Product Description

Expert nutritional advice and tasty recipes for a healthy pregnancy.

Pregnancy is not a time for guesswork about nutrition. Expecting women have specific nutritional needs and will find it useful to have a sensible guide to this vital information.

Better Food for Pregnancy is that guide. Written by experts on staff at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this book is comprehensive and authoritative. The first half of the book addresses:

• nutritional needs before conception and during each trimester
• how a mother's diet affects growth of the fetus
• healthy weight gains through each trimester
• nutritional supplements including vitamins, minerals, and herbs
• effects of particular foods, such as coffee, unpasteurized cheeses, and alcohol
• increased nutrient requirements needed during lactation

The second half of the book features 125 recipes ideally suited to expectant mothers. Each recipe has a complete nutrient analysis plus there are handy meal plans and Snacks on the Go that help prevent nausea and vomiting. Every page of the nutrition section is packed with tips, sidebars, recommendations, and common-sense guidelines presented in easy-to-use tables and charts.

Better Food for Pregnancy is an invaluable tool to help women make the best decisions during a critical time in their child's development.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20015 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
Wonderfully clear -- perfectly readable but not at all dumbed-down -- treatment of many aspects of nutrition. (Al Sicherman Minneapolis Star Tribune )

About the Author

Daina Kalnins, MSc., RD, and Joanne Saab, RD are registered dietitians at The Hospital for Sick Children with a combined 25 years of experience in pediatric research and nutrition. Mothers themselves, they are co-authors of Better Baby Food and Better Food for Kids.

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Preface

What better time to learn about good nutrition than during the planning and earliest stages of a pregnancy? The nutritional status of a mother prior to conception and throughout pregnancy influences the nutritional status of the newborn baby and the future health of the child. Optimal nutrition provided to an unborn baby during the developing stages may prevent chronic disease in adulthood.

This is not just a question of eating well for two; it means eating smarter. Not only are calorie needs increased during pregnancy, but specific nutrients (such as iron and folic acid) are in higher demand, even before pregnancy! A balanced diet with these required nutrients needs to be supplied to the baby.

In this book, we provide the basics of a better diet for pregnancy that includes optimum intake of macronutrients -- proteins, carbohydrates and fats -- and required micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. We also identify foods that may help with morning sickness and foods that are not safe to eat during pregnancy. While this is not a "diet" book for losing weight, we do present information on appropriate weight gain during pregnancy and getting back into shape after pregnancy with good food selection. The need to eat better goes beyond the stages of pregnancy to breastfeeding your baby and establishing better eating habits for your kids. For each stage in your pregnancy, from conception to breastfeeding, we present not only nutritional advice, but also healthy recipes and meal plans for the two of you.

As co-authors of the best-selling books Better Baby Food and Better Food for Kids, we were inspired to write this book to provide mothers with the information they need to prepare for pregnancy and to provide optimal nutrition for themselves and for their babies. Our careful selection of recipes offers a wide variety of foods to enjoy, making food preparation a pleasure to savor, not a task to suffer. Understanding the principles of good nutrition and knowing how to prepare good food -- that's what you will find in Better Food for Pregnancy.

Customer Reviews

Great Info, Great Recipes
This book is exactly what I was looking for. It gives a complete breakdown of the nutrients you should be eating during each trimester as well as after your pregnancy. The book gives good nutritional advice, the do's and don'ts of eating during pregnancy and to top it off has a ton of great recipes with nutritional breakdown.
I think it's a great resource for healthy eating during pregnancy.

Good to have.
Once you're pregnant it's hard to eat well, but that shouldn't stop you from trying! Hence, this book, which has all the nutritional infomation any prgnant woman would want. I highly recommend it, along with You Know You're Pregnant When. Reflections on the Longest Nine Months of My Life.