Eating Expectantly : A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition
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Rated one of the “ten best parenting books of 1993″ by Child magazine, Eating Expectantly (newly revised and in its third edition) is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on pregnancy nutrition. Its friendly style makes it easy to read; its practical tips make eating well a map. Eating Expectantly shows: * How women — and men — can improve their diets before pregnancy to increase their fertility and their odds of having a healthy baby.
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Eating Expectantly : A Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition
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This book seems designed to cash-in on a group of people, mostly women, who are desparate to do anything they can to either get pregnant or have teh healthiest possible pregnancy. This might be ok if the book was well written, had a novel perspective, or great recipes. It has none of these. It is repetitive, self-contradictory, and tells you nothing that you could not glean from the internet in less than 30 minutes. Don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
An excellent, well-organized book in general. If you are a non-vegetarian this could be the ultimate pregnancy nutrition book. If, however, you question the nutritional value of dairy & eggs (as I do) you are bound to be disappointed. Milk which provides a net LOSS of calcium (due to the calcium-leaching nature of animal-based protiens) is not a good recommendation for increasing ones calcium intake. Despite this flaw, I still find the book adaptable and appreciate the section devoted to vegetarian diets.
Rating: 4 / 5
Although accessible and easy to read, this book is unfortunately woefully behind on nutritional research. Recommendations such as to avoid fats are misguided and out of date. We need healthy fats, such as found in eggs, seeds such as flax and hemp and animal foods. Women who are pregnant have particularly high needs for the omega-3 essential fatty acids. Swinney’s recommendations fall short in protein; getting adequate protein is one of the single most important and effective things a mother can do to avoid pre-eclampsia. It is unfortunate that Swinney’s book is not up-to-date because it is clearly written and accessible. We would all benefit from a revision to the book that is based on the latest research.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is very easy to read and informative. It covers a wide-range of topics, including special dietary needs, frequently asked questions about general pregnancy and breastfeeding, and bodily changes. I would definitely recommend this book, although I wonder about some nutrient recommendations. At points, it appears an excessive amount of nutrients required daily… but I don’t know for sure.
Rating: 4 / 5
If you actually cook, you might find the recipes in here uninspired. There is a substantial amount of information about nutrition, but personally I find it difficult to translate all that information into decisions about what to have for dinner. The Pregnancy Cookbook, with a condensed chapter on nutrition during pregnancy and lots of delicious recipes, served me much better.
Rating: 3 / 5