As many know, pregnancy and breastfeeding come with a lot of important physiological and hormonal changes in a woman’s body. Some of these hormonal changes can also mess up your thyroid function, causing an increase or decrease in thyroid hormones even in women who have never had...
Just after giving birth, you will go through a recovery and healing period. No matter how your delivery went, your body was under a lot of stress. Now comes the time to face the transitional period from pregnancy to postpartum, which brings a variety of...
As soon as you arrive home after the birth of your baby, you realize that newborns need a lot of work and attention - it’s the beginning of the gratifying, but exhausting period in a woman’s life. The postpartum period begins after labour and the...
Once you reach the 7th month of pregnancy, you might want to start preparing your body for childbirth, both mentally and physically. In addition to the excitement of the arrival of your precious newborn, you may wonder if there’s anything else you can do to...
Infertility is a growing problem worldwide. According to WHO (World Health Organization), it is defined as “a disease of the reproductive system”, when a couple can’t conceive after one year or more of trying to. 1 Despite what one might believe, fertility problems are a relatively...
In previous posts, we have touched on how important some nutrients are for pregnant and breastfeeding women, nutrients such as folic acid, iron, choline and Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for the absorption of calcium and is involved mostly...
If you have gone on a diet to lose weight, perhaps you’ve realized at some point that successful dieting is not just a matter of calories or controlling portion sizes, for example. It also depends on you having the power to change the way you...
As you may be aware by now, nutrition during pregnancy is not just a matter of calories and it’s much more than “eating for two.” Pregnancy is the perfect state to start being healthier, make better food choices and start providing your future child with...
I popped into the shops quickly the other day for some groceries and came across some “gourmet” cracker or savoury biscuits that give the impression that they are more “wholesome” than other crackers you would use with dips on a Sunday afternoon cheese and wine...
