23rd May 2013
Iodine is essential for producing the hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct effect on fetal brain development. Although the potentially harmful effects of severe iodine deficiency on brain development are well-established, until now very few studies have examined the effect of mild or moderate...
Categories: Nutritional News, Hormonal Health, Children's Health
Read more...27th March 2013
Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but it also tends to be the most skipped meal of the day it. Now, researchers have found that eating a breakfast rich in protein significantly improves appetite control and reduces unhealthy snacking on high-fat or high-sugar foods in the evening.
In the...
Categories: Nutritional News, Hormonal Health, Weight Management, Children's Health
Read more...25th January 2013
Supplementing children’s diets with fish oil, enrolling them in nursery and engaging them in interactive reading all turn out to be effective ways to raise a young child’s intelligence, according to a new report published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...
Categories: Nutritional News, Children's Health
Read more...14th January 2013
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is relatively common and may cause significant adverse health issues for both mother and child. Studied health issues associated with low vitamin D status during pregnancy include preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, post postpartum depression and low birth weight.
A study...
Categories: Nutritional News, Children's Health
Read more...11th December 2012
Mothers’ vitamin D levels at a gestation of 26 weeks or less are positively related to birth weight and head circumference, and, in the first trimester are negatively associated with risk of a baby being born small for gestational age, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s...
Categories: Nutritional News, Children's Health
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