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Birth and the Women’s Health Agenda « Talk Birth (2011-11-14 15:59:39)
[...] to their practices) and changing those sometimes feel like an insurmountable task. As I’ve written before, much
of the time it isn’t that we actually want women to know more, we want them to act [...]
Book Review: Healthy Eating During Pregnancy (2011-07-18 12:09)
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Review: Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
By Erika Lenkert with Brooke Alpert
ISBN: 978-1-906868-41-3
Softcover, 144 pages, $16.95
[2]http://www.healthywomen.org
Reviewed by Molly Remer
Co-written by a cookbook author/food writer and a nutritionist (both of whom are mothers), Healthy
Eating During Pregnancy offers 100 recipes with the nutritional needs of pregnant women in mind. The
first part of the book contains specific nutrition information for pregnant women, including a short section
on coping with morning sickness, as well as good information about the micronutrients and macronutrients
that are essential for growing a healthy baby. The remaining two thirds of the book is a collection of tasty
recipes, organized into categories beginning with breakfast and concluding with desserts. The book is very
colorful and contains many appetizing photos.
Though marketed specifically for pregnant women, the recipes have appeal to anyone. My family enjoyed
the zucchini and parmesan frittata and the ”totally tasty breakfast muffins” and we look forward to trying
more of the recipes in the future.
This book would be well-placed in the lending libraries of midwives, doulas, or childbirth educators. Anyone
in need of healthy recipe ideas during pregnancy will enjoy exploring the new book Healthy Eating During
Pregnancy!
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