The 100 Healthiest Foods to Eat During Pregnancy: The Surprising Unbiased Truth about Foods You Should be Eating During Pregnancy but Probably Aren't [Paperback]

Jonny Bowden Ph.D. C.N.S. (Author), Allison Tannis MS (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2009

Eat the best foods for your baby’s development!

 

Nutrition is never more critical than during pregnancy. What you choose to put on your plate affects you and your baby’s health not just in utero but for years to come. However, many nutritional guidelines for pregnancy are complex, confusing, and offer an uninspiring list of things to eat for the next nine months.

 

Backed up by the latest nutritional research, this guide debunks pregnancy food myths and uncovers a number of surprising food choices that are superfoods for expectant mothers.

 

 

This one-of-a-kind nutrition reference guide is also packed with helpful quick-reference charts and sidebars, highlighting healthy (but no less delicious!) substitutes for commonly craved foods like ice cream and potato chips. You’ll also discover the most up-to-date research regarding pregnancy dilemmas, such as how to get more omega-3s from fish in your diet while avoiding mercury. It’s pregnancy nutrition made easy!

 

Editorial Reviews

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Easy to read and use as a reference. - Library Journal Xpress

About the Author

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition and health. He’s the author of five acclaimed books, including The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, The Healthiest Meals on Earth and The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth. A board-certified nutritionist with a masters degree in psychology who has earned six national certifications in exercise and personal training, his work has been featured in over 50 magazines and newspapers ranging from the New York Times to Men’s Health and he has appeared as a nutrition expert on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS. He lives in Woodland Hills, CA. http://www.jonnybowden.com

Allison Tannis is a nutritional scientist and educator of nutrition and food. She is the author of Vitality: Quest for a Healthy Diet and Probiotic Rescue: How You Can Use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More and host of the radio sensation Healthy Living in southern Ontario, Canada. Allison is dedicated to making the science of health easy to swallow. She writes for numerous national health magazines and can been seen as a guest on health-related television and radio shows across Canada.  Allison is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist with a practice based in Newmarket, Ontario. Her specialty is helping people discover how to arm themselves with the tools they need to live healthier. http://www.allisontannis.com

 

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592334008
• ISBN-13: 978-1592334001
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Women's Health > Pregnancy & Childbirth

More About the Author

Jonny Bowden, PhD, C.N.S. (aka "The Rogue Nutritionist" is a board-certified nutrition specialist and a nationally known expert on weight loss and nutrition.

His work has been endorsed by a virtual who's who in the world of integrative medicine and nutrition including Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Barry Sears (who calls him "one of the best") and Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman, (who calls him "the personal health coach I would want in my corner no matter what").

He has been featured in or contributed material to The New York Times, The New York Post, Bottom Line Health, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, GQ, Muscle and Fitness, Cosmopolitan, Oxygen, Seventeen, MSNBC Online, MSN Online, The National Star, Self, Fitness, Family Circle, Marie Claire, Allure, Men's Health, Ladies Home Journal, Walking, Prevention, Total Health, Woman's World, Weight Watchers, In Style, Shape and the National Enquirer and has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS as an expert on nutrition, weight loss and fitness.

Dr. Bowden writes the monthly "Healthy Solutions" column for Better Nutrition Magazine, is a regular contributor to America Online, and a contributing editor for both Clean Eating magazine and Total Health Magazine.

Dr. Bowden has a Master's Degree in psychology and counseling and a PhD in nutrition, and has earned six national certifications in personal training and exercise. He is board certified by the American College of Nutrition. He is adjunct faculty at Clayton College for Natural Health, and a much in-demand speaker at conferences and events across the country.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Reference for Expectant Moms September 14, 2010

By Mrs.CH3

Format:Paperback

When you are expecting, there is an overwhelming amount of rules: you can do this, you can't do that, eat this/not that... and there is an equally overwhelming number of books to read.

When I was pregnant with my daughter I bought and quickly returned many-a books. There was only 1 pregnancy book that I kept and if this below was released when I was pregnant, this would have been a book that I kept as well.

Jonny Bowden and Allison Tannis have put together a reference for moms-to-be to help you figure out what foods are best to eat during your pregnancy. Broken down into trimester, this book is very well organized and does not require you to read it cover-to-cover. Rather, you can read it on a need-to-know basis.

