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Category: Nutrition

Breastfeeding · Community · Health · Nutrition · Pregnancy

Fire and smoke

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California is burning again. Not all of California, thankfully, but it feels like when one part is on fire everyone is affected in some way. My heart hurts for those fellow Californians who lost their homes, animals, friends … who have lost so much. I cannot imagine what it would be to be in that… Continue reading Fire and smoke

Baby · Breastfeeding · Health · Nutrition · Postpartum · Pregnancy

Repost: Nutrition to start things off right!

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I’m starting off this New Year with a repost about nutrition from my postpartum blog series. You can find the original post and the rest of the series here. Soon I’ll be doing a recap of 2017 and all the babies and families I was so privileged to work = so much love and thanks… Continue reading Repost: Nutrition to start things off right!

Health · Nutrition · Pregnancy

Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes: What You Can Do

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I was listening to this program recently and was blown away by a couple things. First, by the amazing amount of information – one of the better Forum episodes, in my opinion – and then by the crazy statistics the guests were delivering. Like that the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) recently did a… Continue reading Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes: What You Can Do

Nutrition

How to Eat in a Drought

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Nutrition, through all of its fads and discoveries, remains one of the backbones of our lives and of good health. A good diet (along with other healthy life style changes and quality care) can reverse, help ease, or even prevent major diseases. But it can be a tricky topic with all of the diets and… Continue reading How to Eat in a Drought

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