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.
- ISBN10 0091882931
- ISBN13 9780091882938
- Publish Date 4 April 2002 (first published 17 February 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Imprint Vermilion
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English