Junk food in pregnancy and obesity in kids
We all know that junk food is bad for your overall health. However, if you're pregnant or lactating, eating junk food could affect your offspring. Although the study mentioned in the article below was not done on humans, it certainly makes a case for eating a healthy diet while pregnant and nursing.See also: www.getpregnantover40.com for more on foods for fertility and detoxification
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This study shows that a maternal junk food diet during pregnancy and lactation may be an important contributing factor in the development of obesity," they write in the British Journal of Nutrition.
The researchers also put it more bluntly, stating that women shouldn't see pregnancy and breastfeeding as "an opportunity to overindulge in fatty, sugary, and salty foods on the misguided assumption that they are 'eating for two."
(www.cbsnews.com)
