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Summary: A Great Help To Pregnant Moms
Review: Eat Right 4 Your Baby is a terrific book. It is focused on being a wonderful guide for Moms-to-be. Dr. D'Adamo's Blood Type books have been written to try and help as many people as possible. Detailed Outcomes are publicly available on his Website. Many people describe the relief they received by utilizing the information presented by Doctor D'Adamo. He wants everyone to have successful and pleasant experiences as Parents-to-be. Happy healthy parents produce happy healthy babies. The book has lots of good recipes and meal plans, too.
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Summary: At least give it a scan at your local library...
Review: I perused this at my local health food store. If you already eat outside of the typical American diet and aren't opposed to meat/and dairy alternatives, you will find that you won't have to change much. I agree that I am slightly puzzled by a couple of the foods I must avoid, but most of it makes sense...NOT that I am happy about giving up corn and potatos! My parents are both O types,as well and my father and all his relatives have diabetes. Staying away from the wheat will keep me from that pathway, I hope. Do go to your library first and judge for yourself.
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Summary: Save your money or spend it elsewhere
Review: I pre-read this in the library before I bought it. Good thing! It is obviously another gimmick to make this guy (and his publisher) rich. His "science" says that because of my blood type, as a nursing mother, I should only consider moderate exercise like walking or swimming. But other blood types can go mountain climbing or perform martial arts. And, as other reviewer notes, no meat. Get real. This book is hype, paranoia, and fantasyland all rolled into one neat package. Listen up ladies: Some guy's trying to make a buck from you by instilling fear in you that you are not doing something right if you don't follow his plan. Phooey! You'll do far better to simply "listen" to your own body, your own brain, and reading a wide variety of literature on pregnancy and breastfeeding; you'll have a better plan and a better sense of your own personal best diet, whether nursing or not. To heck with him and his weird science!
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Summary: A Great Help To Pregnant Moms
Review: If you are not into health foods and are attached to the typical north american diet then this book is definitely not for you. I would recommend it as a pre-pregnancy book for those following or interested in the blood type diet. Then you can adapt as you see fit during pregnancy.
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Summary: Definately Not What I Was Looking For
Review: If you want to be starved out of your pregnancy by all means read this book. However, I do not agree with the premise of the book. It's fine that certain blood types react to certain things differently but when someone tries to tell me that because I have AB blood, I shouldn't eat anything that's not recommended for both A and B bloodtypes but also that there were severe restrictions on many other things that I shouldn't eat as well. I tried looking in the book for things that I could actually consume without feeling horrible about it, but I didn't find much. Take my advise, if your doctor gives you an idea of what to consume, take it. If not, eat healthy and your baby will be fine.
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Summary: Odd but worth it
Review: Reading the other reviews, I can hear where other reviewers are coming from. It's true, this way of eating and exercising does not provide a one-size-fits-all approach, and often can seem odd. Dr. D'Adamo's Blood Type diet & exercise recommendations are explained in much more detail in earlier books. In particular, Live Right 4 Your Type would be a great introduction to the theory and science behind the Blood Type Diet (BTD). I see Eat Right 4 Your Baby (ER4YB) as a resource for folks who already have familiarity with the BTD and have found that it makes sense for them. I do wish that ER4YB included information regarding variations for non-secretors. As someone working towards getting healthy now, in anticipation of pregnancy in a few years, this information is very helpful to me, including in terms for maximizing fertility. I have lost 60 pounds in the last year from following these diet & exercise guidlines, and have seen a tremendous improvement in my energy, allergies, asthma, sinuses, and joint stiffness.
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Summary: Contradicts what my nutritionist and doctor advises
Review: The concept of the book is interesting which got me reading in the first place. Although as I hit page 100, I just could not continue. I was to avoid all cheeses that are mostly considered safe for me and baby and that it was OK for me to eat some harmful (unpasteurized) ones. I feel sorry for the pregnant woman and her fetus who follows this ridiculous diet plan and ends up with listeria. There are also some "no no" fish that are listed on the OK list also. But I was absolutely floored when it told me to avoid all meat.. (protein is essential!) This is a crucial time for optimal health so please, just eat healthy and see a doctor or nutritionist who actually knows what they are talking about.
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Summary: Survey says: TWO THUMBS DOWN
Review: This has got to be one of the most absurd books I have ever read. Imagine my surprise at discovering that as a pregnant woman with type-A blood that the authors cannot safely recommend that I eat ANY kind of meat! And when I say "no meat" I mean "NO MEAT!" They instruct that if my willpower weakens and I absolutely must consume some kind of meat that it only be chicken or turkey, and that consumption should be limited only to rare occasions. Further, I am not to consume tomatoes, apples, etc. I could go on and on with lists of perfectly healthy foods that are on the no-no list for type-A's. God speed to folks who are able to find any logic in the nonsense that the D'Adamos are pushing, but I remain devoted to my trusty internal bovine feces detector, which has never let me down. Bottom line: Run, don't walk, away from this book, it will only serve to bewilder, scare, and depress you at a time when you are most hyper-sensitive and receptive to suggestions that you are inadequate. Trust your instincts and don't be intimidated.
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