Have you ever wondered how those diet sodas taste as sweet as the original, but don’t contain any calories?  Artificial sweeteners are laboratory-manufactured chemicals that are intensely sweet. They mimic the taste of sugar, without the calories, and since the 

Pregnancy can be an uncomfortable business. There are a litany of side effects during pregnancy you can develop before your child is born – most merely troublesome, but some, dangerous. If you know what to watch for, and if and 

Welcome back to our effort to help you learn how to read a nutrition label. If you missed the first installment – The Ingredient List – take a look and catch up. Today, we talk about how to use a food label’s calorie 

After school snack time occupies a warm, fuzzy place in our childhood memories, alongside Masala Maggi and Uncle Chips. But our understanding of nutrition has come a long way since we were kids, and what we ate isn’t necessarily what 

Not all the food we buy is farm fresh. In modern day nutrition, processed or packaged foods play a starring role. Whether it’s that bottle of ketchup or jam you use each day, the tetra pack of juice you sip 

Newsflash: A balanced diet and regular exercise lead to a healthier life! While this probably isn’t news to you, what may be surprising is that this is true even during pregnancy. Exercise and a healthy pregnancy diet work together to: 

Indian summers are oppressively hot. While the Western world greets the onset of Spring with open arms and immense relief, we, on the other hand tend to be wary of the first hint of heat. Most Indians welcome warm weather 

Growing up, my parents admonished my sister and me at least once a week, “Clean your plate! Don’t you know how lucky you are to have food? There are people starving all over India!” In our bratty teenage years we would often 

Everyone is acquainted with fiber’s most well-known and euphemistically extolled health benefit – as a natural laxative, it keeps you “regular” – but for most people, that’s where the knowledge ends. As it turns out, there are many other reasons 

A good diet is important at all times, but a healthy diet during pregnancy is an absolute must. It’s not about “eating for two”; it’s about making sure you and your baby get all of the nutrients you need. What you 

Amid the complex biology of pregnancy, pregnancy cravings seem the most, well, magical. There’s no clear-cut scientific rationale for why you suddenly have an absolute, world-ending yen for jalebi at 2 a.m. And yet, according to a study published in the Indian Journal 

Your post pregnancy diet isn’t as rule-bound as it is during pregnancy, but a healthy diet is still essential – if for no other reason than to keep up your energy for those 2 a.m. feedings. You may also be 

Childbirth is an exciting and tumultuous time and the last thing you want to worry about is being able to feed your baby. But first attempts at breastfeeding can often be exasperating for both you and your child. We spoke 

Life is busy – no less so when you’re pregnant. Today, it’s common for pregnant women to work through most, if not all, of their pregnancy and maintain social commitments to family and friends. Combined with the time it takes 

Anaemia is one of the top complications for pregnant women in India. It is a condition with no boundaries: it can affect rich and poor, men and women, adults and children. For women, it often starts well before pregnancy, becoming