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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.24
EAN num: 9780395986608
ISBN number: 0395986605
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: August 14, 2002
Publishing house: Houghton Mifflin
Sale Popularity Level: 271661
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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From a best-selling cookbook author and a nationally respected ob-gyn, a book that makes eating well during pregnancy easier than ever
Now that you're pregnant, what you eat is more important than ever before. You may be nauseous or starving or alternately one and the other, and your tastes may change constantly. Whatever your condition, whether you're twenty-seven or forty-seven, and whether you love cooking or hate it, Every Woman's Guide to Eating During Pregnancy gives you all the practical information and tips you need to keep you and your baby healthy. It includes
• suggestions for coping with nausea and heartburn
• ideas on how to make your cravings work for you
• a clear explanation of your changing nutritional needs by trimester
• a week's worth of flexible meal programs, with plenty of ideas for nutritious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks:
lower-carb, high-protein plans for weight control
higher-carb, high-protein plans
ovo-lacto and vegan plans
plans for women who don't want to cook, including a list of healthful packaged foods from the supermarket
calcium-rich menus for the lactose-intolerant
plans for women who are expecting multiples
plans for women with gestational diabetes
plans for each trimester
• 100 easy, nourishing recipes, including Buttermilk Pancakes, High-Protein Muffins, Mediterranean Chicken Stew, Pasta with Tomato-Mushroom Sauce, and Chocolate Pudding
Amazon.com Review:
Following her very first pregnancy at age 47, award-winning cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman teamed up with Jane Davis, an obstetrician/gynecologist who loves to cook. The result is Every Woman's Guide to Eating During Pregnancy, a readable and practical handbook for mothers about nourishing their growing or breastfeeding child--while enjoying delicious, healthful food. The authors take a fresh and festive view of eating during pregnancy by offering 100 tasty recipes framed in a crash course on nutrition. Refusing to obsess about calories and fat grams, the authors evaluate foods in terms of nutrients--what they do for your body and your baby. 'With this book, you can throw out the calculator and reach again for your plate,' they promise.
While Shulman and Davis offer solid answers to the usual food queries--how to cope with nausea, how much weight is too much--their approach shines by detailing the nutrition challenges of first-trimester queasiness, second-trimester ravenousness, and third-trimester fullness. The recipes are hip, healthy, and not for pregnant women only. They include fruit soups, black-eyed pea pâté, beef and arugula salad, Mediterranean chicken stew, corn gratin, and peach bread pudding. These easy-to-prepare meals are followed by chapters that focus on eating plans for individual needs such as vegan or lactose-free diets and the special needs of high-risk pregnancy, including gestational diabetes and multiple births. The author's skillful balance of information, advice, and recipes will allow mothers to celebrate both food and family. --Barbara Mackoff
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The author does not pile on the guilt, simply provides some good options for healthy eating. There is a list of foods to satisfy regular cravings with, sweet, sour, juicy, etc...a good way to fulfill a craving with a healthy alternative.
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I was hoping that this book would have more information on nutritional requirements. Instead, there's just a listing for each trimester of what your body needs, none of which is exactly a shocker. For example, the second trimester list is Protein, Iron, Potassium, Chromium, and Vitamin C. No information on ammounts that your body needs. The information is also not all that good. For example, the book's only mention of cholesterol is a warning than high cholesterol is dangerous. During pregnancy, it's almost impossible to have too-high cholesterol: low cholesterol in pregant women has been linked to birth defects.
This book also falls victim to the blather about not to gaining too much weight. Please! You're pregnant! I'm not saying to gorge yourself with potato chips and ice cream, but the propogation of the myth that there's a certain amount that you're supposed to gain, and that under or over is very bad, is pretty annoying in a book about nutrition. I'm early on, and haven't gained a pound yet, but it's much more important to eat a healthy diet than it is to pay attention to the numbers on he scale.
I was also disapointed that it seemed every recipe included soy. I'm tired of it being labeled a wonder food, when there is little proof that it's actually healthy or nutritionally beneficial, and mounting proof that it can harm both mother and child when eaten in quantity.
The recipes were basic, and very simple: which can be a big plus during pregnancy when hunger can come on quickly, or when you're not up to preparing a big meal. But sometimes they seemed a little too basic: does anyone really need a recipe for egg salad? And I'm not sure the recipe entitled "Salmon Fillets cooked in the microwave" (instructions: microwave salmon, serve with tofu or lemon wedges) really counts as the height of gourmet cooking... particularly since there's no discusion of the dangers of factory farmed salmon that any OB will tell you about, and there's the soy problem again.
I did find the list at the very end of various different nutrients and vitamins, with what they do during pregnancy and the places they can be found, informative and helpful.
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I love this book--Wonderful recipes--I have loved every single one that I have tried--and I really like the menu plans in the back of this book. If you love to cook--this is the book for you.
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I bought this book before the birth of my very first child in 2003 and have been referring to it ever since for great recipes and healthful advice. My favorite aspect of the book besides the delicious and easy recipes are the specialized menus in the back of the book. These menus address special issues such as diabetic specific diet or lower carb specific diet for women that need to closely monitor their weight gain during pregnancy.
Now that I am pregnant again I refer to this book almost daily. Each recipe is accompanied by a nutritional guide - you can focus on fiber or omega-3 nutrients - maybe you need more protein or complex carbs in your diet. The recipes are delicious - like the Thai Salad or the Lentil Soup - Sometimes I forget how nutritious these recipes are and SO easy to prepare!
This book is worth every penny (and I am not one who usually enjoys cookbooks without photography). You can use this book to menus for after the pregnancy and well beyond.
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I bought this book for my wife while she was pregnant. She never got around to reading it until after our baby was born. Now, a year and a half later, we still refer to it at least a few times a week. Some of our favorite recipes are: banana bread, egg salad, chicken breasts three ways, and the salad dressing recipes. Most all of the recipes are healthy and so good! They are also easy! Buy this book!
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