environmentastic! » pregnant http://www.environmentastic.com/blog Good news about green living! Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:32:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Fish while pregnant helps children avoid eczema http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/2008/01/15/fish-while-pregnant-helps-children-avoid-eczema/ http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/2008/01/15/fish-while-pregnant-helps-children-avoid-eczema/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:13:58 +0000 A. Caleb Hartley http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/fish-while-pregnant-helps-children-avoid-eczema/2008/01/15/ Like my Apple a Day post, it has been discovered that other foods can help children avoid certain diseases.

In fact, USA Today Weekend stated that eating fish at least one time a week while you are pregnant also can help your young offspring avoid getting eczema.

Fish Oil Blog discusses the benefits of taking fish oil during pregnancy, which helps prevent Allergies, Athsma, and Eczema.  In fact, the blog claims that the benefits extend as long as the child is nursing. 

“The advantages of studying foods are that they contain a mixture of micronutrients that may contribute more than the sum of their parts,” according to Medscape Today.  In a study cited on this webpage, it was found that Athsma and Allergies were less likely to occur in children whose mother ate apples and fish while pregnant.

Just in case you waited too long to eat enough fish and apples, here are a few natural options to help deal with eczema, found on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/859739/How-To-Beat-Eczema-Naturally

  • Aloe vera gel
  • Borage oil
  • Evening primrose oil
  • Fish oil
  • Multivitamins and multi-minerals
  • Probiotics
  • St John’s wort
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley

Will you take this into account when you are expecting? Have any of the above options helped you or someone you know who has suffered from eczema? Let us know in the comments!

]]> http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/2008/01/15/fish-while-pregnant-helps-children-avoid-eczema/feed/ 2 An Apple a Day… to avoid Athsma http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/2007/09/26/an-apple-a-day-to-avoid-athsma/ http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/2007/09/26/an-apple-a-day-to-avoid-athsma/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:49:30 +0000 A. Caleb Hartley http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/an-apple-a-day-to-avoid-athsma/2007/09/26/ According to USA Today, Eating apples while you are pregnant can help prevent Athsma in your child. The University of Aberdeen in Scotland ran a study and have come to an initial conclusion that mothers of five-year-old children who ate the most apples while pregnant had children with less likelihood of suffering from Athsma (or even just experiencing episodes of wheezing).

Another study by the European Respiratory Journal found that, if your child has athsma already, drinking apple juice (but not necessarily eating apples, can help people to control wheezing associated with athsma.  From an article on HealthCentral.com:

The researchers found that drinking a glass of apple juice every day lessened both the severity and the frequency of wheezing, which is probably the most common asthma symptom.

The flavonoids in apple juice are believed to be the secret behind this discovery. The article also states that eating bananas has the same effect (albeit not as effective as apple juice). It also seems that the juice does not have to be fresh – apple juice from concentrate also provides the benefit!

Another article on MedicineNet.com says that children of mothers who ate more than 4 apples a week while they were pregnant have a 27% lower risk of wheezing and a nearly 50% lower risk of ever devloping athsma.

So, as if we needed another reason to eat more fruit, if you want your children to be healthier and able to be more active, eat apples while you are pregnant with them, and give them apple juice to drink at least once per day!

Namaste,
Andrew

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