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April 2007                                                                                   Happy Easter!



Healthy Children
 
When is the best time to start being healthy? Well, now is good - but before you're conceived is even better.
 
Although most of us can't choose our parents or our moment of conception, we can choose better health for future generations.
 
So if you're going to be a parent or you know someone who is going to be in the future, have a look at our Naturality Top Tips for healthy kids and let them start out right.
 

Before Conception and during Pregnancy

Be Healthy Parents
Eat good food and follow the Real Food Eating plan
If you can afford one, buy a reverse osmosis water filter so that you are not drinking high levels of contaminants in your water, things like aluminium, chlorine and estrogens (from women taking HRT and contraception) have the potential to disturb reproductive function and alter the genetic makeup of your baby.
Remove synthetics and chemicals from your home and your personal care products. Toxic chemicals affect your liver and kidney function and won't help the health of your unborn children.
Take Omega 3 fish oils and a quality food state multivitamin/mineral. Your baby's brain development depends on adequate supplies of these essential oils and other nutrients.
Have you muscle tone checked during pregnancy. If you're going to deliver a baby, you need good muscle tone. This comes from proprioception, not exercise. A simple check during pregnancy will make sure your body is working how it should and may prevent lots of problems during delivery. 
 

Delivery

 
Presuming you have been eating right and have good muscle tone, delivery is a natural and transcendent experience. In other words, nature takes over and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. But hospitals, doctors and midwives will have a damn good go.
 
In primitive societies, women would retire to with other women to give birth. Animals will naturally seek out a quiet place to give birth. In modern England, we place a woman in an ambulance then stick her in an operating theatre with a host of strangers, bright lights and then try to stick a needle in her back.
 
Give birth at home. It's the safest most satisfying birth experience you will ever have. For a full discussion of the myths about safety surrounding home vs hospital births see http://www.gentlebirth.org/format/mythsLinearFormat.html.
 
The enemy of a good birth is a lack of confidence. If the mother is absolutely certain of her ability to deliver then she is probably a good candidate for a home birth.  

Minimize intervention.

 Avoid monitoring. Monitoring increases your chance of a nightmare. Not only are you far more likely to have further unnecessary intervention, you are increasing your fear and lack of trust which makes giving birth more difficult. A good midwife can tell you what stage of labour you're in by your breathing pattern, without any internal examination.
Avoid induction (if you're overdue, come and get an adjustment or see one of the acupuncturists)
 
Don't have an oxytocin injection (given after the delivery to "help" the delivery of the placenta - causes massive increases in pain and possible uterine bleeding)
 
Don't give a Vit K injection to your newborn baby http://onyx-ii.com/birthsong/page.cfm?vitamink
 
You shouldn't need pain relief. At a certain stage in the delivery process, nature takes over and the mother goes into "another world." An almost hypnotic state. Anything that brings her out of that state is to be discouraged, so husbands, partners, midwives yelling "push, push, stop" is often counterproductive, as is shoving in drips, lines and epidurals.
 

Epidural During Birth May Negatively Affect Breast-Feeding

"Women who receive an epidural during childbirth are more likely to have breast-feeding problems in the first week and to stop breast-feeding before the end of six months than women who don't receive an epidural, an Australian study says." full story here.

After delivery

 Allow the cord 5 minutes to stop pulsating before clamping it. This increases the baby's blood volume and gives it plenty of time to start breathing naturally.
 
Place the baby straight to the breast. Great for bonding, it also stimulates oxytocin which naturally expels the placenta. It doesn't matter if the baby doesn't latch on at this time.
 
Breast Feed - get advice if you're having trouble. Sometimes nipple protectors work a treat to get the baby feeding.
 
Avoid dairy products throughout pregnancy but particularly while breastfeeding. Dairy products, tea and coffee will all produce colic and a demanding baby. Demanding babies are much more likely to be encouraged onto formula ("well dear, your milk's just not good enough.")

First 9 months

Breast feed. Breast is best. Go for it and breast feed exclusively for 9 months if you can. Continue longer if you want.
 
