Everything you eat impacts your overall health. You need to obsess over your diet or declare the sky is falling if you give into a cheeseburger craving. However, it’s essential to know which foods benefit your health and which ones harm it. While an occasional indulgence won’t kill you, overeating the foods listed below can […] Read more…
If you’ve gone to a doctor or watched an infomercial ever, you know regular exercise benefits your body in multiple ways. How critical is it to your reproductive health, though? It proves more valuable than you probably think. Exercise helps you maintain healthy body weight while remaining overweight or obese increases your risk for various […] Read more…
When you’re expecting, your developing baby floats blissfully in a fluid-filled sac inside your uterus. This amniotic fluid can tell you much about the health of your growing child. It also serves to protect the fetus from injury while in the womb. How does amniotic fluid develop? What does the amniotic fluid do, specifically? What […] Read more…
Your umbilical cord connects the placenta with your unborn baby. During the gestation period, it serves as the only source of food and oxygen for your developing child. This means if something happens to your cord, your baby can suffer negative health effects or even die. How do you know if you have umbilical cord […] Read more…
Your stomach rolls and gurgles. You feel torn between hitting the office vending machine for a chocolate bar and eating the healthy salad you brown-bagged. You’re spending way more time in the bathroom than usual. What’s going on? More likely than not, it’s just dear old Aunt Flo getting ready to fly into town. Many […] Read more…
Do you rush out the door in the morning, stopping only to grab a cuppa at your favorite coffee shop? If so, your routine could do your body some serious damage. Skipping breakfast leads to a host of negative health effects. What are the bodily consequences of not eating breakfast? From a need to buy bigger […] Read more…