Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding.

Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- How to use this book -- Section 1 Fundamentals of healthy nutrition and lifestyle -- 1 The importance of nutrition and lifestyle to healthy development -- Developmental origins of health and disease -- Nutrition: providing the building blocks of development and the fuel for metabolism -- The importance of physical activity -- Avoidance of risky exposures -- Opportunities and challenges -- 2 Conceptual background to healthy growth and development -- Development is affected by early environment -- Developmental plasticity -- Other forms of developmental response -- Taking a 'life-course' approach -- Section 2 Nutritional requirements of pregnancy and breastfeeding -- 3 Practicalities: understanding nutrient recommendations -- Nutritional advice and caveats -- Dietary reference intakes -- Food labelling -- 4 Macronutrients and fibre requirements during pregnancy -- Macronutrient transfer to the fetus -- Macronutrient balance during pregnancy -- Recommended macronutrient and fibre intakes during pregnancy -- Our recommendations for macronutrient and fibre intake during pregnancy -- 5 Polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential for fetal and infant development -- Dietary sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids -- Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in pregnancy and lactation -- Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on health -- Agency guidelines on polyunsaturated fatty acid intake -- Our recommendations for polyunsaturated fatty acid intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 6 Vitamin A in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Vitamin A functions -- Vitamin A deficiency -- Vitamin A in pregnancy -- Vitamin A in lactation and infancy -- Sources and metabolism of vitamin A -- Risks of excess vitamin A during pregnancy.

Agency guidelines for vitamin A intake -- Our recommendations for vitamin A intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 7 Vitamin B1 (thiamine) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Thiamine functions -- Indicators of thiamine status -- Thiamine deficiency -- Thiamine in pregnancy -- Thiamine in lactation and infancy -- Thiamine sources -- Effects of excess thiamine -- Agency guidelines for thiamine intake -- Our recommendations for thiamine intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 8 Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Riboflavin functions -- Indicators of riboflavin status -- Riboflavin deficiency -- Riboflavin in pregnancy -- Riboflavin in lactation -- Riboflavin sources -- Risks of excess riboflavin -- Agency guidelines for riboflavin intake -- Our recommendations for riboflavin intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 9 Vitamin B3 (niacin) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Niacin functions -- Indicators of niacin status -- Niacin deficiency -- Niacin in pregnancy and lactation -- Niacin sources -- Risks of excess niacin -- Agency guidelines for niacin intake -- Our recommendations for niacin intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 10 Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Vitamin B6 functions -- Indicators of vitamin B6 status -- Vitamin B6 deficiency -- Vitamin B6 in pregnancy -- Vitamin B6 in lactation and infancy -- Vitamin B6 sources and metabolism -- Risks of excess vitamin B6 -- Agency guidelines for vitamin B6 intake -- Our recommendations for vitamin B6 intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 11 Vitamin B7 (biotin) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Biotin functions -- Indicators of biotin status -- Biotin deficiency -- Biotin in pregnancy -- Biotin in lactation -- Biotin sources -- Risks of excess biotin -- Agency guidelines for biotin intake.

Our recommendations for biotin intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 12 Vitamin B9 (folate) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Folate functions -- Indicators of folate status -- Folate deficiency -- Folate in pregnancy -- Folic acid genetics -- Folate interactions with vitamin B12 and choline -- Food folate sources -- Food fortification with folic acid -- Risks of excess folate -- Agency guidelines for folate intake -- Our recommendations for folate intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 13 Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Vitamin B12 functions -- Indicators of vitamin B12 status -- Vitamin B12 deficiency -- Vitamin B12 in pregnancy and lactation -- Vitamin B12 sources -- Risks of excess vitamin B12 -- Agency guidelines for vitamin B12 intake -- Our recommendations for vitamin B12 intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 14 Choline in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Choline functions -- Indicators of choline status -- Choline deficiency -- Choline in pregnancy -- Choline in lactation -- Choline and epigenetic mechanisms -- Choline sources -- Agency guidelines for choline intake -- Our recommendations for choline intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 15 Vitamin D in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Vitamin D functions -- Vitamin D deficiency -- Vitamin D in pregnancy -- Vitamin D and fertility -- Vitamin D sources -- Vitamin D supplementation -- Risks of excess vitamin D -- Agency guidelines for vitamin D intake -- Our recommendations for vitamin D intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 16 Vitamin K in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Vitamin K functions -- Indicators of vitamin K status -- Vitamin K deficiency -- Vitamin K in pregnancy and lactation -- Vitamin K sources and metabolism -- Risks of excess vitamin K -- Agency guidelines for vitamin K intake.

