Health and Nutrition

I used to be so proud of my baby who would eat anything I prepared for him by the time he was 10 months old. I was very conscious of nutrition and personally cooked and prepared his meals. He would love to try new things and even munch on vegetables like broccoli and carrot sticks. He never refused anything and would always climb to my lap during my own breakfast meal so he could have a bite of whatever I was eating. I read…

Does food poisoning affect your breast milk?

Imagine you just ate a delicious dinner out with your spouse. Then let’s say you wake up in the middle of the night with agonizing pain in your abdominal region. You rush to the bathroom and get to taste that dinner for a second time (not quite so delicious this time). After you have recovered enough to return to bed, baby awakens for his/her midnight snack. You don’t question it right then and just feed your baby to…

Every mom wants her baby to be healthy and happy. She wants to offer them the best in everything. Especially when it comes to food, she always wants to give them a wholesome food that will provide adequate nourishment for their physical and mental health. Let’s talk in this article all about wholesome baby foods that will keep your baby in pink and hale.

As we all know, mother’s milk is the best food for a baby. For the first six months, mother’s milk is enough…

Reye syndrome is a very rare and serious condition that affects the nervous system and the liver. This is most likely to occur in young children, but there have been cases in teenagers and adults also. The actual cause of this potentially fatal condition is a mystery. There does seem to be a strong correlation between the use of aspirin and some viral infections that seem to produce the onset of the disease. Due to the rarity of this illness, it seems that we have…

Do you really know what ovulation is and its importance?

Well, ovulation refers to the single release of mature egg (ovum) from the ovarian follicle for fertilization.

It is a very important and normal cycle in your body as a woman, as it involves the releasing of a mature egg and creates the necessary environment for meeting with the sperm for egg fertilization.

The cycle duration would vary from one woman to another, however on an average it takes five (5) days in many women.

It is important to be able to…

Mumps is a severe, proactive disease which is caused by a virus called paramyxovirus. It is generally identified by the enlargement of parotids, which is a salivary gland. Swelling in ovaries, pancreas and testes can also be seen in some cases. There is an inflammation of salivary glands due to which jaws and cheeks of the patient swells.

The incubation period of the disease is very long. It may last for about 14 to 25 days. This means that the symptoms of the mumps occur after a long period of infection. The symptoms…

Meningococcal vaccine can prevent Meningococcal disease. Hence, before knowing in detail about this vaccine, it is very important to know more about the Meningococcal disease.

What is Meningococcal disease?

It is a very serious bacterial sickness. In the United States, this disease is responsible for causing bacterial meningitis in kids in the age group of 2 to 18. In simple words, it is an infection of the spinal cord and the covering of the brain. This disease is also responsible for causing blood infections. Every year, around 1000 to…

The human body has an enzyme called Lactase, which is needed to break down the sugars in dairy products within the digestive system. A lack of this enzyme will cause one to be lactose intolerant and the problems that occur with this deficiency run from mild to severe. Another form of this intolerance is called Acquired Lactose Intolerance and can occur temporarily due to the small intestine ceasing the manufacture of the enzyme Lactase. This most often occurs from an illness such as stomach flu, or a surgery…