Don't Vaccinate. Vaccination is a sham perpetrated by pharmaceutical companies, doctors and governments. It doesn't work and can kill or damage your child. If you want the evidence for this, read the books by Phillip Day and Viera Schriebner as well as many references on the Internet. Also, have a look at what's in the vaccine they want to inject into your child. Common additives include Aluminum gels or salts, Antibiotics, Egg protein, Formaldehyde, Monosodium glutamate and Thimerosal. This information is from the American Government, you can read more here. I would rather NOT have these poisons injected into my child, thank you.
By 9 months, most children are grabbing food off your plate and are therefore ready for solid food. Rather than buy up organic baby food from the supermarket, why not do what primitive peoples do and use your very own food processor, your teeth? Chew your baby's food first and then give it to them on a spoon. Babies lack ptyalin to help start the digestion, so you can provide it for them. It's great fun and they love it. Organic baby food has been sterilised and so has lost any goodness it had when it was growing.
 
Absolutely no dairy, wheat (rusks) or baby rice. just fruit and veg. Babies don't need breakfast, lunch and dinner. They're used to just having breastmilk, so don't give them cereals. Keep food as fresh and raw as you can.
 
Don't microwave food for babies

Early Years

Avoid dairy, chocolate and sugar
 
No "low calorie" or "child-friendly" foods (loaded with aspartame)
 
Avoid any eating establishment that does children's menus (why do we think that it's OK for children to eat worse food than us?)
 
Avoid giving children choices. Giving a child responsibility for making choices makes them insecure. You're the adult, you know how the world works, you tell me what to do - PLEASE! Even if I don't like it and have a tantrum, I will feel secure if you love me no matter what I do and tell me how things are going to be.
 
That's the Simon King guide to healthy children. It comes with the usual disclaimer that everything in this column is my own personal opinion and you use this information at your own risk. On the other hand, you can also use this information for the benefit of your children and future generations.
 
 
 


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» Alexander Technique
This month I've had my first Alexander Technique lesson, thanks to a wonderful Alexander teacher here in Berkhamsted. I was always a bit mystified by Alexander Technique as, being an expert in biomechanics, I thought I could figure out movement, posture and muscle tone, but the hour I spent with Trevor Alan Davies was most enlightening.
 
I probably thought I was going to get instruction in  posture - you know shoulders back, sit up straight, but it wasn't like that at all. Alexander technique is about using your body in a more harmonious way, one that is elegant, functional, poised and powerful. The Alexander Technique, although subtle, is practical and it offers a greater awareness as we move through each day. The process of inhibition (attention), and direction, (focused intention), allows us access to what is happening in our bodies and minds at any moment in time. It is a kind of meditation in activity.
 
If you want more information on Alexander technique you can click here  or email Trevor here.
 

Humour

 

A Love Letter 

 
To my darling husband,

Before you return from your overseas trip I just want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick up truck when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately not too bad and I really didn't get hurt, so please don't worry too much about me.

I was coming home from Wal-Mart, and when I turned into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent but the pick up fortunately came to a halt when it bumped into your car.

I am really sorry, but I know with yourkind-hearted personality you will forgive me. You know how much I love you and care for you my sweetheart. I am enclosing a picture for you.

I cannot wait to hold you in my arms again.

Your loving wife.

XXX
 

P.S. Your girlfriend called.
garage 
  » Spring Cleaning
Now is the time! Spring is here and apparently we're all feeling the urge to clean and scrub, vacuum and wash. I think I'll just lie down for a while longer.
 
Glad to see, though, that so many of you have grabbed the opportunity not to poison yourself in the process by switching to Enjo cleaning.
For those who haven't yet, check out the Enjo website or email lesley.eastoe@enjo.co.uk to arrange a demonstration in your own home.
 

Painkiller Danger

 
The three most commonly used medicines in the United States - the painkillers acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin - were found to increase the risk of high blood pressure in middle-aged men in a new study published in the "Archives of Internal Medicine."
 

Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food

In the most comprehensive U.S. tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of foods, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and baby formula from supermarket shelves.
 
The lab tests conducted for EWG found bisphenol A, or BPA, in 55 of 97 cans of food purchased from major supermarket chains in California, Connecticut and Georgia. The lab tested 27 national name brands and three store brands.
 
BPA is an ingredient in plastics and the epoxy resins that line food cans. Low doses of BPA lead to a range of health problems, including birth defects of the male and female reproductive systems in laboratory animals. Despite the growing evidence of risk to human health, there are no limits on the amount of BPA allowed in canned food.
 
 

Any Questions? If you have any questions about the items in this newsletter or any health-related queries, please don't hesitate to hit "Reply" and email me or one of the other Naturality Practitioners. 
 
The Team at
Naturality Wellness Centre
www.naturality.org.uk 
 

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