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09/01/2018 / By Earl Garcia

When is the right time to introduce solid foods? Starting baby too early has negative health effects

A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics revealed that many infants were introduced to complementary foods – anything other than breast milk or formula – earlier than recommended. A large body of pediatric health experts including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that complementary foods be introduced to infants at […]

01/24/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Build good eating habits from the beginning: Eating spicy food, strong flavors while breastfeeding gives babies more mature taste buds

If you want your child to be accustomed to spicy foods and other strong flavors, start eating these foods while breastfeeding, doctors suggest. This is contrary to the myth that eating spicy foods, such as chili, while breastfeeding will cause excessive gas and fussiness in babies. Jennifer Wider, medical adviser for the Society for Women’s […]

10/26/2017 / By Janine Acero

New study confirms the dangers of BPA exposure for infants: It reduces gut biodiversity, setting the child up for chronic inflammation and disease

Recent research in rabbits reveals that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) sets up an infant for susceptibility to chronic disease influenced by inflammation. The study, published in mSystems, used pregnant rabbits that received 200 µg of BPA/kg of body weight from gestation day 15 through postnatal day seven. Fetal exposure to BPA did not significantly influence […]

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