Modern Forager

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

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Breasts: two great reasons to avoid trans fats. Trans-fats may hike breast cancer risk (Abstract)- “Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Veronique Chajes from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) reports that high blood levels of trans fatty acids, but not cis fatty acids, was associated with a [...]

Tags: breast, cancer, fake foods, Fergus Drennan, foraging, hunter-gatherer, Mexican, pregnancy, traditional diet, trans fat

Look at all those omega-3s. Photo courtesy of Hicker Photo
Let them eat fish! (Or at least take fish oil) Omega-3 Intake During Last Months Of Pregnancy Boosts An Infant’s Cognitive And Motor Development - “A study…reveals that omega-3 intake during the last months of pregnancy boosts an infant’s sensory, cognitive, and motor development. [...]

Tags: Alzheimer's, DHA, diabetes, docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA, fish, fish oil, food poisoning, infant, omega 3, pregnancy, tea

No Traditional Diets post today. I’m still running behind due to things. Fear not friends, it will be rekindled in the near future though. In the meantime, enjoy some other reading.
Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good? What?!? No way that a dictum from the government to eat [...]

Tags: appetite suppression, broccoli, caffeine, cancer, coffee, ghrelin, heart disease, low fat, meat, olive oil, pregnancy, protein

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

Good news for women trying to conceive: eating ice cream may help! But low-fat dairy foods may increase the risk of infertility
I came across this article yesterday and thought you all might find it of interest. The main point:
Drinking whole fat milk and eating ice cream appears to be better for women trying to [...]

Tags: calories, dairy, fat, pregnancy, saturated fat

Cod Liver Oil Protects Against Type I Diabetes
Ok, so the article is a week old, but I’ve been busy. Anywho, it seems that the more we learn about the vaunted omega-3 fatty acid, the more we realize what an amazing and cheap medicine it is. This study shows that consumption of cod liver [...]

Tags: diabetes, fish oil, omega 3, pregnancy