How to Eat Right – A Guide for Pregnant Women

Getting through a pregnancy is not an easy thing to do. I bet all mothers regardless of race will agree on this. ­As a pregnant woman, you are not eating only for yourself but also for your baby. The food that works for you may be harmful for your unborn child and that’s the reason why these New York Times bestselling authors Freedman and Barnouin are back to help all expecting mothers maintain their weight in the healthiest way possible.

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It may sound like a cliché, but you are what you eat. Studies show that the connection between mercury and fish contributes to the growing number of birth defects. Another alarming fact is how high protein diet affects pregnancy that could lead to diabetes, stress, and high blood pressure. With all these complications and risks it’s about time to be vigilant on what we eat and start learning how to cook our own healthy meals.

Positive Features

Skinny Bitch in the Oven is a compelling and well written cookbook that features the importance of a vegan diet for pregnant women. It also focuses the harmful effects of dairy products that could affect the pregnancy. It discusses about the bad effects of artificial and refined sugar, alcohol, caffeine and alcohol especially during pregnancy that could lead to a lasting effect for the unborn child. Breastfeeding is another main topic of the book that can definitely help if you are on your first pregnancy.

The cookbook supports a diet full of fruits, grains and veggies needed to have a healthy pregnancy. The recipes focuses mainly on vegan eating plan that includes plenty of nuts, legumes, seeds, and grains which are highly recommended during the nine months of pregnancy. It encourages exercise specially designed for pregnant women such as tai chi and yoga. The book’s informative diet plan is absolutely helpful for women who want to stay healthy during pregnancy.

Things to know before buying the book

This no-nonsense guide also features exercises for pregnant women and as well as post-partum guide. Although it talks about healthy eating for pregnant and post partum women, expecting mothers need to see if vegan diet is really good and no side effects in trying it. The book says that vegan is the way to healthier pregnancy and a healthier life. Some may have some issues about changing their diet from a whole diet to a vegan diet. Changing diets is hard and much harder if you are pregnant. Your body will need to get used to it and your body will also have to deal with the changes it undergoes during pregnancy, so you might experience stress from changing you diet.

The book also has a harsh tone and explicit languages that will make some of the readers feel bad about themselves. And with the title of the book it will make you think that even if you are pregnant it’s not an excuse to be fat. The products mentioned in the book are not available in some areas making it hard to find. Another thing is that the book menus’ does not cater for multiple births and some of its diet plan may not accessible to all pregnant women.

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