There are many reasons why more and more women prefer to stay and give birth to their babies at home rather than go into the hospital with labor. Below are 10 reasons I think a homebirth just makes more sense. 1. It is cheaper. Home countries are much cheaper than hospital births. Whether it ends […]
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Losing weight is difficult. It is best done in small and simple steps instead of a complete routine and exercise routine. One small change you can make is your liquid calorie intake. Take inventory of the things you drink. Small changes can be made that will have an effect on your weight over time. For […]
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Jun
Jun
For some, Orbit Sugarfree Bubblemint Gum reminds us of the updated version of the gum that used to come in packs of baseball cards. The flat, powdery gummy taste that some remember being found in Orbit Sugarfree Bubblemint Gum, but with the added aftertaste and artificial sweetness. Not all flavors pair well with mint, but […]
Introduction For the normal person, protein is good. But how many of us are normal in every way? There can be a situation in which all amino acids are good except for one. That one amino acid can be a killer. We see this in celiac disease and in PKU. There are other situations in […]
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Apr
Apr
Several years ago, when my daughter wasn’t quite a year and a half, I was in the process of learning all I could about why she had been having severe seizures since the age of ten months old. By the time she was fifteen months, still no one had any definitive answers, but she had […]
Look on the label of most any diet soda these days and you are going to see a warning label that says: Phenylketuronics: Contains Phenylalanine. In a world where artificial chemicals are becoming more and more a part of our food, many of us are worried about the effect these chemicals have on our bodies. […]
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Three years ago, if you had asked me what PKU was, I had absolutely no idea what it was. Every day we hear about diseases and conditions that affect millions. But what about rare conditions that no one has ever heard of? Two and a half years ago I gave birth to a son . […]