Pregnancy Nutrition

Whether you’re actively trying or just thinking about getting pregnant, you can take steps now to make the experience as healthy and joyful as possible. […]

“The Pesticides and ADD Connection” “Cancer Risk Lower in Wild-Caught Fish” “Toxic Plastic Found in Canned Food” “Meat, Hormones, and Your Child’s Fertility” The headlines […]

Fumiaki Yoshimatsu (CC Commons) “French fries thru the whole thing…root beer like you wouldn’t believe.” —MamaT Annie Mole (CC Commons) “I had a lot of […]

Jokull Solberg Auounsson “The nurse at my OB’s office told me to freeze Gatorade in ice cube trays. That way when water sounded disgusting, and […]

Shutterstock First, the bad news: There’s a new fat in town, and it can be particularly unhealthy for pregnant women and nursing mothers. Now, the […]

Shutterstock Holy guacamole! If you thought avocados were only good for chip dip, think again. Packed with folic acid and heart-healthy fat, consider the avocado […]

Shutterstock No meat? No problem. With good planning, vegetarians can easily meet nutritional requirements while pregnant and nursing. “It’s the nutritive quality of a mother’s […]

Know your nutrition numbers Most pregnant women need only an extra 300 calories each day — the equivalent of about 2 &frac12 cups of low-fat […]

Shutterstock “Eating for two” during pregnancy doesn’t mean you should gorge on doughnuts and chips. It means what you eat affects the health of both […]

Shutterstock Prenatal care can range from blood tests to exercise, but in light of a new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, perhaps it […]