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Study Shows Chlorella Boost Breastfeeding Immunity Properties
Image by PROYECTO AGUA** /** WATER PROJECT via Flickr Article Source: Bio-medicine.org; TORRANCE, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ — A Japanese study found women who took Chlorella pyrenoidosa supplements during pregnancy had significantly higher IgA antibody concentrations in their breast milk(1). The higher levels of IgA resulted in a reduced risk of infection in nursing infants. [...]
Shocking Baby Throwing Video
Unfathomable and horrific to watch, devotees at a shrine at Solapur in western India’s Maharastra observe a bizarre ritual of throwing infants for good health from a height of 50 feet on to a cloth sheet held below. What is wrong with people?
The SIDS, Seratonin and Vaccination Connection
Italian researchers recently discovered that mice who were genetically engineered to overproduce seratonin, died at an early age with symptoms similar to human babies who died from SIDS. The mice died after being able to regulate their body temperature and heart rate, which are symptoms of abnormal seratonin levels. Researchers are hoping to be able [...]
Study Shows Active Preschoolers Healthier Later
Image by lets.book via Flickr MedicalNewsToday, 29 Jul 2009- “Being active at age 5 helps kids stay lean as they age even if they don’t remain as active later in childhood, a new University of Iowa study shows. “We call this effect ‘banking’ because the kids benefit later on, similar to having a savings account [...]
SIDS Linked to Bacteria Levels
Another piece of the SIDS puzzle has been uncovered. Researchers in a British study recently found that dangerous bacteria such as staph and E. coli, were found in more than 1/2 of SIDS cases. The rate is closer to 1/4 of the general, healthy infant population. While they do not believe that the bacteria causes [...]
Snakes and Cosleeping
One of the many benefits of cosleeping is that parents are able to better protect their children from all sorts of potential danger, however rare, such as kidnapping, fire and even snakes. A woman in Long Island recently went in to check her crying baby, only to find a non-venomous constrictor wrapped around her baby’s [...]
BPA and Phthalates in The News
Phthalates Phthalates are plasticizers that are found in many common household items such as shower curtains and mattresses. Phthalates are linked to many health concerns including reproductive complications and cancer. The most disturbing use of phthalates is in baby’s and children’s toys. You know the one, that soft toy that your baby is gnawing right [...]
ABC News Video: Formula Samples Undermine Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding advocates have long known that free formula samples undermine exclusive breastfeeding by giving tired, frustrated mothers an easy out in the first few weeks of breastfeeding. Formula manufacturers have long known the same thing and they know that they best way to get mothers and babies hooked on the formula cycle is to offer [...]
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