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Baby Food (For Mom).(Brief Article)
It's a safe bet that Dr. David Barker has never craved pickles and ice cream. Still, if there's one man in the world who understands the peculiar dietary needs of pregnant women, it's him. Barker rose to fame in the '90s as the main backer of "fetal programming," the idea that conditions in the womb, influenced by the mother's diet, can determine a baby's likelihood of chronic adult disease. Today the Barker Hypothesis is the subject of hundreds of studies--and one very comprehensive guidebook, "The Best Start in Life," just out in England and available at amazon.co.uk. On the surface, much of the advice in Barker's book seems obvious (there can't be a woman in the world who thinks eating nothing but rice cakes is good for a fetus--well, at least not outside of Hollywood). But some issues are more complex than they first seem. ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baby Food (For Mom).(Brief Article)