SMART FOODS TO EAT WHILE PREGNANT

The nurturing of your baby starts even before baby’s conception. Think of your body as the soil from which your child will grow from a seed into the beautiful being they are destined to become. Please read more by Dr. Jennifer Moss in the Now You Know Section at Baby Purity.

HAIR, AN INDICATOR OF BLOOD QUALITY

Information provided by Dr. Dahl :

Hair is a great indicator of blood quality. In oriental medicine, hair is said to be an extension of the blood and therefore is influenced by the health of the spleen, pancreas and kidney. Hair loss and pre-mature gray hair can be treated by improving blood quality and strengthening the spleen, pancreas and kidney.

Certain foods have traditionally been used to prevent gray hair: hijiki seaweed, molasses, nettles and wheat grass. Incidentally these foods help alkalinize the blood and lower tissue acidity. It's easy to add a ¼ tsp of molasses to a smoothie, use nettles as an herbal tea and throw a bit of seaweed into the broth of soups and stews. Americans have the greatest incidence of baldness of any people group. This is not surprising since hair loss is tied to high-fat, high protein diets, which damage the kidneys and create acidic blood. Dr. Atkins does not hold the secret to clean blood and a full head of healthy hair.

RECENT REPORT on AUTISM AND VACCINES

A new study shows that there may in fact have been links between the controversial topic of vaccines resulting in autism. This recent information published by the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, was written after previous contrary claims of vaccines resulting in autism by the Government.

The following information was sourced from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons:
“An article in the March 10, 2006 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS.org) shows that since mercury was removed from childhood vaccines, the alarming increase in reported rates of autism and other neurological disorders (NDs) in children not only stopped, but actually dropped sharply – by as much as 35%. “
“The numbers from California show that reported autism rates hit a high of 800 in May 2003. If that trend had continued, the reports would have skyrocketed to more than 1000 by the beginning of 2006. Between 1989 and 2003, there has been an explosion of autism. The incidence of autism (and other related disorders) went from about 1 in 2,500 children to 1 in every 166.”

March 2, 2006 Medical Journal: Autism Rates Decline as Mercury Removed from Childhood Vaccines Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

MORE CALCIUM MOMS…

There is yet again, another reason to get more calcium and vitamin D, it may help to reduce your risk of breast cancer. A premenopausal women who received at least 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 400IU of vitamin D, every day for a year from food supplements had a 9 percent lower breast density than those who didn’t get that much. This is important because breast cancer often starts in dense tissue, like glands and ligaments. Therefore in theory a modest density reduction could dramatically cut cancer risk.

Information provided from: Health, More Calcium, Less Breast Cancer December 2005 issue pg. 94