Two Keys to Overcoming Your Pregnancy Anxiety
It’s quite common: pregnancy anxiety. And why not! There’s a lot going on inside your body that feels completely new. As your belly grows, not only is your body changing shape, but you are also going through heaps of other physical (and mental) stress. It’s no wonder you are feeling a little bit anxious. Calm […]
Anaemia and Pregnancy: What Can I Do?
Feeling dizzy? Digestion a bit off? Concave fingernails? A pale tongue? Fatigue? You may be suffering from anaemia during pregnancy. A simple blood test will give you answers and then what? Here’s the good news: You can feel so much better! Your GP/midwife/Ob will advise you which supplements to take or may offer you an […]
Coffee: Friend or Enemy?
By Naomi Abeshouse, Founder & Co-Director Red Tent, Acupuncturist, Herbalist & Doula It seems there is a lot of confusion around coffee. Is it good for us? Is it healthy because its strong in antioxidants, a powerful medicine, a migraine preventative … Or is it dragging us into its charisma, and punishing us slowly, like […]
Yummy Nutritious Lunch Box Ideas
Their food need to be delicious, nutritious and make them feel full. It can be hard initially because you’re not used to it, or have got into habits for a whole pile of reasons or your child is picky but it’s so worth the effort to get back on the nutrition track. Your child will […]
Anxiety & Motherhood
alk held on Thursday 26th August 2010 for volunteers of the Mum To Mum Program At The Jewish Women’s Association The key objective of the Mum to Mum program is to help mothers successfully cope with the postnatal months thus promoting healthy and nurturing family attachments. Although motherhood is a natural process the adaptation of […]
Fertility: Plastic, Pregnancy, Babies – what’s safe?
Perinatal exposure of rats to Bisphenol A affects the fertility of male offspring. Source: Life Sci. 2009 Nov 18;85(21-22):742-52. Epub 2009 Oct 21. The exposure to endocrine disruptor (ED) induces functional and behavioral abnormalities associated with reproduction. Humans are ubiquitously exposed to Bisphenol A (BPA), an ED, as it leaches from polycarbonate plastics into their […]
Miscarriage and the Gluten-Free Diet
Recurrent Miscarriage and the Gluten-Free Diet This study examined the relationship between recurrent miscarriage and the gluten-free diet. Could the presence of gluten in the diet contribute to the risk of miscarriage? The results suggest that women having recurrent miscarriages or intrauterine growth retardation could have sub clinical coeliac disease, which can be detected by […]
Antioxidants and Sperm
Antioxidant Supplementation Improves DNA Fragmentation in Men What’s the relationship between antioxidants and sperm? Sperm DNA fragmentation (a common male infertility factor which can be tested for), is known to compromise male fertility. This study was conducted to find out if the pathologically increased incidence of DNA fragmentation in ejaculated sperm could be reduced by […]
Iodine Deficiency in Kids
Intellectual Potential of Iodine-Deficient Children What are the potential effects of iodine deficiency in kids? Children with severe iodine deficiency are known have reduced IQ levels. However, there is little information on the cognitive effects of mild iodine deficiency in kids. 184 mildly iodine deficient New Zealand school children aged 10–13 years were examined for […]