Pregnancy and Health Care

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Every time we have more information about the influence of nutrition in pregnancy in the baby’s health throughout their lives. A new study has just revealed that the pregnant woman’s diet can alter the DNA of the baby predisposing to an increased risk of developing obesity problems several years later.

The international study led by University of Southampton is the first that can show that the mother’s diet during pregnancy may alter the DNA of the baby through a process called epigenetic change, which may cause the child to develop weight problems, irrespective of maternal weight to get pregnant and the child’s weight at birth.

In this sense, we knew an earlier study based on an experiment with rats, which indicated that the mother’s preference for fatty foods leads to changes in the baby’s brain that stimulate appetite by raising the risk of suffering from obesity the first years of life. Read the rest of this entry »

Avoid foods that cause food poisoning or that contain harmful chemicals.

* Raw fish, especially shellfish
* Well-cooked scrambled eggs and foods made with raw
* Unpasteurized Juices
* Raw sprouts, especially alfalfa sprouts
Unpasteurized milk , and foods made with this
* Herbal supplements and teas
* Fish that have a lot of mercury, like swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish. You can eat a limited amount of fish with small amounts of mercury during the pregnancy. You can eat up to 12 ounces per week of fish with small amounts of mercury. The 12 ounces can include:
or shrimp, salmon, catfish and tuna canned light
and albacore (white) – Do not eat more than 6 ounces of this type of tuna in a week.
* Meat, poultry, seafood, and raw hot dogs or just cooked. Deli meats (such as ham and bologna) can cause food poisoning. Avoid them or reheat them before eating.
* Refrigerated  meat or seafood cream smoked. Canned versions are safe.

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