The SSRI/Folate Connection: Why Big Pharma May Want to Monopolize the B Vitamin You Can’t Live Without If you missed our urgent Action Alert on the attempt to ban folate from dietary supplements, please take action now! Last week we told you about FDA’s sneak attack on folate, the B9 vitamin essential to human life. This week, we tell you why the drug industry may want folate all to itself: it could be a ploy to make billions on a new, patented SSRI/folate combo drug. Under the FDA’s new rules, Supplement Fact labels would only be allowed to list the term “folic acid” as an ingredient; the word “folate” would not be permitted. Oddly, this contradicts another FDA regulation that allows supplement producers to list sourcing ingredients next to nutrient names—for example, “Folic Acid (Folate).” Why ban folate? Much of the population benefits from taking folate—as distinguished from folic acid—in dietary supplements. These days, many of us get most of our folate from supplements or fortified foods. Researchers have also found a strong link between folate deficiency and depression.
Erykah Badu To Become Midwife! Why We Need More Black Midwives & Doulas. : Kimberly Seals Allers' Mocha Manual Posted by kimberly on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 · 5 Comments I was so excited to learn that Erykah Badu wants to become a midwife. I wasn't surprised though, since I've been watching her spokesperson work with the International Center for Traditional Childbearing–an amazing organization run by an equally amazing woman, Shafia Monroe. Shafia and I got to know each other through my work with the Black Maternal Health project. (Please check out the info on ICTC's upcoming Black Midwives & Healers Summit in Mississippi) I've always been a huge supporter of midwives, particularly related to their powerful role in helping black women have full term babies, fewer C-sections and in reducing infant mortality. I remembered a post I wrote for my SisterSpace column on WomenseNews about the importance of midwifery and doulas. "Could midwives be key to helping reduce the high pre-term birth and low birth-weight baby rate that continue to plague black women of all socioeconomic levels? But, why?
Aviso de derrumbe No es extraño que Alemania, el país que ha producido mentes como las de Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche o Marx, tenga devoción por la filosofía, lo inusual es que la nueva revelación del pensamiento alemán —tronco inevitable del pensamiento occidental moderno— sea un autor oriental que cuando era un treintañero cambió Corea del Sur por Europa. Hoy los libros de ese autor, Byung-Chul Han, son prestigiosos superventas en un país que todavía discute apasionadamente a sus filósofos vivos, sean Jürgen Habermas, Peter Sloterdijk o Richard David Precht. Han ya es uno de ellos. Byung-Chul Han nació en 1959 en Seúl y allí estudió metalurgia, pero pronto llegó a la conclusión de que con aquello no iba a ninguna parte. En los últimos meses se han publicado en España dos libros de Han —La sociedad del cansancio y La sociedad de la transparencia—, en abril aparecerá un tercero —La agonía de Eros (en la editorial Herder, como los anteriores)— y varios más serán traducidos pronto.
How To Spot Tongue/Lip Ties & Get FREE Expert Advice Yesterday I smiled at a a green-eyed blonde . . . In gorgeous leather riding boots while wiping a Charlie Chaplin-style snot mustache from Micah’s lip. Wait! If you are feeling this way about breastfeeding, read on. Today I’m going to show you how to make an at-home diagnosis, get a consult with the leading expert in the U.S. for FREE, and seek out treatment options. “My son was born almost 8 months ago… I FOUGHT with everything I had to BF him….I cried, I searched the internet, I prayed, I talked to friends, lactation consultants and finally gave up and have been EP’ing [exclusively pumping] since 4 1/2 months… your article popped up in my feed this am and I clicked on it thinking it would tell me that I needed to pump more and eat this and eat that blah blah blah… MY SON IS LIP TIED!!!! Let’s get started, shall we? Step One: Make An Informal Diagnosis Click here for a step-by-step exam guide. Step 2: Get a FREE Email Consult From the Leading Tongue/Lip Tie Specialist in the U.S.
