Life in today’s toxic environment creates a lot of unwanted inflammation, oxidative stress and toxicity accumulation. Luckily for us, the cure is in the kitchen. Even higher than vegetables and fruits, culinary herbs reign supreme as antioxidants. If they are environmentally challenged (not in a greenhouse or homogenous environment), it causes the plants to produce …
Fertility
New study shows certain antibiotics associated with birth defects
Researchers from the CDC analyzed data from 13,155 women who had children with birth defects. They found statistically significant correlations with antibiotic use. Two classes were identified as the main culprits: sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins (commonly used to treat UTI’s e.g., Macrobid). Other classes of antibiotics such as penicillins, erythromycins and cephalosporins seemed safer and were …
Miscarriages caused by wheat?
Gluten sensitivity is a known risk factor for recurrent miscarriages. However, until recently we weren’t sure whether it was the gluten itself causing it or the some other factor associated with gluten sensitivity. In this study they investigated the effects of a gluten free diet on recurrent miscarriages and they found that you can greatly …
Carrot juice improves egg quality?
If you’ve been to one of our seminars on improving ovarian function, we frequenty recommend various vegetables and juices and we often incorporate carrots. There are many reasons for this, but in this study they showed that a vitamin A deficiency can prevent your eggs from maturing properly. Now if you plan on eating tons …
Mobile phone exposure in chicks results in huge increase in miscarriages
In this disturbing study, chicks exposed to mobile phone radiation had a 75% miscarriage rate. Chicks not exposed had only a 16% miscarriage rate. Now a chick is much smaller than we are, so we would have to use a mobile phone the size of a small elephant to get the same relative intensity of …