Jorge Chavarro, Walter Willett, Patrick Skerrett

The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

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Produktbeschreibung

Two of the lead doctors on the renowned Nurses' Health Study reveal exciting new information from the study--choosing certain kinds of foods and avoiding others can actually improve a woman's fertility without drugs or expensive treatments

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780071627108
• ISBN-10: 0071627103
• Artikelnr.: 25931420

Autorenporträt

Jorge Chavarro, M.D. earned both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health where he is currently a research fellow, studying the role of diet and lifestyle on reproductive function. He has won awards from the International Agency for Research in Cancer and the American Association for Cancer Research and has been featured in national print media including the New York Times. Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. A world-renowned nutritional researcher, he is one of the leaders of the famous Nurses' Health Study (The Nurses' Health Study, established in 1976 by Dr. Frank Speizer and the Nurses' Health Study II, established in 1989 by Dr. Walter Willett, are among the largest prospective investigations into the risk factors for major chronic diseases in women) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Patrick J. Skerrett is co-author, with Walter Willett, of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy. He has also written books on prostate disease and alternative energy, as well as articles on science, technology, and medicine for Science, Popular Science, Technology Review, and other magazines. Mr. Skerrett is the editor of the Harvard Heart Letter.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Nourishing the Miracle of Conception
Chapter 2 Missed Conceptions
Chapter 3 A Diet for All Ages
Chapter 4 Slow Carbs, Not Low Carbs
Chapter 5 Balancing Fats
Chapter 6 Plant Protein Rules
Chapter 7 Take a Break, Skim
Chapter 8 Mighty Micros
Chapter 9 Drink (Water) to Your Health
Chapter 10 The 7 Percent Solution
Chapter 11 You've Got to Move It, Move It
Chapter 12 Putting It All Together
Chapter 13 Meal Plans and Recipes
Notes
Index