Mum-of-four Lucinda Ford gave birth to her third and fourth children at home with no midwife – known as 'freebirth' – despite ...

MCDA twins are identical twins who share a single placenta (monochorionic) but have two separate amniotic sacs (diamniotic). This type of twin pregnancy occurs when a fertilised egg splits between ...

Eating too much is not unusual -- just think of Thanksgiving, when you stuff yourself to the gills. But there’s a big difference between occasional overeating and the medical condition known as ...

“Whenever I get hungry, I go into the fridge and cook something. “We eat everything simply … it’s a simple life.” After just three weeks on the diet, Khwaja felt like a “new woman ...

Fruits are superfoods that are nature's potent sources of nutrients Most health experts claim how eating fresh fruits and vegetables are important to lead a healthy diet. They are a source of ...

Yogurt is an all-around amazing food. It's delicious and versatile enough to eat on its own, in a bowl of granola, with your favorite fruit, or as the base of a recipe for a tasty sauce or salad ...

If you grew up in California, your introduction to buffet dining was probably Souplantation, the all-you-can-eat soup and salad bar. My family ate at the Pasadena location at least once a week ...

Summary: A large study analyzing over 60,000 mother-child pairs found that a Western diet during pregnancy—high in fat, sugar, and processed foods—was associated with a significantly increased risk of ...

But good intentions, it turns out, can go too far. In recent years, physicians and researchers have seen a rise in orthorexia, disordered eating focused on extreme healthy eating. In 1997 ...

Warning: This article mentions eating disorders, disordered eating and restrictive eating practices. When registered dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch sat down to write an anti-diet book ...