All Entries Tagged With: "moms"

Nutritional Health Tips for Moms – Fats

Fats break down to fatty acids.  The most necessary fatty acids must be ingested through food.  They are linolenic and linolenic acid, which transports the fat-soluble vitamins A,D,E and K.  These fatty acids help in the energy production and balancing of our hormone and nerve and brain function.   Fat inside our bodies protects vital organs, [...]

How to prepare your first born for a new baby

Welcoming a new baby at home is not an easy job for your child. First off, your child is likely to be envious of the baby who takes away all the attention from him. Secondly, as a parent, you will be completely focussed on your new born and your child will start feeling neglected. [...]

Eating Tips for Breastfeeding Mothers

Mothers who make the choice to breastfeed usually do so because they believe it is the way to make sure that their infant receives the best nutrition possible during feedings.  Because what the mother eats somewhat affects the contents of the breast milk, breastfeeding mothers are prudent to understand what they [...]

Depleted Mothers – Vulnerable Spots in Your Armor of Resilience

What happened to the fantasy of having love and family?  The fact is that none of us is perfect.  We all have areas where we need help, especially when your carrying around a ton of stress.  Every little thing, like cutting your finger in the kitchen, can cause a bout of chaos, which just exacerbates [...]

Preventing and Treating Injuries

Injuries are incredibly disruptive to our lives and painful, too.  Like they say, when in doubt ice it.  Heat will just make it swell and throb.  Injuries can usually be avoided by being balanced, taking a few deep breaths before you close the door and concentrate on what you are doing, not wondering what you [...]

Women’s Health Screening – Part 3

Perhaps because our reproductive organs are inside as opposed to the males, women need to visit a gynecologist at least once a year.  So many things may go awry in our bladders or ovaries or uterus and we don’t notice. We need that extra boost to find out if everything is operating as it should.  [...]

Depleted Mothers – Thin Soup of Resources

As your responsibilities grow, your resources should grow equally, which they often don’t.  As a mother you don’t really get enough sleep as your motherly instincts always keep you on the edge, listening for your child. You don’t get that deep sleep that all people need for optimum health.   You probably feed other people in [...]

Simple Steps to a Healthier Diet – Whole Grain

Choose Whole Grains Over Refined Grains
I found a key.  If the food is white, it’s probably not very good for us.  Brown food seems significantly more healthy.  Statistics are that when we eat whole grains as opposed to white, rice, pasta we reduce the heart disease by 30%, which seems to be quite significant.  The [...]

Simple Steps to a Healthier Diet – Sugar and Sodium

Eat Sugar Only in Moderation
Well, people and animals alike all love their little sugar treats.  The market is overloaded with diet cookies, diet crackers, etc., which makes people feel like it is finally fine to eat them.  Well, there is less fat, but the sugar content is right up there with the non-fat editions.  So [...]

Menstrual Problems: Symptoms and Treatment

PMS

Not long ago doctors believed that PMS symptoms were more psychological and physical.  The times changed and the males realized that this was a real concern.  (It was not fun for them either.)
Coping with PMS

Over half of females will suffer the symptoms of PMS a couple of weeks before their periods and [...]

Simple Steps to a Healthier Diet – Calcium, Fruits and Vegetables

Calcium rich foods have been suggested to us for a long time.  That was what “drink all your milk” routine was about.  But low or no-fat dairy products are abundant, so get out there and buy some.  A good one is no-fat cottage cheese mixed with pineapple chunks or mandarin oranges.  It’s like a dessert.
Then [...]

Regular Chekups for Moms – Part 2

If you are going to your annual checkup with the gynecologist there are things to go to make it a more successful appointment.
Bring all of your medications including your vitamins and other supplements.  We don’t always remember how many milligrams we take or how often we take them so by bringing them all the doctor [...]

Nutritional Health Tips for Moms – Glycemic Index

The Glycemic Index
GI (Glycemic Index) pertains mostly to carbohydrates based how fast they raise blood sugar levels.  The scale is from 0-100; the higher the number the faster it reaches the bloodstream as glucose.  Sugar’s GI is 100, while soy beans are 18.  The foods that run up in the high numbers are generally processed, [...]

Nutritional Health Tips for Moms – Carbohydrates

The foundation of the best fitness, performance and overall health is getting enough nutritional help.  As we’ve mentioned before, when you don’t take nutrients you are depriving your self of energy and stress relievers.  Because weight maintenance is so important to most women is difficult to eat food with plenty of nutrients, but not calories.  [...]