October 8, 2010
I’m leaving the below post up but recommend this well-referenced article: Evidence Based Birth: Evidence for the Vitamin K Shot in Newborns. There is more evidence available now about the various alternatives. Oral vitamin K is clearly much better than no vitamin K for preventing the very rare bleeding events, and the risks with the shot appear to be the smallest.…
Exclusive breast-feeding cuts diarrhea in Brazil by 90%… VERSUS 40% cut by vaccination in Mexico.
Herbal teas are probably something you’ve never thought about giving your young children. But they’re a good alternative beverage for them.
by Dr. Linda Folden Palmer There is a very tiny percentage of unaltered women who truly, physiologically, will not be able to create breastmilk. There are far more mothers whose ability to breastfeed becomes jeopardized by interruptions in the natural processes, by stress, and by bad advice. If you listen to the complaints to and advice from pediatricians, you would believe…
SIDS Studies have proven that infant deaths are reduced for the breastfeeding, co-sleeping baby, when non-impromptu, with non-smoking, sober parents in an adult bed made safe, with wedging dangers removed — especially after the first few weeks of age. The practices of room-sharing or breastfeeding alone cut SIDS rates considerably.
Por Linda Folden Palmer, DC el autor de “Cuestiones de Bebé: Lo que tu doctor puede no decirte acerca del cuidado de tu bebé” The BABY BOND Traducido por Ana Charfen In English Nota del Editor: Este análisis parte aguas de una notable autora, educadora y defensora de salud, la Dra. Linda Folden Palmer, es la primera vez que una experta…
By Linda Folden Palmer, DC Author of The BABY BOND (In Spanish–Click Here) A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, (May 2004), titled “Breastfeeding and the Risk of Postneonatal Death in the United States,” reports a 21% reduction in infant death for having EVER breastfed, meaning 27% more infant deaths occur when no breastmilk…
A Letter to Doctors The crib industry has gotten in bed with the CPSC to announce dramatically that 60 babies per year die from accidents in adult beds. They plan a large campaign to educate doctors and retailers about the supposed danger. One detail they seem to leave out is that a breastfeeding baby sleeping in an adult bed, made…
Linda F. Palmer, DC Author Baby Matters Many mothers are told to provide iron supplements to their exclusively breastfed infants beginning at 3 or 4 months of age – without any signs of anemia – yet the research does not support this advice. A recent study has shown that iron supplementation of non-anemic breastfed babies can cause stunted growth, decreased head…
by Linda Folden Palmer, DC Reprinted from Dynamic Chiropractic, Jan 1, 2002; Volume 20 (1) Bone Density: The Big Dairy Fallacy While the National Osteoporosis Foundation tells us we need more calcium to build stronger bones, especially from cow’s milk, the scientific evidence does not support this.