PREGNANCY & BABY HEALTH

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“Before birth, injuries heal without inflammation and don’t leave a scar. Two important causes for that difference are the high concentration of CO2, which limits lactic acid production, and the absence of the n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. In adulthood, the tissues become progressively more loaded with fats of that type, leading to greater production of inflammatory agents such as prostaglandins, and an increasing tendency to produce lactic acid rather than carbon dioxide. Chronic systemic inflammation is the central factor in the various degenerative diseases.” -Ray Peat e-mail exchange

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From Beastmode – This is what Ray had to say about breast feeding mothers getting vaccines.

Ray:
“Substances in a vaccine are able to trigger a reaction in a nursing baby who is allergic to that substance. Any immune reaction affects the mother’s physiology, and vaccination can affect the quality and quantity of the milk. Commercial dairies are interested in this because it can affect their profits, but the medical business prefers not to investigate the subject, because it could affect their profits.” -Ray Peat

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“I have spoken with people in recent years who still held the idea of a fixed genetic mental potential, who believe that poor children fall behind because they are reaching their “genetic limit.” For them, the I.Q. represents an index of intrinsic quality, and is as important as distinguishing between caviar and frogs’ eggs. The rat research of Marion Diamond and others at the University of California, however, showed that the structure, weight, and biochemistry of a rat’s brain changes, according to the amount of environmental stimulation and opportunity for exploration. This improvement of brain structure and function is passed on to the next generation, giving it a head-start. It isn’t likely that rats are more disposed than humans to benefit from mental activity, and in the years since Diamond’s research there have been many discoveries showing that brains of all sorts complexify structurally and functionally in response to stimulation.” -Ray Peat

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“Cloning” animals from body cells strongly suggests that any cell is potentially totipotent, able to differentiate into any other type of cell.
We are “imprinted” by our mothers’ hormonal and nutritional conditions, but we can intervene to correct these “inherited” conditions, by maintaining optimal hormonal and nutritional balances.” -Ray Peat

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“When babies are imprinted by the mother’s diuretics, by milk substitutes, and by industrial effluents, the worst effects are likely to be seen decades later, or even generations later.” -Ray Peat

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“Brain Damage And Lipid Peroxidation: When pregnant mice were fed either coconut oil or unsaturated seed oil, the mice that got coconut oil had babies with normal brains and intelligence, but the mice exposed to the unsaturated oil had smaller brains, and had inferior intelligence. In another experiment, radioactively labeled soy oil was given to nursing rats, and it was shown to be massively incorporated into brain cells, and to cause visible structural changes in the cells. In 1980, shortly after this study was published in Europe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a recommendation against the use of soy oil in infant formulas. More recently, [68] pregnant rats and their offspring were given soy lecithin with their food, and the exposed offspring developed sensorimotor defects. This suggests that the optimal EFA intake might be 0.5% or less.” -Ray Peat

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