Product Description

This is a practical guide to prenatal nutrition. It shows how men and women can improve their diets before pregnancy to increase their fertility and their odds of having a healthy baby. It also looks at how women with high-risk conditions, such as diabetes, multifoetal pregnancy, or hypertension, can help themselves and their babies with special care and good nutrition. Furthermore, it looks at how to lower the risk of food poisoning and reduce exposure to environmental pollutants like lead, mercury and pesticides. The volume also includes hundreds of recipes with nutrient analysis, hints on healthy eating when dining out, advice on postpartumweight loss and breastfeeding and hundreds of health, nutrition, and parenting resources, including websites.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1076432 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

About the Author
Bridget Swinney is a registered dietician and the author of Healthy Food for Healthy Kids. She writes regularly for US parenting magazines and has appeared on Later Today, Good Morning America and The Food Network. She works as a nutrition consultant in Texas.