Our recommendations for vitamin K intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 17 Vitamins C and E and other antioxidants in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Antioxidant functions -- Antioxidants in pregnancy -- Dietary antioxidants -- Vitamin C -- Vitamin E -- Supplementation trials of vitamins C and E in pregnancy -- Summary and recommendations for antioxidant intake -- Our recommendations for antioxidant intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 18 Calcium in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Calcium functions -- Indicators of calcium status -- Calcium in pregnancy -- Calcium in lactation -- Prevalence of calcium deficiency -- Calcium sources -- Risks of excess calcium -- Agency guidelines for calcium intake -- Our recommendations for calcium intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 19 Iodine in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Iodine functions -- Indicators of iodine status -- Iodine deficiency in pregnancy -- Iodine in lactation -- Iodine supplementation in pregnancy -- Iodine sources -- Areas of concern for iodine availability -- Risks of excess iodine -- Agency guidelines for iodine intake -- Our recommendations for iodine intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 20 Iron in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Iron functions -- Iron homeostasis -- Indicators of iron status and deficiency -- Iron in pregnancy -- Iron deficiency in pregnancy and infancy -- Infant iron requirements -- Iron supplementation during pregnancy -- Iron sources and metabolism -- Risks of excess iron -- Agency guidelines for iron intake -- Our recommendations for iron intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 21 Magnesium in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Magnesium functions -- Indicators of magnesium status -- Magnesium deficiency -- Magnesium in pregnancy -- Magnesium supplementation in pregnancy -- Magnesium in breast milk -- Sources of magnesium -- Risks of excess magnesium.

Agency guidelines for magnesium intake -- Our recommendations for magnesium intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 22 Potassium in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Potassium functions -- Potassium in pregnancy -- Potassium sources -- Agency guidelines for potassium intake -- Our recommendations for potassium intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 23 Selenium in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Selenium functions -- Indicators of selenium status -- Selenium and fertility -- Selenium in pregnancy -- Selenium sources -- Risks of excess selenium -- Agency guidelines for selenium intake -- Our recommendations for selenium intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 24 Copper in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Copper functions -- Indicators of copper status -- Copper deficiency -- Copper in pregnancy, lactation, and infant feeding -- Risks of excess copper -- Copper sources -- Agency guidelines for copper intake -- Our recommendations for copper intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 25 Zinc in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Zinc functions -- Indicators of zinc status -- Zinc deficiency -- Zinc in pregnancy -- Zinc in lactation and infant feeding -- Zinc sources and bioavailability -- Risks of excess zinc -- Agency guidelines for zinc intake -- Our recommendations for zinc intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 26 Manganese in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Manganese functions -- Indicators of manganese status/exposure -- Manganese in pregnancy -- Manganese sources -- Risks of excess manganese -- Agency guidelines for manganese intake -- Our recommendations for manganese intake during pregnancy and lactation -- 27 Prebiotics and probiotics in pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Prebiotic and probiotic functions -- Probiotics and the immune system-the 'hygiene hypothesis' -- A potential role of probiotics in the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Our recommendations for prebiotic and probiotic intake during pregnancy and lactation.

Explains the practical implications of new discoveries in 'life-course biology' and provides an informed resource on parental nutritional and lifestyle factors affecting offspring development, based on the current evidence.

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