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The ideal nutritional plan for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby
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This book is the essential guide to nutrition for women who are either planning to conceive, are pregnant or have given birth. It will also help women who are having difficulty conceiving or taking their baby to term. Top nutritionist Patrick Holford and Foresight practitioner Susannah Lawson start with a pre-conception nutrition checklist, moving on to cover nutrition in pregnancy, complete with diet and meal plans, and follow up with useful advice about your own nutrition in early parenthood - from beating the baby blues to how to produce the best-quality milk. The final section deals with optimum nutrition for babies and young children, with information about weaning, prevention of allergies and the ideal diet for a healthy child.
Discover top nutritional advice that will help you to achieve maximum fertility and good health, prevent birth defects, avoid sickness and other pregnancy problems, prevent allergies in your baby, feed your baby in the best way possible, and much more.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Highly informative and authorative Bible on the required nutrients for a healthy baby. Is fully backed up with research papers and scientific results and contains advice on everything from how to maximise your fertility to boosting your offspring's IQ.
I made the mistake of reading it when I was already pregnant and, although I've always considered my diet pretty healthy, was consumed by guilt at how I'd failed my baby already. Still, at least I'll know for next time! And Patrick Holden does assure readers that if any problem does develop (with either yourself or your baby), every situation can be bettered considerably with optimum nutrition. So all is not lost!
A great sourcebook - but just read it several months before you decide to conceive so you can enjoy a healthy as well as guilt-free pregnancy.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good book, packed full of useful facts about nutrition and "anti-nutrients".
Quite complex to read though, and certainly doesn't claim to provide a 'nutritional prescription'. Excellent reference material, but you really need to read the whole book cover to cover to find the relevant bits of info and bookmark them.
At first, the book seems to condemn such a lot of "toxic" foods and environments that you could be forgiven if you ended up terrified of eating ANYTHING or going ANYWHERE in case you were damaging your unborn (and even yet to be conceived) child!
You really need to dilute it with a bit of real-life practicality and make use of the bits that work for you. It's worth remembering that Yes, it's good to do the best you can, but millions of women have given birth to perfectly healthy, happy and intelligent babies, while still enjoying the odd cuppa or having to work in a smog-filled city. Don't let it scare you into starving yourself!
The bottom line, pregnant or not, is try to get some of ALL the vitamins, give yourself a zinc boost, and you won't go far wrong. You won't get a magic list of special vitamins from any book - we need a little of everything for optimum nutrition.
On the whole I'd highly recommend this book as I think it's always good to be informed, but for anyone who's looking for more of a quick overview of what fruit & veg they should be eating during pregnancy, this book isn't what you're looking for.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book puts to bed all the myths to do with conception and childbirth ranging from "people have been having healthy babies without this information for centuries" to the current RDA information based on ancient research. This book provides a healthy eating plan that not only is aimed at getting you pregnant when you want to be but also a problem free labour, a healthier child and even what nutrients to get to prevent stretch marks. It recognizes the fact that because of increased pollution, stressful lifestyles, etc. food itself is no longer sufficient on its own to provide us with the nutrients we need and promotes the need for using supplements as a booster. I believe its no coincidence that "healthy" kids suffer conditions like asthma and behavior problems more than ever before while we live in a polluted environment (not just with pesticides in the atmosphere but also air fresheners, etc.) and consume more processed food full of additives and preservatives than our ancestors. I have read this book in preparation for my first baby and having previously followed Patrick Holford's Optimum Nutrition plan for a year after being diagnosed with food intolerances, I have decided to follow his advice knowing that while I can do nothing about unknown quantities (nor would I want to!), I can certainly do everything physically possible to give my child the best start in life.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
every pregnant woman should read it!
My sister-in-law bought this book for me. It's just brilliant and very easy to read. Every pregnant woman should read it!
Published 14 months ago by Del
Excellent advice as always!
I bought this book for a friend, having already a library of Patrick Holfords books! I trust his advice and have found it of great use to myself, family and friends over the years. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Deb
a must if you care about having a healthy pregnancy and baby!
I bought this book before we conceived as I wanted to ensure that my husband and I were doing everything possible that we could to 1. conceive a healthy baby 2. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Laynie
Basic - not enough explanation
I was looking for a good book about optimum nutrition for boosting fertility. The section on fertility in this book is quite small. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ramofe
heavy!
Very detailed book which is good for someone who has a background in nutrition but not so good for a novice who was looking for simplicity. Read more
Published 24 months ago by J. Willis
A little disappointing
I have bought this book as I wanted to make sure I was in tip-top shape before attempting to conceive. Read more
Published on 11 May 2010 by Rumplestaleskin
Good Reference
Packed full of solid nutritional advice and guidelines of which supplements to take. The only downside is, the guidelines are so precise and detailed, you can feel very much the... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2009 by M. Fung
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