The Healthy Baby Gut Guide: Prevent Allergies, Build Immunity and Strengthen Microbiome Health From Day One

by Vincent Dr. Ho

Overview

Worried about how allergies will affect your children? From conception through pregnancy and the first two years, this authoritative guide from a leading gastroenterologist shows you how to prevent allergies and optimize gut health in your baby.

For many families, eczema, asthma, hay fever and food allergies are constant anxieties, sometimes with devastating consequences. But what if there was a way to prevent allergies from the start? What if early lifestyle changes could change your baby’s life?

In The Healthy Baby Gut Guide, Dr. Vincent Ho lays out a simple yet effective plan for optimizing your baby’s gut health in the first 1000 days after conception. Dr. Ho shares sensible advice, surprising scientific discoveries from the exploding medical field of gut health, and a nutritionist-approved nine-week infant meal plan. Practical, easy-to-follow, and eye-opening, this book is essential reading for every parent and parent-to-be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771648851
Publisher:	Greystone Books
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Vincent Ho is a clinical academic gastroenterologist and senior lecturer at the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. He is also a practicing gastroenterologist and a frequent contributor to The Conversation, where his articles have been viewed over five million times. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 The science of allergies 1

2 Allergies and the gut 14

3 Pregnancy 19

4 Birth 40

5 Babies, diets and pacifiers 52

6 Common allergies 70

7 Food allergies 81

8 Other allergies 114

9 Nine-week infant meal plan 124

10 All about "biotics" 163

11 Environmental factors 178

12 Future treatment strategies 188

So, what are you waiting for? 199

Glossary 203

Acknowledgments 209

Index 211

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Vincent Ho makes a complex topic both accessible and digestible, with practical advice every parent can use.”
—Dr. Jennifer Gardy, author of It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)

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