Expect the Best: Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, and After Pregnancy, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Ward MS RD, Elizabeth M; Dietetics, Academy Of Nutrition And

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 168162625X ISBN 13: 9781681626253

Publisher: Turner, 2017

Synopsis

Completely updated and revised with the latest guidelines for nutrition and lifestyle before, during, and after pregnancy.

Expect the Best is a comprehensive guide for new and future parents that answers the most frequently asked questions about nutrition and lifestyle habits from preconception to post-delivery. This second edition translates the latest research and expert recommendations about how to have the healthiest baby possible into clear and concise advice without preaching, and includes a wide range of topics, such as:

• the healthiest lifestyle for fertility (including for dads-to-be!);



• calories and weight gain throughout pregnancy and after delivery;



• important vitamins and minerals and how to include them in your eating plan;



• what, and how much, exercise is best before, during, and after pregnancy;



• keeping food safe, and foods to avoid during pregnancy;



• how to manage morning sickness, gestational diabetes, and more; and



• what to eat when breastfeeding

This book provides easy-to-follow sample meal plans, and an expanded recipe chapter features more than 60 simple, nutritious recipes, including vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free options. This complete resource supplies what you need to make the best choices throughout your entire pregnancy journey!

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Review:

“As a nutritionist for a fertility treatment practice, I rely on Ward to provide common sense advice for moms and dads. I love how the book accounts for the different ways pregnant and breastfeeding women live their lives. I’m thrilled to have this updated resource to recommend to my patients!”―Hillary M. Wright, MEd, RD, LDN, author of The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

“Expect the Best serves up an easy-to-follow formula for pregnancy success. Filled with up-to-date information, important insights, and lots of hands-on recipes, Ward manages to make good nutrition more palatable, practical, and fun!”―Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, pediatrician and author of The Toddler Brain: Nurture the Skills Today That Will Shape Your Child’s Tomorrow

“As women, we often struggle with making healthy choices. Ward has created an excellent resource to guide moms on healthy eating prior to, during, and after pregnancy. This book should be required reading for women who are planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant. You won’t be disappointed!”―Wendy L. Wright, MS, FNP, FAANP, FAAN, Adult/Family Nurse Practitioner, and Owner, Wright & Associates Family Healthcare

From the Back Cover:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Turner
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 168162625X
• ISBN 13: 9781681626253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304