Natural Solutions for Pregnancy 

 

Pregnancy can be exciting, fulfilling and even delightful. It can also be a time of uncertainty and change. Bringing a new life into the world is an important and sacred thing.  The body needs good nutrition during pregnancy because the mother is literally "eating for two." If the nutrients needed by the growing fetus aren't present in the mother's diet or supplemental intake, they will be borrowed from her body.  This is why women become anemic (iron deficiency), get diabetes (chromium deficiency), and have poor hair and nails (calcium or silicon deficiency) when they are pregnant. These are just a few of the symptoms which reveal that baby is borrowing mum's body of essential nutrients. 

Whole, natural foods are better than anything else the expectant mother can take. Avoid refined and processed foods with sugar, white flour, and artificial flavorings and colours. These provide empty calories without much real nutrition. Eat several portions of fruits and vegetables each day, and don't forget to get enough protein (between 25 and 40 grams). To supplement your nutritional profile, Nature's Prenatal is an excellent choice for a natural profile of nutrients.

Water is vital to human life and fluids should be taken freely during pregnancy. You should drink an average of six to eight glasses of water a day. Avoid caffeine containing beverages, such as colas, teas, and coffees. (Please do some research on caffeine consumption during pregnancy). 

Do not do any cleansing during pregnancy. It's not a time to be pulling toxins out of the tissues and liver to be circulating around in the bloodstream that is supplying the fetus. The best time to cleanse is before pregnancy. Be sure to note the list of herbs below that you should NOT take during pregnancy. 

Moderate exercise is very important for a healthy pregnancy. Walking is one of the best exercises. It helps to build muscles and strength for delivery and can even help "drop" the baby into place. Exercise will also increase circulation which is good for those legs!
A great drink to use during labor is Liquid Chlorophyll. It keeps the energy up during labor and nourishes the blood since there is some loss during delivery.



Nature's Prenatal Vitamin/Mineral Supplement provides a balanced combination of vitamins and minerals to support the nutritional needs of both mother and baby.  It has 800mcg of folic acid and also contains ginger root to help soothe the stomach. Free of artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, sugar, yeast, gluten, lactose, milk, soy or wheat so you can use it with complete confidence.  Take one tablet per day.

Calcium Magnesium - Generally recommended during pregnancy for structural support of fetus and to avoid leg cramps, back aches, etc. for the mother. 


Flax Seed Oil - Essential fatty acids will prevent dry, flaky skin that occurs with changing hormones. Rich in Omega 3's this provides nutrition needed for healthy skin.


Red Raspberry is the classic pregnancy herb; tones and nourishes uterine muscle; contains easily absorbed iron; reduces bleeding after birth, speeds recovery, boosts milk supply, and helps with nausea. World famous Quaker herbalist Henry Box says, "a tea made from Red Raspberry is the best gift God ever gave to women." It strengthens and acts as a tonic for the whole body, thus making childbirth easier.


Butcher's Broom - Used for hemorrhoids and or varicose veins.

Liquid Chlorophyll is one of the best blood-builders being rich in easily digestable iron, avoiding constipation. It also provides a tonic effect, giving a bit of energy that is needed during pregnancy.

Papaya-Mint contains papain, an enzyme that breaks down protein food, and peppermint, a traditional digestive aid to help with belching, bloating and bad breath.


Slippery Elm - A safe, gentle fiber to prevent constipation and settle acid stomach. Slippery Elm is rich in nutrients and easy to digest, making it an excellent food during times of digestive discomfort


Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy

 Goldenseal, Rue, Tansy, Artemesia, Comfrey, Coltsfoot, Mandrake, Mistletoe, Pennyroyal, Poke Root, Black and Blue Cohosh, Motherwort, Yarrow, Senna, Cascara Sagrada, Buckthorn, Ephedra and Ma Huang. Avoid any hormonal herbs such as Licorice, Dong Quai, and Ginseng.

