Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy, Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Eating Before, During, and After Your Pregnancy
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Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy is a reliable reference for women who want more than just a how to eat guide. Fully revised in a smaller trim size, this edition features new menus and recipes as well as the latest findings on how a mothers nutrition during pregnancy determines her childs risk for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases later in life. Youll find clear explanations of what foods to avoid and why the role of vitamins and minerals and how to choose the right supplements how what you eat affects your labor and delivery dietary guidelines for pregnant women over thirty-five, as well as for pregnant teens how diet helps prevent common problems, from morningsickness and food cravings to heartburn and muscle cramps which foods and nutrients speed your recovery after the babyis born
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 Pregnancy and Nutrition |
| Review Date: February 23, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joni Eliahou, California USA |
| The book was okay but I felt it was a lttle out dated. I really wanted more information on Nutrition and not as much on Pregnancy which I have gotten from books specifically on Pregnancy. |
Nutrition for a not too healthy pregnancy
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| Review Date: December 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Author of Healing Our Children & Cure Tooth Decay, San Jose, CA |
Here's a list of advice given and my responces:
Eat tofu and non-fat milk. My reply: tofu has enzyme inhibitors and excess plant hormones, non-fat milk lacks the vitamins needed to support a healthy pregnancy because the good vitamins are in the fat.
Meat causes heart disease. My reply: High fructose corn syrup contributes to heart disease, saturated fat in meat helps protect against heart disease.
Vegetarianism is safe for pregnancy. My reply: Vegetarianism is not a very good idea for pregnancy, if you must do it you have to be extremely careful.
Soymilk is good. My reply: Soymilk is usually full of sugar and contains enzyme inhibitors, it isn't good to drink.
Eat lots of grains: Grains need to be specially prepared so that they can be digested, and that is not described in this book.
Other advice includes snack foods like, vanilla, wafers, pretzels, and a peanut butter candy sandwich. These are not foods that are good for pregnancy.
Conclusion, look for dietary advice elsewhere. One book with clear dietary advice for pregnancy based upon indigenous cultures across the planet who had healthy babies is Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6).
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It's Ok, but not great, with one big flaw
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| Review Date: November 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Abbey Road, California USA |
| I'm in my first trimester and I received this book as a gift from a friend. I think that generally the advice is ok, but not as up to date as another reviewer mentioned. The recipes look good, but there are not that many (I haven't actually made any so I can't review on the recipes). Suprisingly, in her menu section, a lot of days call for fish. I'm not crazy about fish, so that's not helpful. My biggest complaint is that she recomends "diet" drinks or the use of artificial sweeteners. That stuff is pure poison and I would not expose my unborn child to artificial sweeteners in a million years. So if you do decide to purchase the book, I would recommend you ignore that bit of advice. |
Step by Step Excellent
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| Review Date: August 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Maxine Riello, New Jersey, USA |
I was very impressed with the thorough amount of information in this book. The author provided a lengthly list of selected references, which acknowledged the research that supported her recommendations she was making to the reader. It was a helpful step by step, detailed guide of nutrition from pre-pregnancy through the third trimester and included a wide range of nutritional information such as protein, healthy snacking, herbal teas, vitamins, minerals, vegetarian diets, herbal supplements, etc. etc. It also included pages addressing issues related to mood changes, cravings, weight gain, stress, exercise, delivery, nursing, high risk pregnancy and nutritional approaches to heartburn, gum problems, eclampsia, etc. It even included an appendix with 28 days worth of menus (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks) and a variety of additional recipes.
I found this book to be an interesting, applicable and detailed tutorial which provided guidelines that I appreciated acquiring! A must read for any woman interested in the nutritional pieces of everything related to her pregnancy! |
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