It’s so important to eat good fat while you’re trying to conceive, pregnant, and breastfeeding. It’s even more important to avoid trans fat, because it can actually displace healthy fats and can have serious consequences. If you’ve heard you need to avoid trans fat, but don’t know where it lurks or what it’s in, read the ingredients on packaged food. If it says hydrogenated oil, it contains trans fat- even if the nutrition info says 0 grams trans fat per serving. This is a loophole the FDA created which allows a food processor to say zero trans fat per serving if there is less than half a gram of trans fat in that serving. Continue reading What is Trans Fat?
Category Archives: Prenatal
Water, Water Everywhere
All this rain in NYC is making me think about one of my favorite health tips- one that can cure a variety of ailments from morning sickness to headaches to kidney stones- the list goes on. Drink more water!
However, now that we know about the danger of Bisphenol-A, which is linked to birth defects, breast cancer and obesity amongst other things, many people are confused about plastic bottles. Solution? Continue reading Water, Water Everywhere
SuperGood SuperFood
Whether your looking for the perfect sweet snack while your pregnant, a good finger food for your older baby, or something healthy to feed your picky toddler, I’ve got a great product line for you to check out… Continue reading SuperGood SuperFood
Real Food for Mother and Baby
If you’re a new mom and are about to tackle the daunting task of feeding your baby solid foods, you probably have many questions about how to do it. When do I start? What do I feed him/her first? What about food allergies? … Sound familiar? To add to your anxiety, if you read almost anything in print about feeding your baby solids, you will be faced with many strict rules about consistency and 4 day waiting and what to introduce first, etc. Well, Nina Planck’s new book, Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods
will help you relax. Continue reading Real Food for Mother and Baby
Prenatals
It’s important to take a prenatal vitamin while you’re pregnant, however you don’t have to have a prescription for one. Many of the prenatals made by pharmaceutical companies are composed of synthetic vitamins, and have added fillers, artificial colors and harsh stool softeners. Instead, Continue reading Prenatals