Choline for Pregnancy Health
Choline is an essential nutrient during pregnancy as it can help protect a newborn against neural tube defects while boosting the mother’s brainpower. Choline is a dietary component responsible for maintaining healthy cell membranes and brain function. It is important…
Foods to Avoid During Pregnancy
Every expectant mother wants what is best for their unborn baby, which is why you start practicing a healthy diet the minute you find out you are pregnant; you start adding slices of fruit to your fortified breakfast cereal, top…
Ask Our Experts: Diets and Pregnancies
Do diets affect the chances of getting pregnant? Are there foods that would boost fertility? What should I eat and don’t eat when I am trying to conceive? Globally, infertility is getting more common for various environmental and lifestyle reasons.…
Ask Our Experts: Food and Pregnancy
I’m in my second trimester and I’m still feeling sick all the time, resulting in me not eating much. This worries me as I feel that my baby is not getting proper nutrition. What should I do? The ‘pregnancy sickness…
Cooking Time with Your Little One
Maybe it is time to change things up by letting your little one lend a helping hand in the kitchen because you get to introduce him to the wonderful world of food and cooking. We are all aware of the…
Quick and Healthy Pregnancy Snacks
A hungry woman is an angry woman, even more so when she is pregnant. Pregnancy is one of the few times snacking in between breakfast, lunch and dinner is highly encouraged. A pregnant lady’s appetite is somewhat similar to the…
Boosting Breast Milk Supply for Baby
It is only normal for mothers, especially first time mothers to worry about their milk supply when they start breast feeding their baby. If you are a new mother and happen to have so many questions about your breast milk,…
Heart Healthy Foods for Mummy and Baby
Eating a cholesterol-lowering diet during pregnancy may reduce your risks of delivery too early. Studies show that 11 out of 149 women who ate their usual diets delivered preterm compared with only one of 141 women whose diets emphasized fish,…
Ask Our Experts: Eating Solids
At what age should I start feeding my baby solid food? Quoted from World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations: “Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Breastfeeding, along with…
Here Comes Mommy Chef: A Parent’s Perspective
I love food. Indian food, Malay food, Chinese food, Thai food, Greek food….the list is endless. As a child, I was a breeze to handle during meal times. I learnt to self feed at a very young age and had…