Toxins

What toxins we should be looking out for

 
Sourced from Marlene Watson-Tara 
 
Ever wonder what’s really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking, “What ingredients should I avoid?” So here is a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply. These are the substances causing cancer, diabetes, heart disease and leading to tens of billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs across America (and around the world).

Acrylamides
Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, and grilling). They’re present in everything from bread crusts to snack chips, and because they aren’t intentional ingredients, acrylamides do NOT have to be listed on labels.

Aspartame
This is a Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches.
Autolyzed Proteins
Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic the taste-enhancer chemical MSG.

BPA (Bisphenol-A)
A hormone mimicking chemical found in nearly all food packaging plastics. Active in just parts per billion, BPA promotes cancer, infertility and hormone disorders. It also “feminizes” males, promoting male breast growth and hormone disruption

Casein
Milk proteins! Hilariously, this is widely used in “soy cheese” products that claim to be alternatives to cow’s milk. Nearly all of them are made with cow’s milk proteins.

Corn Syrup
This is just another name for High Fructose Corn Syrup (see below). Frequently used in infant formula

Food Colours
FD&C Red #40, for example, is linked to behavioural disorders in children. Nearly all artificial food colours are derived from petroleum, and many are contaminated with aluminium.

Genetically Modified Ingredients
Nearly all conventionally grown corn, soy and cotton are GMOs. They’re linked to severe infertility problems and may even cause the bacteria in your body to produce and release a pesticide in your own gut. If you’re not eating organic corn, you’re definitely eating GMO corn.

High Fructose Corn Syrup
A highly processed liquid sugar extracted with the chemical solvent glutaraldehyde and frequently contaminated with mercury It’s also linked to diabetes, obesity and mood disorders. Used in thousands of grocery items, including things you wouldn’t suspect like pizza sauce and salad dressings.

Homogenized Milk
The fats in the milk are artificially modified to change them into smaller molecules that stay in suspension in the milk liquid (so the milk fat doesn’t separate). While it makes milk look better on the shelf, it’s also blamed for promoting heart disease and may contribute to milk allergies. Raw milk is healthier, which is why the government had outlawed it.

Hydrochloride
When you see anything hydrochloride, such as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride or Thiamine Hydrochloride, those are chemical forms of B vitamins that companies add to their products to be able to claim higher RDA values of vitamins. But these are synthetic, chemical forms of vitamins, not real vitamins from foods or plants. Nutritionally, they are near-useless and may actually be bad for you. Also watch out for niacinamide and cyanocobalamin (synthetic vitamin B-12).

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
This is a highly processed form of (usually) soy protein that’s processed to bring out the free glutamate (MSG). Used as a taste enhancer.

Partially Hydrogenated Oils
These are oils that are modified using a chemical catalyst to make them stable at room temperature. This creates trans fatty acids and greatly increases the risk of blocked arteries). It also promotes what should be termed as “sludge blood,” which is thick, viscous blood that’s hard to pump. This is usually diagnosed by doctors as “high blood pressure” and (stupidly) treated with blood-thinning medications that are technically the same chemicals as rat poison (warfarin)

Phosphoric Acid
The acid used in sodas to dissolve the carbon dioxide and add to the overall fizzy-ness of the soda. Phosphoric acid will eat steel nails. It’s also used by stone masons to etch rocks. The military uses it to clean the rust off battleships. It absolutely destroys tooth enamel. Search Google Images for “Mountain Dew Mouth” to see photos of teeth rotted out by phosphoric acid:

Propylene Glycol
A liquid used in the automotive industry to winterize RVs. It’s also used to make the fake blueberries you see in blueberry muffins, bagels and breads. (Combined with artificial colours and corn syrup.)

