The Prenatal Prescription
Posted by admin | Posted in Embryology | Posted on 30-08-2010
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Product Description
Did you know that your actions during pregnancy impact your child’s health after birth and into adulthood? That what you eat, how much you exercise, your stress level, and your immediate environment are all key factors in determining your baby’s predisposition to such conditions as heart disease, obesity, diabetes, stroke, cancer, even depression? Based on more than thirty years of rigorous scientific research, Dr. Nathanielsz’s The Prenatal Prescription explains why this is so and what you can do about it.
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Not eveyone who is an M.D., Ph.D. can write or has something interesting or groundbreaking to say.
The cover of this book, with its ultrasound picture of a fetus, and the “AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW”, look interesting and makes the book look worth reading. But these are only a selling points.
This is a painfully repetative 212 page book that could have been written in no more than 20 pages. The author repeats himself page after page. He writes non-releavant stories about how researcher did some studies and came to some conclusions.
Everything in this book is common knowledge and common sense: eat healthy, don’t over-eat or under-eat, don’t drink, don’t smoke, stay away from toxins and other chemical, take folic acid, and visit the OBGYN regularly.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is an excellent book for any couple to read well before they embark on the journey of pregnancy. When you realize that the nutritional and emotional environment has such a key roll in the life of the child for the rest of their lives – you take things a lot more seriously in preparing for a healthy pregnancy and working to adjust your life and habits accordingly.
Don’t get pregnant without reading this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
Yes this is a lot of common sense but it goes into depth about those common sense ideas of why you need to eat healthy and not starve yourself during your pregnancy. He is a little repetitive but it’s an easy to read book. It also scratches the surface of the importance of medical care for women. I think it’s ashman that you either have to be on medicare or be rich to have a baby no a days! Something needs to be done about this.
Rating: 4 / 5
I had to read this for a psyc class. It was very interesting because it offered alot of informative information not only what expecting mothers can do to make the womb a better environment for their baby, but also all the background research that has been going on in the field. I thoroughly enjoyed the historical examples that were provided to illustrate his points.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is the single most informative and enlightening book I had read in a long time. After reading it, I asked my mom for details of how she cared for herself when she was pregnant with me, and it shined a light on so many things that I had dealt with since childhood. Now, I am myself 7 months pregnant and reading the book for a second time so that I may be mindful to do all that I can to grow a healthy baby. I recommend this book to all women who are pregnant or plan to conceive.
Rating: 5 / 5