Eat This, Not That When You're Expecting (eBook)

The authoritative, must-have healthy-eating guide for pregnant women, from America's most trusted OB/GYN and the mega-selling authors of Eat This, Not That! Master These Fast and Easy Food SwapsFor Your Happiest, Healthiest Baby! Tired of worrying about what you should be eating for your babyand for you? Dr. Jennifer Ashton, chief women's health correspondent for ABC News, has delivered 1,500 happy, healthy babies, and now she's here to help yours. Eat This, Not That! When You're Expecting features trimester-by-trimester meal plans, detailed restaurant-by-restaurant guides, and aisle-by-aisle supermarket swapsnot to mention easy, delicious recipes that satisfy every craving. Now you can order, cook, and enjoy meals with total confidence, thanks to this authoritative, must-have healthy-eating guide, from America's most trusted OB/GYN with David Zinczenko, co-founder of Eat This, Not That! You'll learn: *; The essential nutrients, and where to find them. *; What to order when you're eating out. *; What to buy, aisle-by-aisle in the supermarket. *; How to cook delicious craving crushers and healthy meals. *; And how to stop worrying, live healthfully, and enjoy the next amazing nine months. Whatever you're hungry for, wherever you happen to be, Dr. Ashton delivers the answers: Which foods are allowed? Get the scoop on cheese, fish, diet soda, and moreincluding a complete guide to brand names. Which chemicals are harmful? Find authoritative answers on artificial sweeteners, MSG, and questionable pregnancy foods. Which brands are best? Arm yourself with simple and delicious guides to healthy pizza, pasta, sandwiches, even burgers! How do I handle cravings? Discover 1,000s of food swaps for every desirewith hundreds of quick, simple, and satisfying recipes. PLUS! A complete morning sickness survival guide! Turn to the insightful and authoritative menu plans in Eat This, Not That! When You're Expecting to help you: *; Give your child a head start with delicious brain-boosting pregnancy foods. *; Reduce your baby's risk of allergies and asthma. *; Protect yourself and your child from obesity todayand long into the future. *; Make delivery safer, easier and less painful!From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Everyone says, when you're pregnant, you're eating for two. But I wrote this book because I want to change that thinking. I want you to eat for you. What do I mean by that? My patients know. As an OB/GYN with a full-time practicenot to mention in my roles as Chief Women's Health Correspondent at ABC News, and as co-host of The Doctorsit's my mission to deliver the most accessible, up-to-date and action- able information to ensure you stay healthy during your pregnancy, and deliver a beautiful, bouncy bundle of joy at the end. (And I've delivered more than 1,500 of them!) That means you'll need to know the essential vitamins and key nutrients your little one needs to grow, and which foods stave off defects, gestational diabetes, and other complications. And it means you should ask your OB/GYN or midwife to join you in learning, so you can work together to control your nutrition. With 66% of reproductive-age women overweight or obese, the need to combat unhealthy and uninformed eating is a responsibility we all share. But ';eating for you' also means being practical. Because I know you're more than just a mom-to-be. You're a mom-to-be who's got a thousand other jobs, from career woman to budding chef to amateur yogi to professional Pinstagrammer and possibly, maybe, if you have 5 minutes left, wife (and perhaps you're a mom already, in which case, you know what I mean). No matter how you spend your time, chances are you don't have much of itand certainly don't want to spend the next nine months measuring the folate counts in every box of cereal, or starving on your next road trip because Burger King doesn't serve kale. You need nutrition. And you need it now. And although cooking your own food is the surest way to maintain a healthy diet, you probably can't do so every day for the next nine months. That's why I wrote Eat This, Not That! When You're Expecting, the only book of its kind by a doctor qualified to talk about nutrition, physiology, and diseasewho will also tell you what to do the next time you're at the salad bar, in the yogurt aisle, or at Mickey D's. Because, let's be honest, momma's gonna crave a little Mickey D's. And she's going to need clean energy, too. That's why I'll also tell you how delicious wild salmon, fresh and creamy smoothies, and time-saving foods like rotisserie chicken or frozen meals can be essential building blocks for healthy trimesters. In the end, you'll discover not just what to eat, but how to enjoy the foods you love. You'll eat for you, while nourishing baby, too.