GIVEAWAY: Nourished Baby E-Book

I’m super excited to be hosting this giveaway for the book Nourished Baby by Heather Dessinger of one of my favorite blogs, Mommypotamus!

Last week, I shared an incredibly delicious recipe for Grain Free Pecan Sandies from the book, and also shared my personal journey to solve my family’s health crisis through real food nutrition, which, frankly, would have been far less difficult if I had had a copy of Nourished Baby. 

If I had had this book before I became pregnant five and a half years ago, I would have had the information I needed to make sure my body was well fortified for the job of providing the raw materials for the growth of a whole new person.

After all, a woman’s blood volume has to double during pregnancy to support the fetus. Imagine the level of nutrition it must take to do that, let alone build the bones, muscles, organs and skin of your developing child!

As I learned the hard way by not eating well enough: If a steady, robust supply of raw materials for the baby’s growth is not coming from the mother’s diet, it will come from the mother’s own body.  

Such depletion often has consequences to the health of the mother’s teeth, skin, thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones, digestive system and even her ability to feel happy and think clearly, as I know all too well. How many women do you know who have had problems in these areas during and after pregnancy?

This is why I think every mother and mother-to-be should have a copy of this important book.

While not every mother develops health problems after giving birth, gestating a child is a tremendous stress on a mother’s body—a stress that can only be successfully managed with know-how and wise action. Therefore, it is vital that every mother have the knowledge to get the very best nutrition she can during this critical time in both her and her child’s life. 

Nourished Baby shows you how to get optimal nutrition during pregnancy, nursing and weaning, ensuring both a healthy baby and a strong, resilient mother.

Nourished Baby Helps You Optimally Nourish Your Baby

You are what you eat, as the saying goes. And so is your child.

According to two new genetic studies, you are what your mother, father, grandparents and great-grandparents ate, too.

In fact, we now know that diet, be it poor or healthy, can so alter the nature of one’s DNA that those changes can be passed on to your children and grandchildren. 

It turns out that many so-called “genetic” diseases might not be so hereditary at all. Rather, they are simply the result of passing down poor eating habits from one generation to the next. This means that biology is not destiny, and that healthy eating habits and real food can turn the tide for your children and for generations to come!

But while modern science is just figuring this out, our ancestors have always known that giving the parents the very best nutrition results in robustly healthy children. Most cultures had “sacred foods” that they reserved just for couples trying to conceive and for pregnant mothers and nursing children. Many still do.

What’s even more impressive is that these “sacred foods,” if eaten regularly, can actually prevent the need for braces or fillings! They can make it less likely your kids will need glasses, even if you have worn them all your life. And these sacred superfoods can help your kids act less cranky and learn better, too. They can even provide your daughters with the bone structure needed to give them an easier labor with their own future children!

Sweet Marrow Custard with Vanilla Bean, one of over 30 baby-friendly, kid-friendly, AND parent-friendly recipes in Nourished Baby!

In Nourished Baby, Heather tells you all about these sacred superfoods, and how to prepare them in a way the whole family will enjoy. She even shows you how to make bone marrow look and taste delicious!

For someone like me, who is extremely squeamish of organ meats and other extremely nutritious animal parts, this is worth the price of the book alone!

Nourished Baby explains:

•  How eczema and allergies can be prevented if you establish good gut bacteria in your baby or child (Oh how I wish I had this information 5 years ago!)
• How you can prevent your child from needing braces
• How you can actually heal decayed teeth!
• How the actual birth experience can affect a child’s cravings for life
• Why a 2001 study found that the breast milk of North American mothers did not meet the minimum requirements for many essential nutrients–-and how to make sure your baby gets the absolute best at your breast
• How to decode your cravings while nursing so you get the nutrients you need most
• Why you should skip rice cereal and go for digestion enhancing stews instead
• What the latest research says on introducing peanuts, eggs and other “allergenic” foods, and how improper feeding can lead to food allergies.
• When children’s “picky” eating habits can actually indicate a serious problem—and how to correct it
• Tips for raising an adventurous eater

There are also over 30 baby- and kid-friendly (not to mention parent-friendly) grain-free, dairy-optional recipes—with gorgeous color photos.

From Sweet Marrow Custard with Vanilla Bean (above) to Kale Chips to the Grain Free Pecan Sandies I posted last week, every dish I’ve made so far has been grain free and dairy optional, nutrient dense, easy to prepare, and ridiculously delicious—even to my finicky 4 year old.

Click here to get an excerpt!

Get this Book!

Are you planning to conceive, pregnant or nursing, or need help feeding a baby?

Maybe you have a friend or relative who is?

Then please enter to win one of TWO copies of the Nourished Baby ebook using the Rafflecopter widget below.

And if after checking it out, you just have to have a copy of this amazing resource for yourself, Heather is now offering 20% off Nourished Baby until August 31, if you use the code SUPERMAMA!

Good luck!

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