A practical, easy guide for expecting parents, Grow Healthy Babies provides clear and simple steps for a healthy pregnancy and preventing chronic diseases including asthma, eczema, and allergies. Written by lifelong allergy sufferers who wanted their own children to grow up healthy, this is the comprehensive guidebook every parent needs.
As parents, we wish for our children to live happy, healthy lives - but we are facing an epidemic of chronic diseases. Half of all babies born today will develop allergies, and up to a third will become asthmatic or suffer from eczema. You don't have to accept these odds.
Through simple and natural food & lifestyle choices during and after pregnancy, you can lower your baby's risk of developing a chronic illness by up to 90 percent. Referencing over 660 scientific studies, Grow Healthy Babies shows you how.
You'll discover:
- How friendly bacteria, your microbiome, shape both your and your baby's immune system
- Which foods, supplements, birth choices, and feeding practices make a real difference to your baby's health
- Why environmental factors and certain household products can trigger chronic disease, and how to choose healthier alternatives
This book shows you how to let your and your baby's health flourish, thus increasing your baby's chances of growing up happy, strong, and free from the burden of chronic disease.
Praise for Grow Healthy Babies:
“One of the best books I have read! As scientist, obstetrician, and a trainer - it's essential reading for anyone working in pregnancy health to be able to give the right advice to women to nurture their baby and optimise their future. A must read too for every pregnant person to understand how to switch on the best genes with nutritional guidance.” - Dr Karen Joash, Head of School for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, NHS England
“Easy to read with lots of practical suggestions, every expecting parent - and existing parent - can find information here they can use without feeling guilt or shame.” - Tracy Cassels, Ph.D., Evolutionary Parenting
“A fantastic, well-researched book which backs up everything it says in droves. This book shows that you can make a huge difference to the health of your child, and it all starts in pregnancy. (…) I would recommend it to anyone who is having a baby, or even thinking about getting pregnant. It is a truly great book and a triumph for the authors.” - Frost Magazine
“Makes current medical advice easy to understand for parents to make sure they’re making healthy, medically accurate decisions, without having to struggle to understand medical terminology and jargon.” - Motherhood Moment
“This is an impressive book. With the depth and quality of information, logical flow, consistency and balance, this is something that everyone planning a family urgently needs to read. It goes straight to the top of my recommended book list for our students!” - Richard Burton, Founder and Director, Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health
“A great evidence-based guide for those who want to understand how to avoid one of the most mysterious and troublesome trends in modern life: kids that are, with each new generation, more and more allergic—and more vulnerable to inflammatory conditions in general.” - Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Author of An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies And Autoimmune Diseases
“Incredibly well researched and has enough history, personal touches, and detail to make it an exciting read, not just a simple guideline for new parents. I will definitely be getting copies for all my friends planning to have children.” - Dr Lowan Stewart MD, former Clinical Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University
Michelle Henning is a certified Nutrition & Health Coach, writer, and graduate of the Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health. Her articles have been featured in WIRED Magazine, Pathways to Family Wellness, BabyCenter, and many other outlets. Together with her husband Dr. Victor Henning, she is the author of "Grow Healthy Babies". Written by lifelong allergy sufferers who wanted their own children to grow up healthy, "Grow Healthy Babies" is a practical, easy guide for expecting parents that provides evidence-based steps to prevent chronic diseases including asthma, eczema, and allergies.
Dr. Victor Henning is an award-winning scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and founder of Mendeley, one of the world's largest scientific collaboration platforms. He holds a Ph.D. from Bauhaus University Weimar for his research on the role of emotion in decision-making and is a former Adjunct Associate Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam. Victor's work has published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been featured in The New York Times and The Guardian.
