The Better Baby Book, livre ebook

Whether you're planning for pregnancy or are already pregnant, this essential prenatal guide draws on the latest genetic research to give you a complete program of specific nutrition and environmental lifestyle changes that can help you have a better baby. The book is based on the emerging science of epigenetics and shows how the environment interacts with your genes, affecting which genes are expressed or "turned on". It shows you the important steps you can take to improve preconception nutrition and reduce toxins in your home and body to consciously help your child be healthy, smart, and strong.

• Leverages the latest epigenetics research to help you produce a healthier, smarter, and happier baby with a lower risk of allergies, asthma, and developmental issues
• Shares a specific prescriptive program based on four principles: eating the right foods; taking the right supplements; detoxifying before, during, and after pregnancy; and minimizing stress
• Shows how a woman's health and her environment during pregnancy may have a much bigger impact on her child than was previously thought
• Includes the authors' compelling personal story of developing the Better Baby Plan shared in the book as they had their own better babies

Acknowledgments vii

Part One The Better Baby Plan

1 You Are a Cocreator: The Better Baby Plan 3

2 Road Map to a Healthy Pregnancy 16

Part Two The Better Baby Diet

3 Better Baby Building Blocks 29

4 What Not to Eat 41

5 Nourishing a Healthy Brain and Body 67

6 Fertility 118

7 Your Prenatal Supplement Regimen 128

8 Hormones and Pharmaceuticals 157

Part Three The Toxin Connection

9 How Mold Changes Your Pregnancy 167

10 Environmental Toxins 175

11 Endotoxins: The Toxins Produced inside You 185

12 How to Deal with Toxins 190

Part Four Preparing for Pregnancy and Birth

13 Detoxifying Your Body and Your Home 199

14 Autism 214

15 Reducing Stress for an Easier and Better Pregnancy 220

16 Does Intention Matter? 247

17 The Best Way to Welcome Baby: A Gentle Birth 250

18 Bringing It All Together 266

Index 273