lilyann
I have had cracks on both sides of my mouth for over four months now. I take prenatal vitamins every day. I took xtra b vitamins for a month but that didn't help. My diet is very healthy. For the past month I have applied vasoline at least 5 times a day. I am breastfeeding so can that be it? I hear a lot of people get other skin problems when breastfeeding. Has any one else had this problem? And if so how did you cure it?
Answer
Your skin is dry, not just your mouth. Dry skin is usually a sign of kidney stress. Your whole body should be moisturized with coconut oil, Shae butter or pure cocoa butter. NOT VASELINE that is petroleum and detrimental to mucus membranes like your mouth. It is not absorbed into the skin therefore provides no benefit. Breastfeeding is taking your nutrients and passing it onto the baby, so you need to be thinking about how much is being taken away. What is eating healthy? You should only be eating RAW, FRESH fruits and vegetables, with raw unsalted unroasted nuts, with steel cut grains. THAT'S IT. Breast-milk contains 2 vital things Caprylic acid and Acidophiles. The acid prevents mold and fungus from being passed on, and the other bacteria allows the milk to be digested by your child, because humans cannot digest milk of any kind PERIOD.
Unless you are eating the way I described above, those prenatal vitamins aren't doing anything but sitting at the bottom of your stomach and being passed out in your fecal matter. They are synthetic, and your body isn't stupid. It knows natural from unnatural. Make sure that your body is putting back what it is using and then some. You need to eat yogurt, and limit the amount of breads and sugar in your diet, and plenty of water to filter out impurities.
Your skin is dry, not just your mouth. Dry skin is usually a sign of kidney stress. Your whole body should be moisturized with coconut oil, Shae butter or pure cocoa butter. NOT VASELINE that is petroleum and detrimental to mucus membranes like your mouth. It is not absorbed into the skin therefore provides no benefit. Breastfeeding is taking your nutrients and passing it onto the baby, so you need to be thinking about how much is being taken away. What is eating healthy? You should only be eating RAW, FRESH fruits and vegetables, with raw unsalted unroasted nuts, with steel cut grains. THAT'S IT. Breast-milk contains 2 vital things Caprylic acid and Acidophiles. The acid prevents mold and fungus from being passed on, and the other bacteria allows the milk to be digested by your child, because humans cannot digest milk of any kind PERIOD.
Unless you are eating the way I described above, those prenatal vitamins aren't doing anything but sitting at the bottom of your stomach and being passed out in your fecal matter. They are synthetic, and your body isn't stupid. It knows natural from unnatural. Make sure that your body is putting back what it is using and then some. You need to eat yogurt, and limit the amount of breads and sugar in your diet, and plenty of water to filter out impurities.
Am I drinking too much soymilk?!?
moderngirl
I am a 28 year old breastfeeding mom and my son is allergic to dairy. So, I stopped having dairy and have been drinking soymilk daily.
I somedays drink as much as 4 cups of soymilk a day (4 x 240ml). Is it too much?
Thanks!
Answer
There has been a lot of soy-bashing going on in the media over the last few years. In my opinion, much of it began as a knee-jerk reaction by the dairy industry. Soy milk sales have put a dent in dairy sales, for sure.
In Asian cultures where soy food consumption was traditionally high and dairy consumption low, rates of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, obesity, and breast, prostate, and colon cancers were also low. As these societies have started consuming more dairy, their incidence of these diseases has also begun to increase.
The saturated fat, excessive protein, and cholesterol found in cow's milk and all products made from cow's milk (cheese, butter, ice cream, etc.), are perfect for a growing baby cow, who needs to grow hundreds of pounds in a relatively short time. But cow's milk is not the perfect food for human babies or adults. Quite the contrary. The rates of the aforementioned diseases, along with the incidence of juvenile diabetes, asthma, upper respiratory infections, and lactose intolerance in our dairy-consuming culture all demonstrate that we should be drinking something else, instead of cow's milk.
We eat a lot of soy products at our house. Many epidemiological studies indicate that there are many health benefits to be gained from consuming soy. But I'm also sure that as with any plant food, the farther you get from the whole food itself, and the more processed it is, the less likely it will be nutritionally ideal.
Having said that, the most well thought-out article on soy that I have ever read is called What About Soy? by John Robbins, author of the books, Diet for a New America, The Food Revolution, and Healthy at 100. I highly encourage you to read this article to gain an excellent perspective on soy.
There are a myriad of delicious alternatives to milk, as dobbaaa mentioned. My favorite milk alternative is made from coconut milk under the brand name So Delicious. We're drinking it like crazy at our house, and along with its delightful taste, we are enjoying many of the health benefits of coconut oil. If you live in the U.S., you can find it at most natural food stores and many major supermarket chains.
There has been a lot of soy-bashing going on in the media over the last few years. In my opinion, much of it began as a knee-jerk reaction by the dairy industry. Soy milk sales have put a dent in dairy sales, for sure.
In Asian cultures where soy food consumption was traditionally high and dairy consumption low, rates of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, obesity, and breast, prostate, and colon cancers were also low. As these societies have started consuming more dairy, their incidence of these diseases has also begun to increase.
The saturated fat, excessive protein, and cholesterol found in cow's milk and all products made from cow's milk (cheese, butter, ice cream, etc.), are perfect for a growing baby cow, who needs to grow hundreds of pounds in a relatively short time. But cow's milk is not the perfect food for human babies or adults. Quite the contrary. The rates of the aforementioned diseases, along with the incidence of juvenile diabetes, asthma, upper respiratory infections, and lactose intolerance in our dairy-consuming culture all demonstrate that we should be drinking something else, instead of cow's milk.
We eat a lot of soy products at our house. Many epidemiological studies indicate that there are many health benefits to be gained from consuming soy. But I'm also sure that as with any plant food, the farther you get from the whole food itself, and the more processed it is, the less likely it will be nutritionally ideal.
Having said that, the most well thought-out article on soy that I have ever read is called What About Soy? by John Robbins, author of the books, Diet for a New America, The Food Revolution, and Healthy at 100. I highly encourage you to read this article to gain an excellent perspective on soy.
There are a myriad of delicious alternatives to milk, as dobbaaa mentioned. My favorite milk alternative is made from coconut milk under the brand name So Delicious. We're drinking it like crazy at our house, and along with its delightful taste, we are enjoying many of the health benefits of coconut oil. If you live in the U.S., you can find it at most natural food stores and many major supermarket chains.
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