(Natural News) Baby foods are laced with trace amounts of toxic heavy metals that can build up over time through daily exposure and impair children’s brain health, reported the consumer advocacy group Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF). The organization found that 95 percent of nearly 170 commercial baby foods contained lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium, with one in […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Howard University and the Vision Institute in Paris found that humans develop extra muscles in their hands and feet in the womb that later disappear before birth. The researchers examined images showing the initial stages of human muscle development and found that extra muscular tissues were growing weeks after conception. These tissues, as reported […]

(Natural News) Pregnant women who are taking antidepressants may be at greater risk of gestational diabetes, suggests a recent study published in the online journal BMJ Open. Researchers from the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal said that the risk of gestational diabetes was greatest in pregnant mothers taking venlafaxine and amitriptyline. Both of these are used to treat major depressive […]

(Natural News) A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that food insecurity significantly increases a child’s risk of having poor health and experiencing developmental problems. The researchers said that the risk of obesity, however, is not higher than that of a child growing in a food-secure household — but with an exception. They noted […]

(Natural News) Current reports estimate that commercial food producers in the U.S. use about a billion pounds of chemicals on their crops. These chemicals could come in the form of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and the like, and health specialists are concerned that the rampant use of these chemicals places certain groups at a higher risk of pesticide-related […]

(Natural News) Exposure to probiotics within the first 1,000 days after conception has been linked to profound positive effects on the health of infants. Birgit Michelsen, chief technical officer of the Danish probiotic supplement company Bifodan, highlighted this finding at the United Natural Products Alliance annual members’ meeting and noted that up to 70 percent […]

(Natural News) About 200 million cases of viral pneumonia occur every year, according to a recent review published in The Lancet. Researchers from Turku University Hospital in Finland and the University of Otago in New Zealand discussed several causes of viral pneumonia and how the infection is linked to other respiratory diseases, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza. Most […]

(Natural News) Omega-6 fatty acids represent one of the three kinds of “omega” fatty acids that the body needs, alongside omega-3s and omega-9s. However, while the consumption of omega-6 fatty acids is generally seen as a good thing, new research from Australia shows that they may have adverse effects on both pregnant women and women […]

(Natural News) Having a low vitamin D status is common among newborn infants. According to studies, maternal vitamin D deficiency is a major risk factor for this because neonates rely solely on maternal-fetal transfer of vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for the healthy growth and development of infants. This nutrient plays a role in bone […]

(Natural News) Breastfeeding your baby can be a difficult task, but your hard work will surely pay off. Exclusively breastfeeding your child for the first three months can lower his or her risk of suffering from eczema later in life, according to a study presented in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2019 […]