The diet recommended in this book is totally unrealistic for the average American. You're under enough stress already, and probably sick enough already. Unless you already have an extraordinarily healthy diet, don't bother trying to make this big of a switch now. Example: this book forbids eating Total cereal because it has too much sugar! Puhleeze! They give you permission to "splurge" with a no-sugar bran muffin with fruit once a week. Whatever! Please don't encourage the alarmist authors by buying this book. Certainly try to eat healthy when pregnant, and if you have no idea what healthy eating is, read this book to get an idea of the radical end of the spectrum. Then be reasonable.Oh yeah - the fish recipe was so gross that it made me have an aversion to fish throughout my pregnancy!