How Your Dental Hygiene Can Affect Your Fertility (Don’t Worry, Acupuncture Can Help!)
When it comes to fertility, especially during pregnancy, our minds tend to focus on what to eat, how to prepare for the birth, what supplies and outlets are there to help care for the newborn, which hospital or facility to use, and pretty much everything under the sun, moon, and stars. However, one of the most neglected facts on...
Homeopathic Medicine in NYC
Homeopathy is a natural system of medicine that helps the body restore itself to a state of healthy homeostasis. It works with your body to relieve symptoms related to chronic or acute illness. It is gentle and safe enough for use in pediatric care, during pregnancy and lactation, as well as for pets. It is also quite effective, and when...
How Acupuncture is an Effective Treatment for Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Weight Loss
Acupuncture can be found to help with almost every ailment under the sun. This alternative modality has been used for centuries for treatment of anxiety to leaky gut. But can acupuncture take on one of the most prevalent diseases in America? Diabetes makes up about 10.5% of the United States population with about 0.3% not even...
Miscarriages, Infertility, and Genetic Blood Clotting Disorders
Infertility issues and miscarriage can be caused by many causes and factors, such as chromosomal abnormalities, thyroid irregularities, structural issues, and even all the toxins around us. However, did you know that inherited thrombophilias (AKA, genetically-caused blood clots) can be a cause of miscarriage and unexplained...
Counting Eggs and Keeping Your Ovarian Reserve Healthy
Eggs are a symbol of hope, purity, fertility, and new life. To certain Asian cultures, the egg also represents good luck and wealth. And because you may be considering your own egg supply, we want to provide information about counting your eggs. Counting the Eggs in Our Ovarian Basket Women are born with about 2 million...
Meet Insulin and Cortisol and the Role They Play in Fertility
Let’s dive right in. Insulin Insulin does many things for our body, but is the vital hormone in control of our weight balance due to its close relationship with our blood sugar. Unfortunately, when our bodies become used to consuming processed foods, our Insulin develops a resistance. In turn, this causes our blood sugar to be...
Benefits of Fasting, Especially Intermittent Fasting
Fasting has long historical roots dating back and found in ancient religious text, however recent medical advice around the subject has been mixed. Some say that the costs outweigh the benefits so it should be avoided, while recent research has indicated that varying Intermittent Fasting (IF) schedules can significantly address...
How to Deal with Iron Deficiency and Its Effects During Pregnancy
Approximately 3.3 million women have iron deficiency anemia (Looker et al., 1997). On top of that, it is more common during pregnancy (West, 2008). Worldwide iron deficiency effects upwards of 2 billion people (Zimmermann & Hurrell, 2007). That is about 1 in every 3 people. Incredibly, it is a leading risk for disabilities and...