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Healthy pregnancy diet cuts birth defect risk

Mothers-to-be take note. The better your diet, the less chance your child will develop birth defects. A new study has found that women who ate a low-fat and high fiber diet a year prior to becoming pregnant are less likely to have childre [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

HCG Diet: Starving on Pregnancy Hormones?

With one-third of Americans obese and many more overweight, the nation is desperate for a weight-loss miracle. But the return of the hCG diet -- a fad popular in the 1970s that combines daily injections of "human chorionic gonadotro [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Boy or Girl? Change Your Diet, Micromanage Sex — and Other P...

After I had my son, I desperately wanted a girl. When I got pregnant again, I was so convinced another XY was on the way that when the doctor delivered our daughter (XX, that is) and announced as much, I asked my husband: “Is he ki [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

High Fat Diet during Pregnancy Places you at Risk of Cancer

A high fat diet during pregnancy can increase your chances of getting breast cancer which may be then passed on for several generations, so say scientists. Pregnant women who eat junk food may unknowingly be risking the future health of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy fat diet cancer risk

A fat-laden diet during pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of breast cancer that is passed down generations, say scientists. Pregnant women who dine on junk food could unwittingly be risking the future health of not only their daugh [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Eating breakfast and fatty diet during early pregnancy incre...

Women who eat a full breakfast and a high fat diet at the time of conception are more likely to have a boy, scientists claim. A low fat diet with periods of long fasts favours girls, the researchers have found. The findings seem to give [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Women Are Careless With Pre-Pregnancy Diet

A new study has revealed that it is as important for women to take care of their health before pregnancy as it is during pregnancy . However, not many women oblige to the nutrition and lifestyle advice given to them. The researchers notice [...]