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Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family
Eating for Pregnancy An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family Author:Catherine Jones, Rose Ann Hudson Every pregnant woman recognizes that what she eats, drinks and does with her body directly affects the baby developing within her. Yet mothers-to-bebetween juggling work, other children, and their many other responsibilitiesoften dont have the time theyd like to devote to their nutrition. Now, Eating for Pregnancy... more »addresses the nutritional needs of pregnant women today, helping them to navigate through frozen food aisles and prepared food sections and to create healthy, easy-to-prepare homemade meals. Authors Jones and Hudson provide reassuring, up-to-date nutritional information; shopping and eating tips to keep nutrient-intake high and unnecessary weight-gain to a minimum; and guilt-free, smart-choice convenience and semi-prepared food options. Their more than 120 recipes, organized into six main sections, are high in vitamins, iron, calcium, protein, and fiber and moderate in amounts of fat, sodium, and sugar. Each recipe highlights "Whats in this for baby and me" and includes complete nutritional breakdowns and meal planning advice; many offer suggestions for substitutions and other time-saving shortcuts. Eating for Pregnancy also caters to women with gestational diabetes with diabetic tips and ADA exchange values. A vegetarian chapter offers essential advice to pregnant vegetarians along with inspiring recipes.« less