By Emily Wade Adams, CNC for Natal-Nutrition.com Chips,
crackers, doughnuts, bagels, candy … these easy-to-grab comfort
foods are a quick way to relieve pregnancy’s hunger pangs. But
caving to your cravings isn’t necessarily healthy for your baby.
Processed foods in particular are some of the most unhealthy and
potentially dangerous options for moms-to-be, because they make
your baby more likely to have health problems. According to Dr.
Weston A. Price, your baby is at risk for health problems even
if you ate processed foods before conception, even if it wasn’t
you but the baby’s father who ate them, and even if you ate well
but the foods you consumed were grown in depleted soil (Singer,
2004). What are processed foods, and why are they so bad for
you? They’re food products that have been manipulated, refined,
enriched and/or preserved – in short, almost anything that has
been changed from its natural state. Most packaged foods are
processed. If you read a label and don’t recognize the
ingredients, it’s likel