India, Jan. 23 -- Pregnancy nutrition is often simplified to the idea of "eating for two," but its impact runs far deeper than extra calories or weight gain. What an expectant mother eats doesn't just nourish her own body - it directly feeds the developing baby, shaping organ growth, brain development, and even how the child's DNA is programmed for future health outcomes. From metabolism to disease risk later in life, everyday food choices during pregnancy can leave lasting biological imprints, making nutrition far more influential than many people realise.

Jessie Inchauspe, a French biochemist, New York Times bestselling author, and health activist widely known as the Glucose Goddess on social media, is breaking down three common and of...