Expect the Best: Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, and After Pregnancy
- ISBN13: 9780470290767
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“A fabulous resource for moms-to-be! In this comprehensive guide to nutrition and health during pregnancy, Ward provides solid, research-based answers to women’s most frequently asked questions about diet, exercise, weight gain, and supplements and offers specific advice that’s easy to incorporate into your daily routine.”
-Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., bestselling author of Joy’s Life Diet and nutrition/health expert for the Today Show
“Ward and the ADA serve up practical, easy-to-use advice that is sure to help inform and inspire new and expectant moms.”
-Laura A. Jana, M.D., coauthor of Food Fights and Heading Home with Your Newborn
“Any woman who is even thinking about getting pregnant for the first or third time needs to read this excellent and timely book. Ward has done a fabulous job compiling the most recent scientific evidence about pregnancy and translating it into a fun, easy-to-read book with quick, nutritious, and delicious recipes.”
-Kathleen M. Zelman, M.P.H, R.D., Director of Nutrition, WebMD
“This book shares a wealth of information that takes into account all the different ways a pregnant woman and new mother lives her life. It might be the only book on prenatal nutrition you’ll ever need.”
-Peg Moline, Editor in Chief, Fit Pregnancy magazine
Are you thinking of having a baby? Perhaps you’re pregnant or nursing a newborn. Whatever the case, Expect the Best shows you how a healthy lifestyle from preconception to postdelivery will help you to have the brightest, healthiest child possible. You’ll find dozens of useful, easy-to-follow tips for healthy eating and physical activity, including:
- Why you (and your partner) should achieve a healthy weight before trying for a baby, and how good nutrition helps maximize fertility in women and men
- Trimester-by-trimester advice about nutrition and exercise during pregnancy
- Safe postpregnancy weight loss, and the best eating plan for nursing moms
- How diet can help you handle conditions such as gestational diabetes and morning sickness
- 50 delicious, nutritious, and easy recipes your entire family will love
Expect the Best: Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, and After Pregnancy
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March 21st, 2010 at 3:11 pm
As a registered dietitian, author, and most importantly a mother of two, I know firsthand how important it is to not only take the best possible care of yourself before, during, and after pregnancy, but to have information that’s practical, real-world, and science-based. Liz Ward provides readers with all that and so much more in Expect the Best. New mom’s everywhere can rest assured that the information in this book is extremely accessible and understandable, and most importantly accurate and based on the latest science. We mothers (especially new ones!) have enough to worry about without having to worry so much about what we should or shouldn’t eat; this book takes all the guesswork out of the equation and helps women nurture themselves during their transition to motherhood. No mother-to-be (or even mother of more than one) should live without this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 21st, 2010 at 3:34 pm
As a woman who is pregnant with her second child AND a Registered Dietitian, I thought I knew it all about nutrition for pregnancy. But everyone can still learn and Elizabeth Ward surprised me with how much excellent information is packed into this easy to read book. She dispells a lot of myths and I love the “Words of Motherly Wisdom” from other real life moms. Good nutrition is so important at all stages of life but when you are pregnant it is vital to watch what you eat, keep food safe, and keep yourself healthy for that developing child. I highly recommend this book to any woman who is thinking of becoming pregnant or is pregnant, even if it is not your first pregnancy!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 21st, 2010 at 3:49 pm
The American Dietetic Association teams up with one of the most respected dietitians around, Elizabeth Ward, and brings women the most credible book on pregnancy nutrition. This book covers it all. What to eat before, during and after pregnancy, motherly wisdom from moms who’ve been there, how to find a prenatal vitamin, how much caffeine to drink (or not), whether or not artificial sweeteners are safe, how much and types of fish to eat, specific nutrients that are needed, meal plans and more.
This book even helps moms-to-be figure out how much fun food (aka sweets) to include along with specific nutritional needs for each trimester and during breastfeeding. There are chapters dedicated to food safety, infertility and recipes.
All I can say is I wish this book was around when I was trying to get pregnant. As a dietitian, I wholeheartedly believe that raising healthy eaters starts when a couple first thinks about becoming pregnant.
This book should be on the bookshelf of every woman wanting a child or that is already pregnant. I will continue to recommend it to everyone I know.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 21st, 2010 at 6:39 pm
I have heard feedback from patients that really like the recipes in this book and that they are not too hard or time consuming to make since you really don’t have time as a mom. There are many books out there for diet in pregnancy and this is good one to add, but there are some misconceptions out there that you are eating for two or that you need to gain a certain amount of weight during pregnancy. Just like your baby your pregnancy is different and your weight gain is going to vary based on genetics, diet, and exercise. Another great book that looks into pregnancy myths and also has an entire chapter on dietary myths in pregnancy is Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman’s Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods
Again, there are many pregnancy food books out there and most of which are written by dietitians and occasional a nurse or physician. The best thing you can do is read, read, and read more and you will have a healthy and happy pregnancy. I would consider this book a necessity for the pregnant and breast-feeding kitchen
Rating: 5 / 5
March 21st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
As a dietitian, friends are constantly asking my opinion on how best to eat when they are pregnant or trying to get pregnant. This book has become my new favorite gift to give to soon-to-be Moms! It is a great resource for all women-even those who aren’t planning to have children in the immediate future. Expect The Best is interesting, informative and the perfect gift!
Rating: 5 / 5