Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition

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Further, a lot of the writing made me feel like my entire purpose in life is just to be a vessel to grow babies - where's the chapter on what if I want an occasional piece of cake? Wash fruit, vegetables and salads to remove all traces of soil, which may contain toxoplasma (a parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis) which can harm your unborn baby. As a dietitian who specializes in women’s health, Real Food for Pregnancy will be an invaluable resource for me and my clients for years to come. Real Food for Pregnancy is the first resource I have found which dispels all of the myths surrounding prenatal diets and offers sound evidence-based recommendations for a better approach—all in one place.

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Real Food for Pregnancy, is a comprehensive book that covers everything a woman needs to know and do, to bear healthy children, to thrive during pregnancy and to recover fast and strong after birth. As a midwife, I am relieved to finally be able to recommend a one-stop resource for proactive nutritional guidance. I have been making the bone broth in the crock pot and have loved it, as well as the super practical snack and meal ideas. As a nutrition consultant, I would highly recommend this book to any one of my female clients—whether they're pregnant, TTC, or are even considering having children in their future. While she throws in some statements about how if you can’t afford or access organic foods then conventional is…acceptable, I can’t help but feel the message that the average reader will get is that they are not doing enough.In my experience, too many people believe that prenatal vitamins will solve all of their problems or will guarantee the health of the baby.

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Those are great additions, especially if you do not like, or eat much, slow cooked meat or bone broth.Choose lean meat, remove the skin from poultry, and try not to add extra fat or oil when cooking meat. current recommendations (why the current high-carb, low-fat recommendations are doing more harm than good), why salt is an essential nutrient (and how a low-salt diet can be detrimental), etc. It can definitely function as a great reference tool for healthcare practitioners working with this population.

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I’m about 25 weeks pregnant and a relatively new RDN myself so I am really interested in and share your passion! Dark green, leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, and dried beans, peas and lentils are good sources of naturally occurring folate. Severe iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy also increases the risk of premature birth, having a low birth weight baby and postpartum depression.I am glad I read it for the information and insight provided, but I would never recommend this book to a client or friend. Her unique approach has not only helped tens of thousands of women manage their gestational diabetes (most without the need for blood sugar-lowering medication), but has also influenced nutrition policies internationally. The not-so-good: First off, I was turned off by her “not-like-other-dietitians” comments (as a RD myself I found myself rolling my eyes more than once).