Life After Baby: Rediscovering and Reclaiming Your Healthy Pizzazz

by Victoria Dolby Toews

Overview

'Life After Baby' brings a welcome measure of honesty and sanity to the discussion of how women can rediscover and reclaim their health, their verve, and their joie de vivre after a newborn joins their family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591203247
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	947 KB

About the Author

In school, Victoria Dolby Toews studied health and received her Master of Public Health degree, but she always knew she wanted to write, as well. Her solution? She became a health journalist. For the past two decades she's been reading highly scientific literature and learning about hot-off-the-presses medical discoveries and then incorporating all of the best parts into her writing. She's the author of several books, including The Green Tea Book. She has written hundreds of magazine articles about achieving wellness through natural medicine and dietary supplements. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, son, and daughter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Losing the Baby Weight 5

Chapter 2 Kitchen Table Woes 21

Chapter 3 Supercharge Your Nutrition 33

Chapter 4 Supplement Savvy 45

Chapter 5 Fitting in Exercise 57

Chapter 6 Rediscovering Beauty Basics 79

Chapter 7 Reconnecting with Passion 97

Chapter 8 Fighting Fatigue 115

Chapter 9 Stress and Sanity 133

Chapter 10 After-Baby Health Concerns 151

Appendix: Herb and Dietary Supplement Safety 189

Glossary 199

References 205

Index 217

About the Author 229