Not only do the authors fill you in on foods that you probably never thought of eating during your pregnancy that will make a difference in your baby's life, but they tell you why. They don't just say eat this and not that- they give you the medical reasons (in layman's terms) of why you should eat this or that and what good it will do for you and your baby.

The book includes "fast fact" boxes that will give you helpful and sometimes fun information such as:

* Vitamin B6 helps alleviate morning sickness.
* Anemia can show up during your second trimester if you're not getting enough iron.
* Iron supplementts commonly cause constipation. You may find them less of a problem if you take them on a full stomach and dink plenty of fluids.

Another helpful box you will find throughout the book is "Jonny's Tasty Tips." Here, the co-author highlights tasty ways for you to enjoy the foods that he is recommending. Some of these foods include:

* Chives, Leeks & Lamb during the first trimester.
* Figs, Chia Seeds & Watercress during the second trimester.
* Cranberries, Herring & Rhubarb during the third trimester.

The remaining chapters in the book cover pre- and post-natal days from fertility to breast feeding and everything in between. Giving you the knowledge about the best foods that you can eat

* to help with the aches, pains and complaints of pregnancy
* while breastfeeding your newest arrival
* during the post-partum period that may even help alleviate the symptoms of post-partum depression. According to the authors, there area foods that have "depression-fighting power"
* to help with your fertility and start you off with a healthy pregnancy before you even conceive.

A very important chapter, in my opinion, contains information on what the authors call "tricky foods and herbs." We have all heard of certain herbs, foods and/or activities that we should avoid while pregnant- especially during the first 12 weeks of a baby's development. Things like alcohol/caffeine consumption, artificial sweeteners, hot dogs (yum!), herbal supplements and more. The authors tackle these topics and give you the information that you need to make informed decisions regarding your lifestyle while pregnant.

To me, the book reads like an encyclopedia, not too overwhelming, easy to find the information you need and very well organized/broken down into sub-sections. I can open it up, find what I need and move on. Complete with color photos, nutritional information, fact boxes and more- I think this is a perfect addition to any pregnant woman's bookshelf- just to have as a reference. It would probably make a good gift for someone that you know is pregnant.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot Recommend Enough January 31, 2011

By McgFam

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This is actually the first review I have ever written. I am, though, an avid reader of them and base about 90% of my purchases on reviews, so I have to share my love for this book. This is my first pregnancy, and like other reviewers, I was confused and overwhelmed by the do's and don't's with your diet during pregnancy. This book breaks those down plus so much more. It is one of the easiest reads and reference books out there. I have been able to follow along by trimester, trying to read the trimester emphasized foods before entering it or at the beginning. This book broadened my diet as I would try to find recipes or ways to incorporate the highlighted foods into my diet as well as keeping the prior trimesters additions and rolling them over into the next. This book doesn't just tell you what to eat, it provides the "why." It also provides subtle differences in the way a product is prepared or purchased that really affect the nutrients in the item. Such as mushrooms....specific ones provide a stronger pow of nutrients. Also for example is the comment about celery and how it is important to buy it organic as it is one of the 12 most contaminated foods with pesticides. I typically ate healthy before this book, but this book has provided me with the knowledge to make small tweaks to my diet as well as open me to a broader range of food. Again with the small changes to diet, I now add organic flax seed on top of my morning granola to give me an extra punch of fiber, which I tend to need more of just in general. I can honestly imagine referencing this book not only through pregnancy and breastfeeding (as it has a section for this too), but also for everyday life as the foundation foods are power foods that should be in our diet not just to help develop our little ones, but to also better ourselves. I am now looking to buy another one of Jonny Bowden's books for my in-laws as they have just received results of high cholesterol and borderline diabetes.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars great resource to quickly figure out what you need to eat January 8, 2010

By K. Pipkin

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I received the book a few days ago and love it. It has turned out to be a great quick-reference resource. I like that the book is divided by trimester and find that extremely helpful because I already have two kids plus a full-time job so I really appreciate quick and easy. I also like that the book explains things like "you should eat calcium rich foods with Vitamin D" and "you should eat iron with vitamin C"...maybe the rest of the world already knows this...but I didn't. I also didn't realize that by taking my iron pill in the morning when I have my milk is ineffective as calcium blocks the absorption of iron. Anyhow, I would recommend the book and think it provides useful information that can also benefit the significant other and/or the rest of the family.