What foods should I avoid during pregnancy?
Ah yes, pregnancy is a wonderful time to splurge on tasty indulgences! For every yin, there is a yang. Pregnancy brings with it some foods that are best reduced or eliminated while we are growing our beautiful babies. Here's a list of what is often...
As we are in the midst of one of the worst flu seasons yet, many parents come into my office asking for my advice on what supplements or vitamins their family should be taking to help keep their immune systems strong and their health in check.
If you’ve ever seen me as a patient, you would...
As Thanksgiving rolls around again - whether you're staying close to home or hitting the highways and sky-ways; if you're honoring old customs or starting new family traditions; whether you're about to be a first-time mom, your baby just started teething, your toddler just threw his first tantrum,...
In the movies and on TV, laboring women are often depicted as panting, sweaty and sucking on ice chips. Luckily, that image can finally change! After years of food and fluid intake being restricted for women in labor, there has been a closer scientific look at this practice and the ban has been...
Hi Moms! I have some important news for you. The subject matter of this article is intense, but extremely important for moms to understand. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) recently released its position paper on Genetically Modified foods stating that "... GM foods pose a...
So first it was juice and now it’s rice. Arsenic has been found in very high levels in all types of organic and non-organic rice products that we eat and feed our children every day and it’s a very troubling finding.
As a follow up to its juice research, Consumer Reports has found that...
You asked and you shall now receive. It's only fair for us to share all of this stored up knowledge about having a baby and what is going on with your body during those nine (really ten) months. We now will answer, in a very public forum, all of those burning questions about having a baby. Each...
