How-To Guide for a Healthier Baby
A How-to Guide for a Healthier Baby, DAN! 2004
Preparing for the next baby PRECONCEPTION:
Getting your house in order
by Stuart Feedenfield, MD
Carrying Your Next Baby DURING PREGNANCY:
Nutrition for your next pregnancy
by Vicki Kobliner, MS, RD
Raising a Healthy Child Delivery and Beyond
by Nancy H. O’Hara MD
Other tips for having a healthy baby
Mercola’s User-Friendly Vaccination Schedule
Recommended books & web links
DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) vaccine schedules
Even since I have speaking out about autism, I am very often asked, “What can I do to assure that I have a healthy baby?” The following is a document I created to help you on your journey to having a healthy pregnancy and newborn. The information is gathered from various sources which I feel are reliable and trustworthy. They also all believe in a healthy natural approach to life. Please remember that I am not a doctor and information given in this document should not be miscontruded as medical advice. PLEASE find a health care practitioner that you trust and consult him/her about all supplements or medications before proceeding.
Laura Sylvester, Mother to Elliot
Preparing for the next baby
PRECONCEPTION: Getting your house in order
Stuart Feedenfield, MD
Dr. Feedenfield began with horrifying statics about our environment and our culture, here’s just a few…
It’s a mad mad mad mad world
Never before in the history of evolution have the developing fetuses of any species been exposed to so many chemicals.
US EPA estimates there are over 87,000 chemicals currently in widespread use today.
There are over 60,000 actively used pesticides, none of which have been adequately tested.
Our diets are deficient in minerals and vitamins. According to the FDA many Americans don’t even eat the RDA for basic nutrients.
Americans consume an average of 140 pounds of sugar PER PERSON per year. (In the 80s in was 12 lbs each)
There are over 3,000 chemicals in our food supply. Over 10,000 chemicals are used as food additives. Only a few of these have been adequately tested for toxic effects and essentially none of them have been tested in combinations.
WHAT ABOUT MERCURY
Mercury is considered the most toxic, non-radioactive element on the planet.
Once it gains access to the body it remains in the blood stream for 3-6 weeks. As it leaves the blood it enters every organ and every cell and every subcellular organelle in the body.
This country alone releases 200 metric tons of mercury into the environment each year.
Most fish have 0.2-0.3 mcg of Hg per gm of fish. Sharks, swordfish and tilefish have 0.1mcg Hg. (A typical 6 oz [170gm] fish would yield 42.5 mcg Hg.)
And fish are not even the major source of mercury.
Amalgams account for 85%
A typical amalgam with a 0.4 cm surface releases ~17 mcg mercury per day mostly as a result of chewing. If a person has 8 amalgams that would result in ~136 mcg of mercury being released as elemental mercury vapor. Of this ~17mcg would get absorbed every day of the next 70 years.
17mcg/day would also get be absorbed by the pregnant mother every day during a 270-day pregnancy.
We are appropriately concerned with the 237 mcg of mercury injected into our children over their first two years in the vaccines.
Should we not give serious concern to the 4590 mcg given to the mother-fetus until over the more vulnerable 9 month gestation?
60,000 babies per year in the US are born with neurodevelopmental disorders due to neonatal exposure to mercury
Mercury is bioconcentrated by the placenta during gestation and has been found to concentrate 8 fold in the fetus
Mercury is transported in breast milk and breast milk may promote better adsorption of mercury by nursing infant (THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO NOT BREAST FEED, BREAST FEEDING IS BY FAR THE BEST THING YOU CAN GIVE AN INFANT).
PREVENTING EXPOSURE TO MERCURY
Eliminate or improve vaccines
Best prevention for our children would be to never again place a mercury containing substance anywhere in a woman’s body
If you have amalgam fillings Do NOT get cleanings during pregnancy
GETTING YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER
Sleep well and sleep adequately
Learn a relaxation technique
Maintain an exercise routine that you enjoy, 2-3 times a week
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and other plant-based foods, organically grown
Minimize sugar, aspartame, refined wheat, processed foods, hydrogenated oils and margarine
Minimize dairy products
Eat less animal-based foods, especially red meats, when eating choose free-range, organically fed
Do not smoke or use unessential drugs
Drink adequate amounts of clean water
Avoid poisons in diet and environment.
Periodically detoxify your body
Do not accept “silver” amalgam fillings
If you are going to have your amalgams removed do so
BEFORE conceiving
(There is no study to give us real data, but I would exercise caution and allow three months to elapse after the amalgams removal and you have had an adequate course of chelation-type treatment.)
MERCURY DETOX
Improvements in body burden and decreases in readily available mercury can be done any time but more potent chelation should be done after amalgams are removed.
Begin with nutritional fortification (Omega 3, antioxidants)
Alkalinize (ph should be 6.5 – 7.5, shift diet to achieve)
Specific treatments may be recommended for specific diseases or symptoms
Vitamin C (reduces the charge of mercury ions)
Protect Liver from toxic burden with mil thistle and alpha lipoic acid
Support sulfation needs with garlic, eggs, onions or odorless garlic supplements
Support cellular energy needs with COEnzyme Q 10
Use adequate antioxidants
Help to repair nerve damage with GLA and ALA vinpocetin
St. John’s Wort may help to prevent depressive feelings
Cilantro may help promote clearance of mercury from the brain
Avoid fish
Supplement EPA/DHA from mercury-free supplements
Once all amalgam fillings are removed you can add a chelating substance such as DMSA or DMPS or Penicillamine
This process should continue until subsequent provoked urine testing shows low levels of toxic metal AND any symptoms have resolved
May need to retest 3-6 months after completing treatment as levels from redistribution (DMPS challenge is the best way to test mercury levels in the body)
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