Pregnancy

Many pregnant women find themselves wanting particular or unusual food that they do not usually eat. More than 80 percent of all pregnant women have food cravings. According to American Dietic Association the most common food women crave during pregnancy are chocolate, pickles, chips, ice cream and citrus fruits. Why do you have pregnancy cravings and should you indulge in your cravings or stop yourself from eating this food?

Pregnancy is associated with feelings of happiness and excitement, but for some moms-to-be pregnancy can become one of the most difficult times. Depression affects around 10 to 30 percent of pregnant women, though the percentage of depressed pregnant women can be higher due to the fact that most of them hesitate to report about this problem to their health care professional.

It might not be a good idea to eat nuts and nut products on a regular basis during pregnancy, as the recent study shows that it can up baby's risk of developing asthma by 50 percent.

Dutch scientists at Utrecht University studied the connection of nuts consumption with the risk of asthma. The study involved 4 000 pregnant women who were asked to fill in a dietary questionnaire that specified their eating habits during pregnancy. They were asked whether they ate vegetables, fresh fruit, fish, eggs, milk, milk products, as well as nuts and nut products and rarely, regularly or daily.