The Basics

Babies who are not breastfed need to be bottle fed instead with formula milk. This is made from soy or cow’s milk modified to make it more suitable...

For the first six months of life, milk is the only food a baby needs. Breast milk offers the perfect balance of calcium, fats, vitamins and minerals....

Everyone's body is about 60 to 70 percent water, especially the blood, and the brain and muscles also contain plenty of water. It's important for...

Mothers who breastfeed their babies may want to move on to bottle feeding at some point – for example when returning to work. Switching over doesn’t...

Milk intolerance is generally an inability to break down lactose, a sugar found in milk. It is not the same as milk allergy. Lactose...

Whilst health experts keep telling us to eat less and reduce our portion sizes, commercial food companies are bombarding us with king-size,...

For the first six months, milk alone provides a perfect diet for babies. But as they grow, their bodies need other nutrients. Weaning is the process...

Failure to thrive is a term given to those children who do not gain adequate nutritional content for either a physical, psychological or social...