Vitamin C is key to our body functions, like all vitamins, helping in the formation of a protein that helps in turn to strengthen the structure of b...
Vitamin C is key to our body functions, like all vitamins, helping in the formation of a protein that helps in turn to strengthen the structure of bones, muscles and cartilage. This vitamin is also essential to absorb iron.
According to scientific research it is good to note that ingesting more vitamin C than required, doesn’t provide any enhanced benefits.
When your body isn’t well provided of this vitamin, many symptoms appear, including lassitude, swollen gums, weakness, scurvy, and bleeding of the nose. A deficiency can be caused by different factors such as improper diet alcohol abuse and problems with its absorption.
This condition like other problems of this kind has risk factors that facilitate the condition.
Taking more than needed amounts of vitamins can be bad for pregnant women, whose babies will be very prone to develop wheezing once they are 2 years old.
As a matter of fact many doctors avoid the use of vitamin C supplements in women. Instead they take a much better approach, advising to include food sources in the diet that provide this vitamin. In infants, supplementation can lead to the development of food allergies and asthma.
Since this vitamin is linked ot the absorption of iron, a deficiency can lead to anemia problems with a reduced amount of red blood cells in the body. Among other things, this means that less oxygen will be carried to the organs in the body, leading to anemia symptoms.
You know you are suffering from anemia because you feel weakness and pallor – when the deficiency is mild. But when the deficiency gets severe, you will start feeling dizziness.
Scurvy also appears because of a vitamin C deficiency; scurvy symptoms include weakness, tiredness, easy bleeding, pain in different parts of the body and poor healing of the wounds.
Finally, keep an eye for the state of your gums, a deficiency will cause swollen gums that look purply and feel spongy. It is essential to get a great diet to avoid the problems mentioned here.
If you are lacking of good levels of vitamin C, can be helpful, provided you have talked previously with your doctor. Learn all about these and other vitamin deficiency symptoms.
The busy and happy new mother not only has the joy of a new baby but the duties of a growing household; and, of course many hormone changes. Did I forget to mention that you are breast feeding and most likely sleep-deprived? Historically herbs have been safely used to help new mothers adjust to new motherhood, stay calm and healthy, and produce the breast milk so important for baby’s health.
Experienced mothers will chime in that enjoying a new baby while keeping up with the needs of older children feels almost impossible, especially so if there were complications at birth: vaginal tearing, C-section or excessive bleeding. Prolapsis, painful cramping and an outbreak of candida albicans after the birth can really dampen any new mother’s experience of her baby. All of those experiences plus lack of sleep can also reduce breast milk production. Let’s take charge of the situation and prepare before baby’s birth. Knowing the thousands of years historical evidence of safe herbs to use postpartum andhaving them on hand will make this transition time much more enjoyable.
Historically herbs have been used for safe gestation, delivery of baby, and smooth transitioning post partum. I will always recommend that you inform your doctor that you do take herbs, what herbs you take, and the quantities so that medications and herbal formulas do not end up as contraindications. It is wise to be informed if you have used such herbs as Gingko Biloba for better peripheral artery flow or to increase memory function that pregnancy, delivery and immediate post partum is not the year to use such herbs. This is because it will also increase the risk of too much blood loss.
The herbs you took during pregnancy, if you were already accustomed to using herbs, like Alfalfa and Red Raspberry, Spirulina, Passion Flower and Dandelion are all excellent choices to continue post partum. These are all food grade, high in vitamins, minerals which will feed mother’s milk and baby too.
An outbreak of Candid Albicans can be normal after giving birth because of the rapid change in hormones. This is the same reason many women experience post partum depression or “let down” feeling: changing hormones, ensuing candida albicans, lack of rest and good nutrition. For this Passion Flower is considered an anti-fungal making it a wonderful postpartum herbal choice. Passion Flower also is an anti-spasmodic which will assist the uterus to take its original position within the peritoneal cavity with less painful cramping.
Alfalfa and Dandelion have long been used to clean and restore the entire body. Both herbs are foods high in vitamin and mineral content, good for mother and baby. Dandelion again is an anti-spasmodic and assists to restore healthy intestinal balance. Alfalfa has for centuries been known to help the body produce breast milk. Dandelion is especially high in Vitamin A.
When choosing herbs it is best to stay with choices that are tested centuries and millennia longer than even modern medicine for efficacy and safety. While breast feeding it is important to remember that, like any food you eat, they will feed the baby too. Choose herbs that have food grade qualities above those that are purely medicinal. Remember that herbs are vegetables and that all of it was placed here as a natural pharmacopeia. With that in mind, have a precious time of connection with your new baby.
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