Short health facts and tips dump

• Ginger, onion and garlic are natural antibiotics, their antibacterial properties can strengthen your immune system, especially in winter

 

• Word of the day:
  Pregorexia, a condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.

 

• Maternal undernutrition plays a big part in the brain and cognitive underdevelopment and alteration in the fetus. If the mother is malnourished during her pregnancy, the infant will have a higher risk of having mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. 

 

• Health fact of the day:
  
  Muesli might be much tastier, and contains a bigger range of nutrients than oats, but it is much higher in calories.