All expectant mothers want to experience a healthy pregnancy and give their baby the best start to life that she can with a healthy delivery. When armed with the right information, all expectant mothers can do their part to contribute to the health of themselves and their babies. Listed below are several ways to maintain health during pregnancy. Best types of exercise for expectant moms.

Food is only as good as the soil from which it grows, but how many of us have ever stopped to think about the quality of the soil in which our broccoli and beans have been grown? Find out what you need to know in order to source or grow your own healthy, sustainable and ethical food. Where does the food come from and how has it been processed? Nutrition is one of the most powerful things that can create or cure ill health.

Timaree Hagenburger, MPH, RD, HFS. Nutrition Professor, Corporate Wellness Professional, Columnist. My Favorite Cooking, Fitness and Health Websites. Featured Columnist for the Lodi News-Sentinel.