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5 Things You Must Do If You Want To Create Optimum Health
1. Make the decision that you will create an optimum state of health Most people want to feel better than they currently do, however, they never truly decide that this will be one of their goals You must CHOOSE to create optimum health before you...
All The Health Risks Of Processed Foods -- In Just A Few Quick, Convenient Bites
Every day, 7 percent of the U.S. population visits a McDonald's, and 20-25 percent eat fast food of some kind, says Steven Gortmaker, professor of society, human development, and health at the Harvard School of Public Health. As for children, 30...
Asbestos Training: Society's Answer To Health Questions
The Need for Asbestos Training
Asbestos-training programs have become the norm of the day for all members of an awakened society because of the health hazards of asbestos. Asbestos is the name of many naturally occurring fibrous minerals, namely...
Health Benefits Of Lettuce
Lettuce is one of the most delicate salad plants - there is
usually nothing but disappointment to be gained from trying to
bring a wilting specimen back to life. It has been cultivated
since the earliest times, and varieties such as Cos or...
Trauma and Mental Health
Trauma is a result of battering, witnesses a horrible attacks,
enduring an accident/incident, terrorist, and so on. Anytime a
person is subject to violence, it brings forth trauma, whether
it is in small doses or extreme doses. Posttraumatic...
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Prenatal Health - Folic Acid (An Overview)
FOLIC ACID – AN OVERVIEW Folic Acid, also know as Vitamin B9, assists in preventing certain birth defects of the spinal cord and brain known as neural tube defects (NTDs). Without a sufficient amount of Folic Acid the cells that form the baby's brain and spine become deficient resulting in spina bifida (open spine) or anencephaly (undeveloped brain). There are over 4,000 births defects annually as a direct result of insufficient Folic Acid in the Mother's body. Folic Acid should be taken prior to conception since these births defects begin in the first month of pregnancy. Folic Acid also helps prevent other birth defects such as cleft palate, low birth weight and helps in the production of additional red blood cells needed to support the growth of the fetus. Other studies have show that Folic Acid helps in the prevention of heart disease, stroke and anemia. The Center for Disease Control recommends that all women of childbearing age consume 400 micrograms of Folic Acid daily and that once pregnancy is confirmed increase to 800 micrograms daily. The normal diet does not provide a sufficient amount of Folic Acid so supplementation is required. Prenatal Blessings provides prenatal diet and nutrition products especially formulated to meet the increased nutritional needs of Moms2B including their Oatmeal/Raisin Cookie fortified with Folic Acid. Whitney Lasseter www.prenatalblessings.comNutrition for Moms2B About the Author
Whitney Lasseter Founder, Blessings, LLC
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