Schopenhauer on Style by Maria Popova “Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.” What does it mean to write with style? For Kurt Vonnegut, it was about keeping it simple yet interesting. For Herbert Spencer, about harnessing the economy of attention. Schopenhauer writes: Style is the physiognomy of the mind. He issues an especially eloquent admonition against intellectual posturing in writing: There is nothing an author should guard against more than the apparent endeavor to show more intellect than he has; because this rouses the suspicion in the reader that he has very little, since a man always affects something, be its nature what it may, that he does not really possess. He adds (with the era’s characteristic gender-pronoun bias): All prolixity and all binding together of unmeaning observations that are not worth reading should be avoided. Illustration by Wendy MacNaughton from 'Meanwhile.' Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr
Advocating for women's rights in childbirth and against obstetric violence Here we have listed organizations and groups that advocate for women’s rights in childbirth and/or work to improving women’s choices in childbirth. If you have an organization that we should list here or know of another relevant article that we should include, please let us know. World-wide Human Rights in Childbirth A grass-roots network of men and women working from around the globe to examine the role of human rights in birth care systems worldwide. Canada-wide organizations Humanize Birth A non-profit grass-roots organization that advocates for everyone’s basic human right to respectful, peaceful, humane birth. Mothers of Change A non-profit consumer advocacy group advancing mother-friendly care, by: 1. Local Canadian groups and contacts Vancouver Humanize Birth Contact: Kalina Christoff: kalinachristoff@humanizebirth.org Jessica Austin: jessicaaustin@humanizebirth.org Tara Burkhart: taraburkhart@humanizebirth.org Elodie Joy Ramjheetun: elodiejoy@humanizebirth.org Vancouver Island Ottawa
432Hz, Coming Back to Nature Its strange when you get out of the city into the countryside, you feel rejuvenated – the shades of colour, the sounds, birds, frogs, running water etc., has a soothing effect on the mind. These sounds consist of vibrational frequency, which is measured in Hertz (Hz). All of these natural harmonics vibrate at 432 Hz, and it’s the natural frequency of the universe. Being in tune with this universal frequency is an integral part of us being part of nature. Shamans and even other religions use the 432Hz tone in their songs, during the Ayahuasca healing ceremony. If you don’t like reading here’s a short video, a testimony from John Fiala, chief engineer for Tesla Tech, experienced a third degree burn from a practice mortar round during a demonstration on October 9, 2010. So now the benefits of 432 Hz for us as a human race is clear, imagine now the entire population is unknowingly tuned to a different unnatural vibration, 440Hz. Leonard G. Time to tune in to the right frequency people. 432Hz
Blessing Way A Blessing Way was traditionally a Navajo Ritual created to spiritually support and empower the new mother for her journey of birthing and motherhood. In recent times, this beautiful Ritual has been adapted as an alternative to Baby Showers, where the focus tends to be more on the gifts and the baby, rather than on the Mother and her experience. There is a lot of information on the web and wonderful books that you can buy that can give you great ideas about how to create one for the new mamma in your life, whether friend, sister, daughter, relative. Here is are somes excerpt from the wonderful book by Yana Cortlund, Barb Lucke and Donna Miller Watelet, Mother Rising: The Blessing Way Journey into Motherhood: “If creating a Blessingway ritual seems at all daunting to you right now, we empower you to explore this idea in any way that feels right. Here are some simple steps from Mother Rising: The Blessing Way Journey into Motherhood for creating a RITUAL that can help you structure it: ~mm
Una breve pero jugosa historia del cunnilingus Por el valle / me encontré un río escondido / me ahogué ahí -Devendra Banhart Como siempre, el presente pretende engañarnos al hacernos creer que prácticas como el cunnilingus sólo han encontrado su lugar en el Olimpo de los placeres carnales hasta la liberación sexual de la mujer occidental en el siglo XX. Sin embargo, un poco de historia nos hará ver que esta “liberación”, en todo caso, es sólo una de las crestas en un mar de olas, que se extiende de oriente a occidente, e incluso más allá de la especie humana (los bonobos, uno de nuestros parientes más cercanos, han sido observados realizando sexo oral). No son pocos los gritos de placer que el cunnilingus ha dejado en el eco de la historia, pero su verdadero devenir es el de un río subterráneo que sólo en algunos momentos asoma a la superficie. A continuación, te presentamos algunas breves viñetas de cómo se ha dado esta noble práctica en otros lugares y otros tiempos. India China Así mismo, en el taoísmo se reverenciaba esta práctica.
