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What to Eat When You're Expecting | 
 enlarge | Authors: Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 87257
Media: Paperback
Pages: 349
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0894800159
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.24
UPC: 038332170665
EAN: 9780894800153
ASIN: 0894800159
Publication Date: January 7, 1986
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Product Description
You are what you eat, and your baby is too. Not surprisingly, a pregnant womanis chances of giving birth to a healthy infant are dramatically improved when she's on an excellent diet. From the authors of the bestselling What to Expect When Youire Expecting and What to Expect the First Year, together with over 15 million copies in print, here is the definitive guide to nourishing both the unborn child and the mother-to-be.
What to East When You're Expecting suggests a "Daily Dozen" diet comprised of wholesome unprocessed foods. Allowing for a weight gain of 20 to 30 pounds, its easy-to-follow plan uses a simple system to monitor servings from 12 food groups that promote fetal development and maternal well-being.
In addition to 100 recipes, the book suggests the best foods to eat at home, in restaurants, even at the office or when traveling. It is sympathetic to the modern womanis particular concerns and time pressures, and offers special counsel to vegetarians, special warnings to those who drink, smoke, or fast, and special encouragement to all who plan to breastfeed. Over 823,000 copies in print.
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 don't read this book! March 3, 2008
brook (CT)
this is the worst book on pregnancy and food ever written. any woman who has ever had any insecurities around body image will take one look at this book and realize it's the fault of books/ideas like "what to eat when your expecting" that we have issues in the first place. don't buy it, don't even borrow it, it'll just make you feel inadequate or fat!
Idiotic Masochistic Book February 19, 2008
Pregnant Lady
Buy this book only if you want to torture yourself. In addition to being out-of-date and misinformed, it sets up insane standards that no person alive could live up to--much less a pregnant woman battling cravings, morning sickness, etc.
A lot of the info is simply flat out wrong and hysterical. One particularly idiotic statement: "a baby made up of candy bars and colas is quite different from a baby made up of whole grain breads and milk." That's preposterous! Baby's are like little leeches that suck up what nutrients they need from our bodies. Unless you are severely malnourished (starving in a refuge camp or subsisting on nothing but wonder bread) your baby will be fine regardless of what you eat during pregnancy!!! That's not to say that it's a bad idea to follow common sense and drink some more milk and eat a bit more fruits and vegetables during pregnancy, but it's absurd to counsel stressed-out pregnant women to avoid all sugar, white flour, etc.
I'm glad I bought this at a yard sale or I'd be kicking myself for wasting money and enriching the idiots who wrote this. I'd throw it on the nearest fire except that I'm having fun gleefully quoting its idiocy to my husband.
thank god I didn't pay for it August 14, 2007
teacher26 (chicago)
This book works hard to confirm your worst fears, and with all the tact and forgiveness normally associated with the Gestapo.
If I wanted to stay thin, I wouldn't have gotten pregnant.
 goes WAY overboard March 6, 2007
Deanna (Phoenix, AZ USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I generally like the "What to Expect..." books, despite the sometimes preachy tone, but this one just goes too far. I made it about halfway through this book and then just put it down in disgust. It was making me afraid to eat anything for fear that it was not a "perfect" food.
Certainly it's good to eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and dairy products, and to limit processed foods and artificial additives, whether you're pregnant or not. If you're looking for encouragement to do that and some recipes you can use, this book may have some value.
However, if you're like me and tend to be strict with yourself and/or go overboard, this is probably not the book for you. If you take this book literally, you should avoid ALL refined sugar for the entire 9 months you are pregnant. That means not a single piece of candy, cake, Christmas cookie, nothing at all. Plus they seem to assume that you will cook home cooked meals out of fresh ingredients (no convenience foods) every day and oh by the way, bake a couple of times a week. In my experience this is not realistic for most modern pregnant women who generally have full time jobs and/or other young children.
I found the whole thing to be depressing and discouraging, so I just put it away and followed my doctor's dietary guidelines, which were nowhere near this strict. Although I probably would have gained less weight had I followed this book, I had a happy, healthy pregnancy and didn't stress so much about what I was eating. I see no evidence that my daughter would have been better off had I eliminated the occasional chocolate or cookie from my diet and been miserably obsessed with every bite that crossed my lips.
I don't recommend this book unless you are already committed to following a sugar-free, all whole grain diet and are looking for encouragement, or are just looking for some healthy recipes and are able to take the rest of it with a grain of salt.
HORRIBLE recipes, unrealistic expectations! January 31, 2007
moominmamma
Yes, it is completely true what the other reviewers have pointed out - this book has RIDICULOUS standards that no human being could possibly live up to. When I first purchased this book (luckily second-hand so I didn't pay full price) I was very excited about having a wealth of knowledge and recipes at my fingertips. But as soon as I started reading it, it just made me feel so guilty and horrible about everything I ate before I knew I was pregnant, and also what I was expected to do now that I know. Talk about ruining the experience! I even tried some of the recipes in the book - the veggie soup was bogus and "FUDGE BROWNIES"??? Give me a break, those were the most disgusting things I have ever tried to eat. They were not chocolately in the least but rather tasted like some kind of fig bars. Just listen to your body and your doctor's advice and skip this piece of trash!
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