PREGNANCY & BABY HEALTH

This is the ingredients in baby formula!…

“Lactose, Vegetable Oils (including Structured Vegetable Oil), Skimmed Milk Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate (enriched in Alpha-Lactalbumin), Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin), Sodium Citrate, Magnesium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Potassium Citrate, L-Tyrosine, Vitamin C, Calcium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Inositol, Ferrous Sulphate, Zinc Sulphate, L-Tryptophan, Cytidine-5′-Monophosphate, L-Carnitine, Antioxidants (Tocopherol-Rich Extract and Ascorbyl Palmitate), Disodium Uridine-5′-Monophosphate, Vitamin E, Niacin Adenosine-5′-Monophosphate, Pantothenic Acid, Disodium Guanosine-5′-Monophosphate, Disodium Inosine-5′-Monophosphate, Vitamin A, Thiamin, Copper Sulphate, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, Manganese Sulphate, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin K, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin B12.”

“The manufacturers of pureed vegetables for babies used to put large amounts of salt, sugar, and monosodium glutamate into their products, because the added chemicals served as instinctual signals that made the material somewhat acceptable to the babies. There was no scientific basis for providing these vegetables to babies in a form that they would accept, but it was a profitable practice that was compatible with the social pressure against prolonged breast feeding.” -Ray Peat

“Katherina Dalton observed that her patients who suffered from PMS (and were benefitted by progesterone treatment) were likely to develop “toxemia” when they became pregnant, and to have problems at the time of menopause. In these women, it is common for “menstruation” to continue on the normal cycle during the first several months of pregnancy. This cyclic bleeding seems to represent times of an increased ratio of estrogen to progesterone, and during such periods of cyclic bleeding the risk of miscarriage is high. Researchers found that a single injection of progesterone could sometimes eliminate the signs of toxemia for the remainder of the pregnancy. Katherina Dalton, who continued to give her patients progesterone throughout pregnancy, later learned that the babies treated in this way were remarkably healthy and bright, while the average baby delivered after a “toxemic” pregnancy has an IQ of only 85.

Marian Diamond’s work with rats clearly showed that increased exposure to estrogen during pregnancy reduced the size of the cerebral cortex and the animals’ ability to learn, while progesterone increased the brain size and intelligence. Zamenhof’s studies suggested that these hormones probably have their effects largely through their actions on glucose, though they also affect the availability of oxygen in the same way, and have a variety of direct effects on brain cells that would operate toward the same end.

If Katherina Dalton’s patients’ IQs averaged 130, instead of the expected 85, the potential social effects of proper health care during pregnancy are enormous.

But there is evidence that healthy gestation affects more than just the IQ. Strength of character, ability to reason abstractly, and the absence of physical defects, for example, are strongly associated with weight at birth.

Government studies and Social Security statistics suggest the size of the problem. The National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke found that birth weight was directly related to IQ at age four, and that up to half of all children who were underweight at birth have an IQ under 70.(Chase.) According to standard definitions, about 8% of babies in the U.S. have low birth weight.” -Ray Peat

When my son was going into I think the 7th grade there was a vaccine requirement. I had already complied to the vaccine requirements with him going into kindergarten and saw his health deteriorate. He became allergic to everything and to things that he had always eaten often and a lot of. After that I educated myself reading the other side of the vaccine controversy and watched a few documentaries. So when he was entering that new school year I told the school I was not going to have him get one. They tried scaring by threatening to kick him out, but finally they told me there was a form I could sign for an exemption. They said that if there was a breakout of that particular virus that my son would not be able to attend school. I was alright with that and I signed the form. The school had maybe 400 students and I asked how many other parents signed the exemption form and there was only one other besides me. My son has never gotten another vaccination and he is nearing his thirties. I have never had one since I was eleven years old, a tetanus shot when a dog bit me.

“As long as we realize that the essential meaning of the word is “something that grabs you,” “epilepsy” is a convenient way to refer to a cluster of convulsive states, fainting spells, night-terrors and nightmares, and strange sensations.

Seizures can be caused by lack of glucose, lack of oxygen, vitamin B6 deficiency, and magnesium deficiency. They are more likely to occur during the night, during puberty, premenstrually, during pregnancy, during the first year of life, and can be triggered by hyperventilation, running, strong emotions, or unusual sensory stimulation. -Ray Peat