Planning Ahead While Pregnant

Planning ahead when it comes to food could mean the difference between making wise choices and making irrational choices.  It helps us learn how to undo our bad habits and being pregnant is a great time to try and change any bad habits you may have.  The best way to break bad habits and to form new ones is to constantly plan ahead.   

Liquid Protein Diets

These diets have been found to be dangerous and poten­tially lethal. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration has a ruling that all protein supplements (liquid or pow­der) used in reducing diets must carry the following label:

Cayenne – Cancer

Cayenne pepper has very high concentrations of Vitamin A and Carotenoids, which serve as antioxidants. These antioxidants create an internal environment that is not friendly to cancer. Who would have…

Cayenne – Arthritis

The capsaicin in cayenne pepper is an anti-inflammatory. Therefore, cayenne pepper helps reduce the inflammation caused by arthritis. Cayenne pepper is also a natural pain reliever. It works quickly to…

Cayenne – Heart Attack

Heart attacks are frightening. If you’ve ever had one or witnessed one, it’s not something you want to experience ever again. One reason heart attacks are so scary is that they make us feel fragile, as if we have no control, no ability to stop them.

Turmeric – health benefits

Turmeric has been and still is a key component of both the Chinese and Indian systems of med¬icine, where it is used as an anti-inflammatory agent and in the treatment of numerous condi¬tions, including flatulence, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, bloody urine, hemorrhage, tooth¬ache, bruises, chest pain, and colic. Turmeric poultices are often applied locally to relieve in¬flammation and pain.

Peanuts and Pregnancy

Ask any parent who has a child who is allegeric to peanuts how difficult their live has become.  Food shopping can take hours because every food label must be read it and studied to make sure it contains no traces of peanuts.