What are your thoughts on the food that you consume having a direct correlation to how your body reacts throughout the day? Do you notice that if you eat an extra amount of sugar foods how you may feel a little more sluggish later on in the day? Here is an easy one how about a cup of coffee keeping you awake or waking you up? How about the good old turkey dinner at thanksgiving making you feel sleepy.

Ok so we all know about these food examples having a direct effect on our bodies within hours of us eating the food. Well now how about taking that one step farther Continue Reading »

So you are planning on having a baby or perhaps are in the middle of a pregnancy now. Have you done any research on what your alternatives are for pain relief from child birth or even during pregnancy say for back pain, one of the more common ailments of pregnancy. There are quite a few pharmacy made products on the market today. But the biggest growing market of research and products by everyday people is that of the natural alternatives. With that in mind watch the following video on a popular new therapy using a Tens unit as an alternative to the common drugs on the market today. Also read the article immediately after the video regarding natural remedies for labor pains and share your comments at the end.

Mama Tens Maternity Kit Machine

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Labor Pain Relief & Acupressure - Looking at Natural Remedies

Childbirth is maybe the one of the most amazing things that will happen to a woman in her lifetime. But why does it have to hurt! The truth of the matter is, and I would guess this is the same for majority of women, labor pains do hurt. The more advanced the labor, the greater the pain. There’s nothing that we can do about it, only put our trust in medicine and hope for the best.
Maybe there is more that we can do about it. You don’t have to have medical drugs to ease the labor pain. Unfortunately I didn’t realize this until after the birth of my babies, but I wish I had!
There are natural methods of pain relief for labor. You don’t have to just rely on gas & air, pethidine and epidural. As good as these drugs are, have you looked at the side effects that they can have on you and your baby?
If pethidine is given too late during labor, then it can cause problems to your baby’s breathing, although there is an antidote that can be given, do you really want your baby subjected to so many drugs within minutes of being born? Continue Reading »