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:
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.
Bio: | 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. |
Preface: | PrefaceWhat 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. |
TOC: | Preface Top 20 Frequently Asked Questions about Nutrition and PregnancyPart 1: Better Nutrition for Pregnancy
Part 2: Better Recipes for Pregnancy
Recipes with Nutritional Analyses
Nutritional Analysis |