Fievel is protecting his prostate.
Here are a few valuable articles that I didn’t think warranted a full write-up. Enjoy!
More girls than boys benefit from breastfeeding
For the study, investigators tracked responses to a first infection after birth and found that breast-fed girls were the least likely to be hospitalized with an acute respiratory disease. Only [...]

Tags: BMI, body fat, breastfeeding, broccoli, cancer, cruciferous, pregnancy, prostate, sexual health, weight loss, Weight Watchers

Here’s an unintentionally humorous article from WebMD: Foods With Something Extra - Functional, enriched, and fortified foods offer health bonuses. I had my first good laugh (groan might be more appropriate) with the opening paragraph. It didn’t get better as the article continued.
Fooling Mother Nature can sometimes be a good thing. In the [...]

Tags: breastfeeding, evolution, fake food, fruit, functional foods, nursing, Nutritionism, pregnancy, vegetables

You better step off my apple before it gets ugly!
Going back to our discussion of how maternal diet affects longevity, here is an article about getting baby to eat fruits and vegetables.
According to new research from the Monell Center, if you’re breast feeding, you can provide baby with a good start by eating them yourself.
And, [...]

Tags: breastfeeding, fruit, infant, pregnancy, vegetables

I came across this article in Google Reader a few weeks ago, but it looks like it’s actually from January 2004. It’s probably not going to blow your mind, but here goes: Maternal diet linked to offspring’s longevity.
Minor manipulations of a mother’s diet can hugely affect the lifespan of her children, suggests a new [...]

Tags: baby formula, breastfeeding, dairy, infant, pregnancy