Pregnancy Week by Week

Although you may be taking a lot of minerals and vitamins, you might still worry that you don’t get all the nutrients that you need and you could be looking for other foods to eat while pregnant. If this is the case, there are some foods that should make it to the top of the [...]

Every woman is thinking about her nutrition and the foods to eat during pregnancy because it is very important to receive all the vitamins and minerals that the mother and the baby need. Even though you may be taking some supplements, there are some kinds of foods that you should have to be healthier. Mangoes [...]

There is a lot of concern among pregnant mothers about the recommended and potentially harmful nutritional supplements during pregnancy. Many pregnant mothers try their best in ensuring that their developing babies get the best possible nutrients. It is true that not all essential vitamins and nutrients needed for healthy pregnancy can be gotten from the [...]

What you eat while pregnant doesn’t just determine how healthy the mother and her newborn will be; it also determines to a large extent, how physically healthy and mentally able the child will be, even later in life. Vitamin D and language problems A recent report in Web MD spoke of an Australian study that [...]

When we speak of food for pregnant women, it is likely that things such as pickles and spicy foods, salty and sweet snacks etc come to mind. This is because pregnant women can have some very strange cravings but this is not all that pregnancy food is about. Why cravings occur during pregnancy As with [...]

Some of the most vital development of an individual’s life goes on in their mother’s womb and the environment that a baby encounters there can impact their entire life which makes nutrition for pregnant women so important. Pregnancy nutrition is also important for the ways in which it impacts the mother and her future health. [...]

You are pregnant! Congratulations! If you have been trying for a while, it is likely that you have already started taking folic acid; this is just one of the many pregnancy vitamins that you will need to take for the next nine months. So, if you haven’t already started to, there is no time like [...]

Though every pregnancy is vastly different and while one woman will have certain cravings and aversions that others simply do not, nutrition during pregnancy is something that should be paid close attention to. Nutrition during pregnancy is important not only because it provides valuable nutrients to the baby and mother; it is also important because [...]

With the possible morning sickness, a heavy, cooked breakfast such as bacon and eggs may sound distinctly off-putting for the expectant mom, but it would seem that this breakfast could really be good for her! This traditional fry up and the nutrients found in eggs and bacon could protect babies from birth defects, according to [...]

When we were told as children that fish was brain food, they weren’t wrong. A recent study has shown that eating fish when pregnant results in the child having healthy brain function. So if you want your baby to be smarter and have a healthy brain, eat more fish. The London Metropolitan University, England and [...]