Sodium (Salt)
The processed white salt lacking in trace minerals. In the holistic nutrition industry, it is called “death salt” because it promotes disease. Real salt, on the other hand, such as “dirty” sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, is loaded with the trace minerals that prevent disease, such as selenium (cancer), chromium (diabetes) and zinc (infectious disease). Much like with bread and sugar, white salt is terrible for your health. And don’t be fooled by claims of “sea salt” in grocery stores. All salt came from the sea if you go far back enough in geologic time, so they can slap the “sea salt” claim on ANY salt!

Sodium Nitrite
A cancer-causing red colouring chemical added to bacon, hot dogs, sausage, beef jerky, ham, lunch meats, pepperoni and nearly all processed meats. Strongly linked to brain tumours, pancreatic cancers and colon cancers. The USDA once tried to ban it from the food supply but was out-manoeuvred by the meat industry, which now dominates USDA regulations. Sodium nitrite is a complete poison used to make meats look fresh. Countless children die of cancer each year from sodium nitrite-induced cancers.

Soy Protein
The No. 1 protein source used in “protein bars,” including many bars widely consumed by bodybuilders. Soy protein is the “junk protein” of the food industry. It’s made from genetically modified soybeans (often grown in China) and then subjected to hexane, a chemical solvent that can literally explode. For natural please click here.

Sucralose
An artificial chemical sweetener sold as Splenda. The sucralose molecule contains a chlorine atom. Researchers have repeatedly found that artificial sweeteners make people fat by actually promoting weight gain

Sugar
The bleached nutritionally deficient by product of can processing. During sugar cane processing, nearly all the minerals and vitamins end up in the blackstrap molasses that’s usually fed to farm animals. Blackstrap molasses is actually the ‘good’ part of sugar cane juice. Molasses is often fed to farm animals because every rancher knows that farm animals need good nutrition to stay alive. Amazingly, conventional doctors don’t yet realise this about humans, and they continue to claim that eating sugar is perfectly fine for you. Sugar promotes diabetes, obesity, mood disorders and nutritional deficiencies.

Textured Vegetable Protein
TVP is usually made of soy protein which is extracted from genetically modified soybeans and then processed using hexane, an explosive chemical solvent (see protein above). TVP is widely used in vegetarian foods such as veggie burgers (most of which also contain MSG or Yeast Extract by the way.

Yeast Extract
Hidden form of MSG that contains free glutamate and is used in many ‘natural foods’ products to claim NO MSG. Yeast extract contains up to 14% free glutamate. You’ll find it in thousands of grocery store products, from soups to snacks and crisps.

Food Label Tricks
Here’s a trick food companies frequently used to pack more sugar into their products without making sugar look like the first ingredient’. Ingredients labels, you see, must list the most prominent ingredients first, and some consumers might freak out of they saw a box of cereal that said ‘Sugar, whole grain wheat, corn’ and so on…. Instead the company uses 3 or 4 different forms of sugar to distribute them farther down the label like this:
‘Whole grain wheat, sugar, corn syrup, corn syrup solids…..this way, the first ingredient looks like ‘whole grain wheat’ when, in reality, the cereal might be over 50% sugars.

How to buy honest food! 
Shop at your local farmer’s market, food co-op or natural food stores. Look for organic labels certified by the soil association. This is a legitimate claim to being certified organic. Read the Ingredients Labels. If you see names of chemical you cannot pronounce, don’t buy it. Buy more unprocessed food ingredients and make your own meals rather than buying ready-to-eat, processed foods, which are almost universally formulated with disease promoting ingredients. Grow some of your own food! The best food you can ever eat is food from your own garden.

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8 Natural Metabolism Boosters

There are many ways to increase your metabolism. For most people it starts with the right diet and exercise. An efficient metabolism also requires the smooth running of many complex body processes that rely on sufficient antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin C and the B vitamins, and sometimes supplements are required to correct any deficiencies. There are also a variety of herbs and spices that can boost your metabolism. Here are eight of them:

Tumeric

That spice that's in almost every curry -- that's turmeric. It has been reported to increase metabolism by increasing bile production within the body, as well as lowering blood sugar levels. Be careful with curry, though. Curries are full of creams and fats that do anything but increase your metabolism. Further Turmeric (or Curcumin) benefits are that it can help detoxify your blood and support a healthy inflammation response. Turmeric or Curcumin should be taken with peperine or black pepper to help with bioavailability.

Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne pepper helps support body fat by increasing oxygen consumption. Cayenne pepper may also support blood pressure, blood circulation, and digestion. Capsicum is a natural stimulant without the threatening side effects (palpitations, hyper-activity or rise in blood pressure) like most other stimulating agents. Cayenne's primary chemical ingredients include capsaicin, capsanthin, beta carotene, flavonoids, and vitamin C. Cayenne Pepper is a very high source of Vitamins A and C, has the complete B complexes, and is very rich in organic calcium and potassium.

Cinnamon

It is known as an "insulin mimicker" meaning it minimizes the amount of insulin your body produces after a meal by transporting sugar molecules into cells within the body.Cinnamon also may slow down the emptying of the stomach after a large meal, leaving you to fill fuller and less likely to snack. Now, cinnamon rolls don't count.

Kelp

Kelp is a natural thyroid stimulant, which may support metabolism. Kelp, as well as other seaweeds, raise metabolism in two ways: they affect the thyroid gland and they increase basal metabolic rate (the speed at which your body burns calories while at rest). Iodine, an important component of kelp, has a direct effect on basal metabolic rate. Kelp is believed to stimulate a thyroid hormone which is responsible for boosting metabolism. By returning the iodine levels to normal, it can help alleviate low-grade hypothyroidism. Kelp contains large amounts of potassium, and naturally varying amounts of trace minerals, which may be useful in maintaining proper glandular function and metabolism. Some medications for high blood pressure can increase potassium levels in the blood. Taking Kelp along with some medications for high blood pressure might cause too much potassium in the blood.

Ginger

Studies by ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research) show ginger supported the digestion process by absorbing the necessary nutrients into the system and regulated the metabolism cycle. The gingerol is the majorly active component in ginger. Such active components in ginger activate the muscular activity in the digestive track and stimulate the chemical reactions in the digestive system. Ginger is an important ingredient used in the traditional Ayurvedic medicines to support the metabolism and digestive system. Researchers have found that ginger may help settle the stomach during times of occasional nausea, motion sickness and morning sickness.

Yerba Mate

A stimulant similar to caffeine, this herb can also increase blood pressure. Yerba Mate is also is a good source of antioxidants. It also contains many nutrients like potassium, chromium, iron, niacin and magnesium. Yerba Mate suppresses your appetite and increases energy levels, therefore stimulating the ability to burn unwanted calories faster. Yerba Mate contains a content named mateine, which increase metabolism and energy. It also help you to get rid of allergy symptoms, act as a gentle diuretic and colon cleanse, nutritionally speed up the healing process and decrease stress. Yerba mate can be used in as a tea drink. It is also found in a supplement pill or energy drink. Those who are on blood pressure medication or are sensitive to stimulants should avoid Yerba Mate.

Green Tea

Green tea is a thermogenic agent, which means, that you may burn more calories. Green Tea is also a stimulant which contains powerful antioxidant, as well as, caffeine. The antioxidants found in green tea also aids in energy production. The chemical in green tea, known as EGCG (or epigallocatechin gallate) is known to speed up your metabolism, among many other benefits.

Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange which is an extract of Seville oranges is a stimulant and works on receptors in fat tissues.

Natural Help for Dog (and other pets)

NATURAL HELP FOR DOG'S AND OTHER PETS

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Here are a few supplements that work well with joint care, allergies, itching, fleas and parasites etc... All products are 100% natural  

ALFALFA (100 capsules) - This product may help with arthritis, allergies, trace minerals, joints, and it is an appetite enhancer. 

ALOE VERA JUICE (946ml) - Great for ulcerations, healing, soothing and alkalizing.

