development

Nourishing a growing baby

April 29, 2008 in Fertility, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Food & Nutrition | 2 comments

THS reader Roselle sent in this question: Is vitamin/mineral supplementation truly beneficial before & during pregnancy for women with a healthy diet? The first thing I'd like to emphasize is the importance of this question. Adequate maternal nutrition prior to conception and during pregnancy can protect the baby from diabetes, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease and memory loss later in life. Intuitively, most mothers know that what they eat will have a significant impact on the developing fetus. ...
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Our children: well-fed but malnourished?

April 25, 2008 in Babies & Kids, Food & Nutrition | 3 comments

The Healthy Skeptic reader Jessica wrote in with this topic suggestion: “I like the “what to feed children” idea. But it has to be food they will actually EAT.” The question of how to nourish our children so they develop into healthy adults is one of the most important questions we can ask. Tragically, the answers that the medical mainstream has come up with have contributed to unprecedented epidemics of childhood disease and endangered the health and ...
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