Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy, Revised Edition The Complete Guide to Eating Before, During, and After Your Pregnancy

by Somer, Elizabeth, M.A., R.D.

• ISBN13: 9780805069983
• ISBN10: 0805069984
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-02
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Summary

Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy is a reliable reference for women who want more than just a how to eat guide. Fully revised in a smaller trim size, this edition features new menus and recipes as well as the latest findings on how a mothers nutrition during pregnancy determines her childs risk for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases later in life. Youll find clear explanations of what foods to avoid and why the role of vitamins and minerals and how to choose the right supplements how what you eat affects your labor and delivery dietary guidelines for pregnant women over thirty-five, as well as for pregnant teens how diet helps prevent common problems, from morningsickness and food cravings to heartburn and muscle cramps which foods and nutrients speed your recovery after the babyis born

Author Biography

Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., is a nationally recognized nutrition expert and award-winning writer. She appears regularly on The Today Show, is a contributing editor to both Shape and Eating Well magazines, and is the author of six books, including The Origin Diet (0-8050-6928-3). She lives with her family in Salem, Oregon. Her Web site can be found at www.elizabethsomer.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xvii
Preface	xix
Acknowledgments	xxv
Introduction	xxvii
The Prepregnancy Diet	1	(31)
Gearing Up for Pregnancy	1	(1)
Programming Baby's Health	2	(2)
Are You Ready for Pregnancy?	4	(5)
Prepregnancy Reasons to Supplement	9	(2)
Dispelling Myths and Debunking Misconceptions	11	(2)
Fertility Foods	13	(5)
Just Say No to Caffeine, Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs	18	(6)
Get Moving: Exercise and Your Prepregnancy Plan	24	(1)
The Prepregnancy Diet	25	(7)
The Baby-wise Diet	32	(32)
How Often Should I Eat?	37	(1)
Start the Day Off Right	37	(1)
What about Foods Not on the Lists?	38	(1)
Now I Can Eat All I Want, Right?	38	(6)
How Do I Change My Eating Habits?	44	(1)
The Vegetarian Diet and Pregnancy	45	(2)
Nutrition: 1, 2, 3	47	(1)
Stocking the Kitchen	47	(2)
At the Store	49	(3)
Menu Planning	52	(1)
Recipe Makeover	53	(1)
The Working Mother: Quick Meals and Snacks on the Job	53	(6)
The Five-Minute Meal	59	(3)
Eating Out	62	(2)
The Nutrition Primer for Pregnancy	64	(25)
The Calorie-Containing Nutrients	69	(2)
Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytochemicals	71	(16)
Food or Supplements?	87	(2)
Your Changing Body: What to Expect	89	(19)
Your Pregnant Body from Head to Toe	90	(2)
The First Trimester (Weeks 1 through 13)	92	(5)
The Second Trimester (Weeks 14 through 27)	97	(2)
The Third Trimester (Weeks 28 through 40)	99	(2)
How Diet Impacts on You and Your Baby	101	(7)
Nutrition during the First Trimester	108	(30)
When and What to Eat and Drink	109	(2)
Weight Gain and Why	111	(3)
Supplements: The Right Dose during Pregnancy	114	(5)
The Bugs to Avoid	119	(2)
Skin and Hair Changes: Can Diet Help?	121	(4)
A Nutritional Approach to Common Problems: From Morning Sickness to Fatigue	125	(11)
The Bottom Line	136	(2)
Nutrition during the Second Trimester	138	(31)
Weight Gain and Why	138	(1)
When and What to Eat and Drink	139	(1)
Why Do I Feel So Tired? Marginal Nutrient Deficiencies	140	(3)
The Stress of Pregnancy	143	(1)
The Importance of Exercise	144	(4)
Food Additives: Which Ones Are Safe?	148	(3)
A Nutritional Approach to Common Problems: From Heartburn to Eclampsia	151	(15)
Second Trimester Nutrition	166	(3)
Nutrition during the Third Trimester	169	(20)
Weight Gain and Why	169	(2)
When and What to Eat and Drink	171	(7)
Mood Changes	178	(2)
Gearing Up for Delivery	180	(3)
A Nutritional Approach to Common Problems: From Hemorrhoids to Insomnia	183	(4)
Third Trimester Meals and Snacks	187	(2)
Nutrition and High-Risk Pregnancies	189	(18)
Pregnant Teenagers	190	(4)
Mature Women and Pregnancy	194	(3)
Multiple Births	197	(6)
AIDS and Pregnancy	203	(2)
After a High-Risk Pregnancy	205	(2)
Nutrition and Nursing Your Baby	207	(29)
When and What to Eat and Drink When You Are Nursing	208	(1)
Breast Milk: The Best for Your Baby	209	(5)
What Should You Eat When Nursing?	214	(3)
Vitamins and Minerals for Breast-Feeding	217	(6)
Garlic, Beer, Toxins, and Other Concerns	223	(3)
Can You Eat to Avoid Colic?	226	(2)
The ``Weighting'' Game	228	(5)
Postpartum Blues	233	(1)
Nursing Meals and Snacks	234	(2)
The Postpregnancy Diet: Regaining Your Figure and Eating for the Next Baby	236	(19)
When and What to Eat and Drink	237	(1)
Stockpiling Nutrients	238	(3)
Losing Those Extra Pounds	241	(6)
Fatigue: A New Mother's Biggest Challenge	247	(2)
Your Hair	249	(1)
Spacing Pregnancies	249	(1)
Eating for the Next Baby	250	(5)
Appendix: Twenty-eight Days' Worth of Menus Based on the Baby-wise Diet	255	(32)
Mix and Match Choices: Additions for the Second and Third Trimesters and When Breast-Feeding	284	(3)
Recipes	287	(32)
Glossary	319	(16)
Selected References	335	(12)
Index	347

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