speak to me".
Ailsa Anderson, a former press secretary to the late Queen, told Sky News Harry's comments would "cause real concern and more speculation in the media and the wider public" about what his father's "diagnosis is".