BLACK WALNUT (100 capsules) - For help with Fleas, Parasites, Worms, skin rashes, Ringworm. Helps to maintain a healthy intestinal system. Supports the immune system in its battle against invaders, soothes irritated tissues and helps to maintain the look of healthy skin/coat.

BUTCHER'S BROOM (100 capsules) - varicose veins, haemorrhoids, phlebitis and suports the circulatory system.

EVERFLEX (60 tablets) - arthritis and joint pain.  Great for large dogs that are prone to hip dysplasia. EverFlex will help reduce stress and decrease the pain and swelling of injuries.

GARLIC (100 Tablets) - This is a natural antibiotic, repels fleas (both human and animal) and parasites.  

This will need to be taken whole by your pet because if it is broken open it will contain a strong smell of garlic.

GLUCOSAMINE (60 capsuls) - rebuilds cartilage, arthritis pain.  As our dog ages, their bodies become less efficient at manufacturing the elements necessary for healthy joint structure.

HAWTHORN BERRIES EXTRACT (59ml) - This feeds the heart, cleans arteries.  The berries should be taken over a period of time for their full nutritional benefits to be realised. They contain vitamins C and B complex, crataegin, carotene and flavonoids. Extracts are rapidly assimilated by the body and can be mixed in liquid or taken directly under the tongue.

JUNIPER AND PARSLEY (100 capsules) - For Urinary infections

KELP & HOPS COMBINATION (100 capsules) - Feeds thyroid, rich in trace minerals and iodine, increases metabolism.

LIQUID CHLOROPHYLL (473ml) - Freshen Breath, cleanses body and neutralises the acid in your dog's urine. Put a couple drops of this in your dog's drinking water each day.  The bottle last for ages and must be kept in the fridge.

RED RASPBERRY (100 capsules) - strengthens uterus, aid in labour and delivery; helps prevent haemorrhaging, enriches and increases colostrums.

SILVER SHIELD (118ml) - This product is safe to use on cuts and wounds, ulcers, helps to alleviate coughs, colds and sore throats. also available is the Silver Shield gel

SKELETAL STRENGTH (60 tablets) - vitamin/mineral formula for bones, joints, teeth and muscles.  This Product is designed specifically for the structural system including.

SLIPPERY ELM (100 capsules) - safe, gentle fiber to prevent constipation and settle acid stomach. It's an excellent food during times of digestive discomfort.

SPIRULINA (100 capsules) - This cuts appetite and sugar cravings, hi-protein

SUPER OMEGA 3 EPA (60 capsules) - Essential fatty acids for brain function, glandular balance, skin problems, allergies, arthritis, and an immune builder.  A healthy heart and a health coat.

Is your child a Picky Eater?

Fight Picky Eater Syndrome with Vitamin Supplements

Is your child a picky eater? The body develops most rapidly in the first 18 years of life, so it’s vital for children to receive all of the vitamins and minerals they need to grow into healthy adults.  And because children solely rely on their parents to nourish their bodies, the burden of supplying kids with essential nutrients falls on adults.

Some children are good eaters, but more likely than not, your child gets picky when meal time rolls around.  If your child consistently rejects nutritious foods (or even if he/she doesn’t), it never hurts to give them a vitamin supplement.  Doing so will only boost your confidence that your child has the nourishment required to grow up “big and strong.”

Without some of the most fundamental vitamins, the body cannot properly perform tasks that regulate normal development.  For example, insufficient amounts of calcium, vitamin C and vitamin D can greatly increase the potential risk of osteoporosis and bone brittleness.  More severe deficiencies of these vitamins may even result in stunted growth or skeletal deformities. Vitamins A and C make children far less susceptible to the common cold or winter flu.  And necessary amounts of vitamins and nutrients like omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin D can even help prevent some of the deadliest types of cancer.

Even if it seems inconvenient to make the extra effort, giving your children these essential nutrients, whether through a well-balanced diet, vitamin supplements or both, will benefit their health for the rest of their lives.

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