Archive | August, 2010

One Major Cause of Infertility Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About

By on August 31, 2010 in Pre-Pregnancy Diet, Pregnancy & Fertility

There are many reasons why women and men today suffer from infertility. Unfortunately, when people seek the cause of infertility from their doctors, they are told that diet has nothing to do with it. Instead they are often given options that entail dangerous drugs and artificial manipulation of their hormones. If you’ve been reading this [...]

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My $2000 GPS: Why You Need Travel Insurance

By on August 28, 2010 in Culture & Tradition, Spain

Last year my family decided to go to Spain to visit a friend I hadn’t seen for nearly 20 years. Amazingly we found a flight, not only direct from NYC to Malaga — a relatively obscure destination for most Americans, but we found those tickets for only $550 each! This was over $400 off of [...]

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No Nukes: the Dangers of Microwaves

By on August 26, 2010 in Autism, Preconception, Pregnancy & Fertility

Microwaving has been a widely accepted method of cooking and heating meals, but few of us stop to think how ‘nuking’ affects the otherwise nutritious foods that we strive to incorporate into our diets. Nearly two decades ago, a German study reported that microwaving food is actually a major cause of the dramatic increases in [...]

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The Best Pre-Pregnancy Exercise

By on August 25, 2010 in Pregnancy Exercise

As a former belly dancer, people (both men and women) were always in awe that my husband “allowed me” to “dance for other men.” This is where their belly dance education began. The term ‘belly dance’ is a distortion of the Arabic term raqs al baladi, meaning ‘dance of the people.’ When a dancer named [...]

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“E” Is For Asthma

By on August 24, 2010 in Asthma

Many parents-to-be worry about the dramatic increases in asthma rates among children and there is good reason for concern. Many doctors cite environmental factors such as mold, cigarette smoke, and car exhaust for these rises. Others consider certain foods such as eggs, milk, and nuts to be incompatible with the human body. But more and [...]

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