Healthy Eating During Pregnancy (You & Your Baby) (Paperback)

by Laura Riley MD OB/GYN (Author), Stacey Nelson MS RD LDN (Author)

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Product Description
Eating well can be tricky when you're pregnant. Sometimes you don't feel well. Other times you're eating all day. And sometimes you just want to give in to your cravings. So how do you follow a healthy diet? Let the experts help! In this all-new companion book to You and Your Baby: Pregnancy, you'll find tips, helpful hints, and the information you need for having a healty diet before, during, and after your pregnancy.

Inside you'll find:

• Nutrition basics on everything from vitamins and minerals to reading food labels
• Special section on morning sickness, food allergies, and other diet concerns
• The latest guidelines for diabetic moms-to-be
• Advice for losing those postpregnancy pounds
• Checklists for daily meal planning to track how you're eating
• Fitness advice for each stage of your pregnancy
• Hundreds of recipes for quick and easy meals and snacks

About the Author
Laura E. Riley, OB/GYN, M.D. is the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the author of You & Your Baby: Pregnancy (Meredith Books, 2006). Dr. Riley is a graduate of Harvard University and received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Riley teaches at Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine.

Stacey Nelson, MS, RD, LDN is a Senior Clinical Nutritionist with more than 17 years of clinical and community nutrition experience. She received a B.S. in Nutrition Sciences from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Metabolism from Boston University. She has been with the Nutrition Services department at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston since 2000 and also serves as the dietitian for the Vincent Obstetrics Service. Her areas of interest include Perinatal Nutrition, Women's Health and Adult Weight Management. She has been quoted in a variety of publications including American Baby and Babytalk magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696231867
• ISBN-13: 978-0696231865
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #427,249 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best nutrition resource for pregnant women, December 6, 2006

By	Jennifer E. Hamilton "hammyjen" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I absolutely love this book. I read it cover to cover, but I also refer back to it regularly as my pregnancy progresses and more specific concerns arise. It has a great recipe section which gives wonderful ideas for healthy (and easy) meals, and it really helps you to plan out what to eat to ensure that you are getting everything that you and your growing baby need. I also really like the section in the end which gives you a check-list to ensure that you are covering all of your nutritional bases on any given day.
I have had a lot of random concerns about nutrition (for example- will it cause my baby to have a peanut allergy if I eat peanut butter while pregnant? How can I absorb more iron in my diet without taking extra supplements? What is the right amount of weight to gain during the different trimesters, How do I meet my nutritional needs when I have severe food aversions in the first trimester, just to name a few!) and they have all been thoroughly addressed in this book.
I could not recommend this book more highly!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very thorough, well-written, full of information, April 2, 2007

By	Sunflower Summer (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This is the best book I've read on nutrition during pregnancy. It covers all of the everyday nutrition needs, and gives extra info on special situations that may arise during pregnancy.

2.0 out of 5 stars Standard Boring Unhelpful Nutritional Advice, December 10, 2008

By	Author of Healing Our Children & Cure Tooth D... (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

The book has the standard American pregnancy diet advice. Low fat diet. The emphasis of foods to be eaten is unfortunately on fruit and grains. I think the recipes are too much sugar. They also promote using soy products and regular salt, these things are not healthy for pregnant women.

Review is by Ramiel Nagel author of Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6) & Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition (First Edition).