Fruit Of The Belly: May 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

Should We Worry About Genetically Modified Foods?

A friend of mine who is a Naturopathic Doctor wrote this nice little article. Her information is at the bottom! ;)

I wish I could tell you that the people who are in charge of the food supply, the producers and manufacturers, farmers and grocery stores, really care about your health. I wish I could say that they consider that the well-being and long-term physical health of you and your children is as important to them as it is to you.

And I wish it were not cynical to tell you that moneyis their motivation and that it seems that food is just a commodity to some the way that bricks and buttons are a commodity. But if you buy a faultybutton the worse thing that happens is that it breaks and your sweater sags.

But when food “breaks” it can cause damage to cells and organs because food is a living thing consumed by living beings composed of living cells. Alter human DNA and we know what can happen- deformity, illness and death. And we now know that food itself can change gene expression, something that was not known when the first GMO tomato was produced, using fish DNA to make its skin more resilient so it could be shipped across country.

All that Proposition 37 proposes is that
GMO foods must be labeled so that the consumer
knows what is in the food their hard earned money is buying.
The fact that genetically modified foods are not
labeled now is only beneficial to Monsanto and other
companies that regard your food supply as
their bottom-line and not as nourishment, cellular
repair and health for your families.
If GMO foods are safe, then let these new foods
be tested and proven so with standard scientific methods.

Personally I like to know what is in my foods.
I buy organic food to avoid the possibility that
10 years from now we will find out that the
current epidemics of cancer, obesity and
heart disease have been, in part, caused by
Frankenstein foods. I consider that Nature
has done a pretty good job so far and
does not really need help from Monsanto.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

RESPECT THE PROCESS OF BIRTH, The Core Values of Enlightened Birth Services

Too often the natural process of birth is ignored by service providers and other people involved in the labor and delivery process. Women in labor need their support team and service providers to understand the TRUE physiological process of labor. As it is vital to maintaining an intervention free birth.
As well, as creating a safe and pleasant experience for both mother and child.
A service provider who applies the same techniques to all mothers in labor, regardless of the condition of mother and child , cannot properly service a woman and her needs. This is why until hospitals adopt a firm policy to evaluate each individual as one- will continue to achieve mediocre results at best, for healthy mothers, who desire natural, intervention free delivery. In the same context of achieving optimum results, a natural service provider must be equality familiar in the physiology of the body and not focus only on philosophical applications of popular techniques. But rather must learn to evaluate the situation at hand at all times. Too often we hear of a “failed” natural delivery, that upon inspection, could have been successful, had the correct, simple and natural techniques been applied. Although not all mothers can be guaranteed, that even after exhausting all possible solutions to getting a labor progressing as desired, everything will go as planned. There can be many that can be helped tremendously by having the right tools in ones toolkit.
At Enlightened Birth Services, we pride ourselves in being able detect, understand and manage the indications being given by the body as it is laboring and applying the correct support techniques required for a successful natural delivery.

Respectfully,

Claudia Perez

Student Midwife, Certified Advanced Midwifery Assistant & Master Doula