Platter of grilled veggies for the Mediterranean diet - This article discusses great food for brain development.
    Great Food Can Improve Brain Development (Even Before Birth)

    What we eat ? and what our kids eat ? affects so much in life: appearance, energy, cognition, focus, mood, how often we get sick, how quickly we get better, how likely we are to develop a chronic dise…

    Crop duster over a soybean field. Pesticides collateral damage.
    Collateral Damage: Pregnancy, Prematurity and Pesticides, Pregnancy

    The chemical warfare between weed killers and weeds is escalating. Weed killers appeared to be winning the war at first, but in recent years weeds have developed increasing resistance to these chemica…

    Pregnant woman in the kitchen preparing food.
    Your Baby Knows What You’re Eating … Even Before Birth

    Dr. Greene's take on prenatal nutrition... Babies have more taste buds before birth than at any later time. Why would they be designed to form extra taste buds only for them to disappear before they a…

    A New Reason to Eat Your Greens During Pregnancy
    A New Reason to Eat Your Greens During Pregnancy

    More good news for pregnant moms ? a new study suggests that eating more veggies during pregnancy lowers the risk that your baby will develop type 1 diabetes. I've always recognized a strong connectio…

    Babies are Built from Food
    Babies are Built from Food

    Babies Are Built from Food When a brand-new baby opens her eyes and, for the first time, settles her gaze on her parents with a spark of recognition, something very complex has taken place. The light …

    Can You Be Vegetarian or Vegan while Pregnant?
    Can You Be Vegetarian or Vegan while Pregnant?

    Being a vegetarian or a vegan can be an option for a pregnant woman, if you make informed choices. Here are four things to keep in mind: (more…)…

    Eating for Two: A Guide to Mother’s Nutrition during Pregnancy

    During pregnancy, every ounce of baby?s growing body after that very first single cell has come from her mother?s own body. The brain, the heart, the muscles are all built from nutrients that were onc…

    Young woman wearing a bathrobe while sitting in a bathtub eating noodles. What we eat during pregnancy changes food preferences.
    Does what I eat during pregnancy change my baby’s food preferences?

    What Is There for the Baby to Smell? The amniotic fluid is like a living bowl of salty soup. The cells in the baby's nose can detect the ingredients in that soup and send messages about them to the br…

    Down Syndrome Testing and Vegetarians
    Down Syndrome Testing and Vegetarians

    Dr. Greene's take on Down Syndrome testing for vegetarian moms... Pregnant women who are vegetarians may be unnecessarily worried by prenatal screening tests, according to a study from the Chang Gung …

    Eating Licorice and Premature Babies
    Eating Licorice and Premature Babies

    Pregnant women who eat lots of black licorice may be at increased risk of pre-term labor, according to a study in the June 2001 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. (more…)…

    Effects of Alcohol and Pregnancy
    Effects of Alcohol and Pregnancy

    The first trimester of pregnancy can be a vulnerable time. Some medicines taken during that period can have catastrophic effects on the baby. The third trimester is generally safer. Evidence published…

    Fast Facts about SIDS
    Fast Facts about SIDS

    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is defined as the sudden, unexpected and unexplained death of any infant or young child. (more…)…