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McCarrison Society

Omega 3 fatty acid – how much do we need and where will it come from?

31/05/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Facts: DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), are long chain Omega 3 fatty acids  – essential for heart, vascular and other physiological aspects of our health but also absolutely essential to the proper functioning of the brain and our mental …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Environmental Issues, Food/Health Policy, NutritionTag: ALA, alpha-linolenic acid, DHA, dietary recommendations for EPA/DHA, docosahexaenoic acid, Eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA, EPA/DHA supplements and pregnant mothers, EPA/DHA supplements reduce incidence of preterm birth, fish and omega 3 fatty acids, Jack Winkler, LC omega 3s, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, McCarrison Society

The benefits of pre-conceptual care

03/03/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Back in June last year I blogged about the scary statistic (quoted by Dr Marilyn Glanville in a presentation at a McCarrison Society conference) that at least 25% of couples trying to have a baby will have difficulty in conceiving. (Dr Glanville went on to outline pre-conceptual …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Food/Health Policy, NutritionTag: dangers of IVF for babies, Dr Marilyn Glanville, Foresight, ICSI, In vitro fertilisation, Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, Intrauterine insemination, IUI, IVF, long term health outcomes for IVF babies, McCarrison Society, miscarriage rates, Nim Barnes, preconceptual care, risk to mother of IVF pregnancies, success rate for IUI, Success rate for IVF

Crisis in fertility

06/11/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

'Over the past twenty years, fertility problems have increased dramatically. At least 25% of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving, and more and more couples are turning to fertility treatments to help them have a family.' Where has that come from?  Well, not …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Environmental Issues, NutritionTag: Alcohol and fertility, Barbara Hezelgrave, Chinese medicine and fertility, Dr Enitan Ogundipe, Dr Marilyn Glenville, dramatic rise in infertility, drop in sperm counts, environmental toxins and fertility, feeding high risk babies, feeding low birth weight babies, fertility, inability to conceive, infertility, low sperm count, McCarrison Society, optimal sperm count, pre term babies, pre-conceptual care, preterm babies as a result of poor maternal nutrition, preterm babies as a result of poor paternal nutrition, Royakl Society of Medicine food and Health forum, smoking and fertility, vulnerability of high risk babies to infection

Could ultrasound be lethal?

03/02/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

A typically excitable headline in Wednesday's  Natural News daily posting read 'Bill Gates funds technology to destroy your sperm'... The story was based on a rather less apocolyptic report  on January 30th on the  BBC News Health pages about research originally started in the …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Electrosensitivity, NutritionTag: accidental sterilisation, baby's heart beat, Barbara Hezelgrave acupuncture to aid conception, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, electromagnetic radiation, Electrosensitivity, fertility, infertility, McCarrison Society, Natural News, preconception care, Sarah Holland fertility expert, sound waves, sperm counts in rats, sterilisation, still birth, ultrasound, ultrasound as a contraceptive, ultrasound checks on foetus, University of North Carolina, www.foresight-preconception.org.uk

Gluten-free wines for the ultra sensitive

22/11/2011 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

For mega-gluten-sensitive souls, Micki Rose has been doing research into how wines that are theoretically gluten-free may have been stored in ex-grain spirit barrels.... Read her post here. She also talks about the SoLo sulphite-free wines which also feature on our Christmas …

Category: Allergies, Blogging/social media, Electrosensitivity, Gluten-freeTag: blogging, Christmas, Christmas food, Electrosensitivity, FoodsMatter sites, Free Foodsmatter e-newsletter, FreeFrom Food Awards, Gluten free, gluten-free wine, McCarrison Society, sulphite free wine

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