Thanks, Pharma. You created the “anti-vaccine movement”. | Gianelloni Family I love that when a nonsense article floats around on facebook, everyone who knows me, sends it to me. This newest article was sent to me about a dozen times today. I’m out of town for work and said “Nope, not refuting it. I’ve been researching the measles vaccine for 8 years now and have written many posts on this subject. So here we go…..again. I have to remind myself that my passion and heart is truly to educate and empower other mothers. The article begins with: “There is currently an outbreak of measles in New York City. Let’s break this down. Right away, the original article links to other articles. The first linked article is titled: “New measles cases confirmed in New York City”. Are you ready for what comes next? First sentence: “New York City health officials have identified 3 more cases of measles” “Five hospitalizations have occurred as a result of this outbreak” “At least two cases were transmitted right in a doctor’s office, officials said” Say what? Well that was 47 years ago.
Síndrome de Asperger infantil | Ser padres es facilisimo.com Se calcula que entre 3 y 7 niños de cada 1.000, sufren el Síndrome de Asperger. Se trata de una de las enfermedades comunmente conocidas como 'enfermedades raras' que provoca un trastorno profundo del desarrollo cerebral en lo que respecta a la interacción social y la coordinación motora. En otras palabras, los niños que padecen el síndrome de Asperger presentan problemas para relacionarse con los demás niños o adultos y, en ocasiones, pueden presentar también comportamientos inadecuados. La capacidad intelectual de estos niños es normal e incluso son bastante inteligentes pero tienen problemas en lo que respecta a la comunicación, siempre que sea con los demás. Para los padres, encontrarse con la situación de tener un hijo con síndrome de Asperger puede ser muy duro, puesto que el cariño que van a recibir de sus pequeños no va a ser el habitual que todos conocemos. Sin embargo, si conocemos bien el problema del niño, todo es más sencillo. Síntomas del Síndrome de Asperger 2 Comentarios:
Materiales para pensar: BUDISMO ZEN, FILOSOFIA Y PSICOANÁLISIS: UN ENCUENTRO DESDE LA ÉTICA. Luis Roca Jusmet Ese materialismo no es el que niega el espíritu, sino el que plantea que el espíritu, que no se reduce a la materia, está siempre condicionado por ella. Bernard Stiegler Este artículo pretender establecer un punto de relación entre tres tradiciones, que son heterogéneas pero que pueden llegar a un punto de encuentro. Pero lo primero que quiero hacer es desmarcarme de cualquier forma de sincretismo, lugar de confusión habitual en que nos ha colocado la subcultura New Age con respecto a estos temas[1]. Para ser rigurosos empezaré precisando lo que significan para mí estas tres tradiciones y delimitando en qué me voy a centrar en cada una de ellas. En este artículo intentaré trazar en primer lugar un panorama histórico sobre el intento de establecer un vínculo entre las tres disciplinas. 2. Parto de la hipótesis de que la filosofía surge como una pérdida de saber que permite la búsqueda de la verdad a partir de esta carencia[2]. 3. Bibliografía : A.A.V.V. A.A.V.V. A.A.V.V.
36 fotos muy poderosas Una imagen vale más que mil palabras, un dicho más trillado que la frase más célebre de Sócrates, sin embargo no todas las imágenes son iguales, por lo que algunas no valen ni una palabra, mientras que otras pueden relatar lo que un millón de letras. Las fotos que solemos publicar en Marcianos son artísticas, hermosas, divertidas, o encantadoras, pero las fotos de esta colección son de un poder bastante profundo. Son emocionantes y memorables debido a que expresan la condición humana; sobre algunos de los mejores y peores momentos de la existencia contemporánea. Debo advertir que algunas de estas fotos pueden llegar a producir molestia, mientras que otras una profunda alegría. Por eso es precisamente que estas imágenes reflejan algunas de las mejores y peores partes de la experiencia humana y los acontecimientos mundiales. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Via: Tsering Topgyal/AP 12. 13. 14. 15. Via: Taslima Akhter 16. 17. 18. 19. Via: Vanderlei Almeida/Getty Images 20. 21. 22. 24. 25.