Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781596913943ISBN:1596913940
Description: Following the success of "Real Food, " Planck's new classic on eating for two explains why real food is better for woman and child. read more
"This was interesting to read as I get prepared to start giving Kiran more solid food next month. Planck is compelling in a lot of her claims (noting that heart disease is a problem that correlates more with eating chemically-laden packaged food rather than eggs was particularly compelling to me), but she does get a bit ideological here and there. She also equivocates on what she considers to be real food. Sugar is bad, although people have been eating it for 400 years, but cod liver oil is great, although it's a modern supplement. She does at least revert to the "you have to do what's best for you" claims, and the book is full of interesting ideas, although I am still not sure why she would give her son cow's milk products when he was under the age of 1."
"I think the basic premise of this book--that it's better for you and your baby to eat foods that you can spell, rather than processed foods and food-like substances--is a good one. Unfortunately, the author is so freaking annoying and self-righteous that I ended up not really caring what she thought I should eat.
Here, for example, is what she thinks you should do if nursing doesn't work out (though obviously SHE had no trouble with it). Options are listed in order of preference.
1. Hire a full-time wet nurse. Because they're everywhere, and who can't afford one? Am I right? 2. Get breast milk from a milk bank, which I'm sure you have on your local corner. 3. Make your own formula. I actually think this is the dumbest and most dangerous advice of all. There are a ton of nutrients that formulas are legally required to have. Scientists are working every day to make formula more and more like breast milk. Do you really think you're going to do better? No offense, but I doubt you."
"This book is divided into several sections for moms/moms-to-be. After an intro which gives some general background on the Real Food concept - basically to eat food as natural and close to the source as possible - Planck moves quickly into discussion fertility implications and benefits of a Real Food diet.
Biggest takehomes beyond the obvious "eat lots of fruits and veggies" - avoid skim milk and soy.
The next section is devoted to the 40 weeks of pregnancy and emphasizes the different nutrients that are essential and more or less vital in each trimester. Some of this advice diverges from the standard line of thinking - i.e., if you're at risk for preclampsia/high blood pressure, eat more meat, not less and don't worry about salt.
I haven't read the next sections - which cover breastfeeding and first foods yet.
Based on what I have read, this is a pretty down to earth volume that challenges some assumptions about "right" foods and which preaches a particular viewpoint without getting too new-agey about it. All in all, I'm finding it non-didactic enough to glean some good info without feeling judged or like throwing the thing across the room (which is more than I can say for some other diet and pregnancy books). My one caveat would be that any major changes or diversions from a doctor/midwife's advice should be discussed with them prior to taking the suggestions of a non-medical professional."
"This book has changed my eating habits. Really and truly it has. I read labels like never before, I'm conscious of the combinations of food I eat, and I don't think I've ever felt better about what's going in my mouth. Planck's easy-to-read guide allows you to both understand what you're reading and apply it when you go to the farmer's market.
The only downside is that I feel she relies to heavily on secondary sources. (I was a history major so bear with me here.) Planck's advice, while probably well-founded, doesn't carry as much weight as it could if she were to go back to the original source of the information. For example, she talks about soy products and their lack of healthful benefit. At one point she almost goes so far as to say that soy is bad for you. That may be true, but her source is another author's book on why soy is bad...it's not the study behind the other author's book. What's to have prevented this other author from making up a bunch of hogwash about soy? Nothing. Now I assume that Planck did her research and found the other author based his info on a study, but her argument would have been more sound if she'd just footnoted the primary source. There are several instances of this kind of thing, but it does not detract from her points generally."
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