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Recommendations for Vitamin D supplementation for women & for pregnancy
This is perfect timing as I just finished writing on supplements, including Vitamin D, for the new Green Mama book on Pregnancy. (Look for it this Spring.) These days vitamin D is considered a sort of wonder-vitamin helping with weight management, mood, and overall health. It is one of the few additional supplements that I…
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Growing a Healthy Child as a Vegetarian: From Pregnancy, Baby & Beyond
What a parent should know about ensuring a vegetarian baby is healthy I was a vegetarian, and for some years a vegan (strict vegetarian), during my early adult life. I chose this path for a mixture of health, environmental, and ethical reasons. But I do not recommend this for the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum years….
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Natural Fertility Tracking: How to Preventing or Achieving Pregnancy By Studying Your Menstrual Cycle
The Fifth Vital Sign: Fertility Tracking as a Window to Health “Behind every wise woman are many other wise women,” is the motto of Justisse Healthworks for Women and Justisse College. The impetus for Geraldine Matus to found this system and network for women began 39 years ago after having an adverse reaction to the…
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Recovering Fertility If You Have Previously Used Hormonal Birth Control
If you have previously used hormonal birth control—and, who hasn’t these days—you will most likely need help recovering your optimal health, ideally before pregnancy. Hormonal birth control can deplete the body of key nutrients, including thyroid hormones and zinc, which are both crucial for reproductive health. “There is evidence that the longer a woman is…
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The Truth About the Brains of New Moms: The Current Research All Mother’s and Father’s Want to Know
Mama (& Papa) Brain: Better Than Ever Pregnancy Brain, Momnesia, Porridge Brain…. they are all terms that you understand all too well if you are pregnant and reading this book now. That mushy feeling and all the underlying emotions that seem to go along with it in pregnancy are real and they serve a good…
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Safer Skincare for Children: The Green Mama guide to healthier, organic, "green" skincare for babies and children
The Green Mama’s Guide to Safer Skincare for Children
Children are vulnerable
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Three steps to a healthy, green, organic pregnancy
The Green Mama’s three steps to achieving the healthiest, greenest pregnancy
1. Eat organic.
Pregnant women and children will especially benefit from eating organic food.
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