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Nutrition

Episiotomy and Alternatives

By Joan-e Rapine
www.MohalaBirth.com

 

An episiotomy is a medical technology added to the hospital birthing scene. It is a surgical incision made in the perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening. Many myths exist about episiotomies, and despite recent research that proves this surgical cut unnecessary and unsafe, episiotomies are still extremely common in the United States (90% in the U.S. (Larson) compared to 16% in England (Maduma-Butshe)). Like any other surgery, episiotomy carries with it some risks along with benefits.

Summer Challenges Handled Naturally Insects, Sunburn, and Thirst

by Anne Salazar-Dunbar, Therapeutic Herbalist
http://www.thenaturalife.com/herbalist

 

This is a lovely season. It is a time to be out of doors. This can bring with it some challenges. Below are some ideas to handle these challenges naturally.

 

Insects In The Garden

There are many ways to deal with the insects that love to eat your flowers and vegetables. Some of the most widely used and most potent organic substances include (in order of efficacy):

FLU REMEDIES: SAFE, SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE

by Anne Salazar-Dunbar, Therapeutic Herbalist
http://www.thenaturalife.com/herbalist
 

First off, lets talk about remedies that help with prevention. Prevention is much easier to handle, then full-blown flu symptoms. The key here is take them as soon as symptoms begin to manifest or you feel you have been exposed. Some of them, as you will see, can be taken on a regular basis just for simple prevention. Many of them are considered foods.

Healthy Children

by Anne Salazar-Dunbar, Therapeutic Herbalist
http://www.thenaturalife.com/herbalist

The vast majority of children are born healthy, and hard-wired to remain healthy. We have, as a culture, lost faith in these facts. And we have over-burdened our medical community with our inability

What a Womb Wants

Aisha Alayande
The Healing Pot

Has anyone ever asked you "What a Womb Wants?", seriously posing the question in seek of an honest answer?  In this society, it would seem as if our wombs were saying that they wanted to be bare, pierced, tatooed, tucked and scarred. When did we begin to look at our womb from the external position, not giving it accolades for being the center from which life is birthed?  Is it's main purpose to accompany low-rise jeans or a trendy belt?  Are we hearing from our wombs that immediate relief found in prescription drugs, processed fast-foods and toxic cleansers are worth possible infertility in the long run? And what do our wombs hear from our thoughts and communication with others ...

Why Women Settle in Life and What Can Be Done To Reverse It

Allison Maslan
Blast Off Life Coaching

  Why Women Settle, and Give Up On Their Dreams 

    And What Can Be Done to Reverse It

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7 Simple Steps Back to Health

Mary Aspinwall, ISHom, PCH
Registered Homeopath

“The longest journey begins with a single step.” Lao-Tzu

1. Let food be thy medicine

Keep it real, keep it whole

There is a great old saying “You are what you eat”. So your first step back to being healthy is really an obvious one. Eat healthily. Don’t make this more complicated than it need be.

Are you using the right type of Maca?

By Peter Bablis D.C., N.D., LAc, Dip. Medical Herbalist, Homeopathy, Dip. Clinical Nutrition, PhD (cand)

Maca and Fertility

by Jan Roberts B.Pharm (Hons) Dip. Clinical Nutrition

Many experts see the four months immediately preceding conception as a critical stage in the reproductive process. Factors such as nutritional, environmental, emotional and lifestyle issues are taken into consideration, with both partners equally involved in the preparations to provide their future child with every possible advantage.

You might ask why, when from time immemorial, babies have been coming into the world without too much trouble, preconception health care is now considered important. Take a moment to reflect on current statistics.