Optimum Nutrition Before, During and After Pregnancy: Achieve Optimum Well-Being for You and Your Baby

by Patrick Holford, Susannah Lawson

This book is the essential guide to nutrition for women who are either planning to conceive, are pregnant or have given birth. It will also help women who are having difficulty conceiving or taking their baby to term. Top nutritionist Patrick Holford and Foresight practitioner Susannah Lawson start with a pre-conception nutrition checklist, moving on to cover nutrition in pregnancy, complete with diet and meal plans, and follow up with useful advice about your own nutrition in early parenthood - from beating the baby blues to how to produce the best-quality milk. The final section deals with optimum nutrition for babies and young children, with information about weaning, prevention of allergies and the ideal diet for a healthy child.
Discover top nutritional advice that will help you to achieve maximum fertility and good health, prevent birth defects, avoid sickness and other pregnancy problems, prevent allergies in your baby, feed your baby in the best way possible, and much more.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a pioneer in new approaches to health and nutrition. He is a leading spokesman on nutrition in the media, specialising in the field of mental health. He is the author of 37 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low GL-Diet Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind and The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Good Medicine.

Reviews

[Inga · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's such a shame I didn't look up the author before buying this book. Books like this should be banned!
It started off ok with some common sense advice on nutrition and why pregnant women and dads-to-be should avoid consuming alcohol or smoking before and during pregnancy.
I started having doubts about this book when the author started saying that in order to ensure sufficient amount of nutrients a pregnant should eat a varied diet AND take supplements. And a lot of them! This contradicts most of the medical advice I have come across regarding supplements (except for folic acid) during pregnancy.
Things got much scarier when the theme of vaccination was touched. In author's opinion, vaccines are dangerous and should be avoided (!!!). After reading this, I couldn't continue and I think I'll burn this book so that it doesn't get to anyone else's hands.
I was still quite puzzled why the author mentions the importance of taking supplements in every chapter. Is he selling them himself? And guess what - Patrick Holford, author of the book, owns a supplement company! This explained everything to me.
Such a shame that people like him take advantage of women who are genuinely concerned about their nutrition at such an important time in their lives!

[Goda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Knygoje pateikiama daug naudingos informacijos, kurią verta žinoti tiek prieš pastojimą, tiek pastojus ir auginant vaiką. Vis tik daugelis dalykų aprašyta itin kardinaliai ir pernelyg kritiškai kaip, pavyzdžiui, autoriaus siūlymas vartoti be proto daug įvairių papildų. Subalansuota mityba labai svarbu, tačiau dauguma informacijos pateikta taip, tarsi vieną kartą per savaitę suvalgius picą labai stipriai padidėja tikimybė užteršti savo organizmą neatstatomai :)

[Hanady · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب رائع جدًا عن التغذية السلمية للمرأة قبل الحمل وأثنائه وبعده وأساسيات تغذية الطفل أيضًا

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good advice, covered lots of topics. A lot of it is not specific to pregnancy so can apply to everyone. General advice is to eat well, lots of fruit & veg, less sugar, no caffeine or alcohol, avoid toxins/chemicals, take a good multivit and EFAs.