Arginine is a semi-essential or conditionally essential amino acid, meaning our body can make it but our diet is the primary source of our needed supply. For whatever reason, if our body utilizes more than we make, our body doesn't compensate, which is why we must attain arginine from our diet. Interestingly, there are no established RDA guidelines for the quantity we should attain from our diet or our daily recommended need. Clearly, some individuals are at risk for deficien

There really aren't many author duos that compare to Henci #Goer and Amy #Romano so this book was a safe investment, in spite it being an older publication (2012). You might remember Obstetrical Myths Verses Research Realities by Henci Goer, an excellent read, and potentially the first to illuminate the gap between conventional obstetrical management and the care model supported by the research. It was one of the first books I read on my own #midwifery journey and one of the

by Judy Ramsell Howard Bach Remedies are growing in popularity as more healthcare consumers not only seek more natural approaches to healthcare, but also more autonomy in playing an active role in their healing and wellness. These remedies, established in the 1930s by medical physician, Dr. Bach, are intended to restore balance and equilibrium, similar to homeopathic remedies. His belief was that our overall mental and physical well-being was driven by our emotional outlook a

I've been aggressively addressing this issue for more than a decade now, testing and supplementing almost every client within my midwifery practice. It's an issue I am a bit passionate about and one that I believe well demonstrates the flawed mindset of our country's #sickcare system. Consider that if we really had a healthcare system, the profession would prioritize research towards what level of vitamin D is optimal and strive for those standards in our recommendations, rat

My mother was really into #astrology when I was a kid, so this mindset has been somewhat familiar to me. Since I can remember, I've been well aware that I am a Sagittarius with a Leo moon and a Leo rising (yes, in total, I actually have six fire signs in my house), but when I began digging into the Christian faith, I abandoned those thoughts with the understanding that astrology was about fortune reading and therefore, of the occult. Astrology is based upon the use of stars a

I’ve read a number of #midwifery related children’s books through the years, so was delighted to find author and illustrator, Christy Tyner, took a little different perspective in her whimsical rendition of #homebirth. Rather than educate the reader on the #pregnancy journey and ultimate #birth, the story instead focuses on the role of the midwife herself. It begins with the child, a young mouse, having a sleep over and true to midwifery-course, as all midwives will agree, ou