Elyn Jacobs's Blog – April 2011 Archive (2)

This morning msnbc posted a study on new mothers and bad health habits.  While most times having a baby results in loss of sleep, poor eating habits, less exercise and the resulting weight gain, this does not always have to be the case.  Breast feeding burns many calories, so if that is an option, great.  Nap time is a great time to exercise, so consider the stroller, but don’t just stroll, get moving!  Try to get out each day if you can, and when you can’t, perhaps pop in an exercise video…

Cancer rates are not falling, and alarmingly, pediatric and adolescent cancers are rising. Many cancers develop slowly, over a long period of time, sometimes decades, so what your children are exposed to and consume now may increase their risk of cancer later in life. Children are little people. This means that exposure to environmental toxins and pesticides have a greater affect on them then on adults. It is true that many toxins (e.g. BPA and pesticides on foods) leave the body after a few…