Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition

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As a nutrition consultant, I would highly recommend this book to any one of my female clients—whether they're pregnant, TTC, or are even considering having children in their future. g. says we shouldn’t focus on macronutrients, but then spends a great deal of time demonizing carbohydrates as a whole). She also has a responsibility to her readers to identify real versus perceived risk, and the statistical likelihood of the negative outcomes she warns against. Pregnancy is full of unknowns, but one thing to remember is that good nutrition “stacks the deck” in your favor.

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Lily Nichols, did an excellent job at covering food, exercise, supplements, mindfulness, environment and other factors pertinent to a healthy pregnancy. This book is a fantastic resource for pregnant and postpartum moms, healthcare providers, doulas, and really anyone who cares about moms. You also need to make sure that some foods, such as eggs, poultry, burgers, sausages and whole cuts of meat like lamb, beef and pork, are cooked very thoroughly until steaming all the way through. Her chapters on nutrition, healthy foods, the fourth trimester, and meal plans supported me in making incremental changes in support of my baby’s development.

Real Food for Pregnancy takes prenatal nutrition advice out of the dark ages and gives you an easy-to-follow guide for making the best food and lifestyle choices during pregnancy. Real Food for Pregnancy lays out the evidence—930 citations and counting—on the benefits of real food, why certain foods are essential (and others are detrimental), and countless lifestyle tweaks you can make to have a smooth, healthy pregnancy. I am on board with sticking to farm-raised meat and eggs, but should they really be the largest part of my diet?

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There are no fad restrictions here, just good solid reminders of the nutrition your body needs and how to get it from the food God gave us. I hope you will, too, and that your provider will cheer with you as you exceed what most think possible in pregnancy health. I’m about 25 weeks pregnant and a relatively new RDN myself so I am really interested in and share your passion!

She lays out the science and interprets it into a series of actionable items that each woman can choose to do or not to do, depending on her specific needs.