Healthy Eating
Foods to Avoid While Pregnant : One can hardly avoid the list of foods to eat while pregnant. Grains, fruits, dairy, the list is so extensive that one begins to wonder if there are enough hours in the day to eat everything that is recommended. But what about food that you are to avoid? While not an exhaustive list, the […]
Today’s parents are seeking ways to simplify their lives while raising a healthy, well-rounded child. Baby Led Weaning is a feeding process that fits every lifestyle; it is an amazingly intuitive and completely natural method of introducing your milk-fed baby to solid foods. This is also an eco-friendly method of feeding as it eschews packaged food and encourages the whole […]
Food Dye In Your Pickles : The fact that there’s dye in certain foods couldn’t be more obvious—that neon orange shade of your mac & cheese definitely didn’t come from Mother Nature. But you might be surprised at some of the other places where artificial food colors (AFCs) turn up, according to a new study published in Clinical Pediatrics.
My teenage daughter’s summer job was at an ice cream shop. She asked me to swing by one day so she could make me a sundae. I should have run over there and slurped down my treat with unfettered joy. But I begged off. The thought of eating a sauce-covered mountain of sugar and fat gave me a jolt of […]
100 Things You Cannot Do When You’re Pregnant If sperm has gotten anywhere near your egg, then you know pregnancy is a drag. Some women claim that they truly enjoy being pregnant, and I believe them (WINK!). The rest of us can agree that pregnancy is just a means to an end.
HEARTBURN (Pyrosis) is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus just below the breastbone, caused by regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw. WHAT YOU SHOULD AVOID · Avoid acidic, high-fat and spicy foods · Alcohol, including wine · Citrus foods (oranges, […]
