by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Dec 10, 2011 | Environment, Health/Wellness
What About Fresh? After some reading, I’ve decided to give up my dryer sheets, not because I was swayed by activists or significantly by recent research touting dryer sheet emissions. However, after researching I do believe in the potential for cumulative harm from...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Dec 4, 2011 | Health/Wellness, Pregnancy, Yoga
For Preggers In general, no postures should be done that compress the heart, diaphragm or abdomen, with backbends avoid pushing hips forward of knees, and separate feet slightly in standing and forward bend poses for balance. No standing head to knee, separate leg...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Nov 25, 2011 | Environment, Health/Wellness
The Perils of Conventional Cotton Cotton seems like such an innocent material. As “the fabric of our lives” the cotton industry led me to believe it was good for the environment and for my family. When I saw something was 100% cotton, I felt good purchasing it. That...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Nov 8, 2011 | Health/Wellness
Should I be worried? On my way home there was a physician speaking about environmental health and the topic of potential dangers of parabens arose, in my Time Magazine there was a blurb about the fact that Denmark banned parabens in products for children under 3, and...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Oct 27, 2011 | Health/Wellness, Pregnancy
…and yet, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done! I lecture my patients about the benefits of breastfeeding. For babe this results in reduced rates of asthma and eczema along with childhood obesity and diabetes. Benefits for mom include more rapid weight loss...
by Andrea Dalve-Endres | Oct 20, 2011 | Health/Wellness, Pregnancy, Yoga
Pregnancy and Bikram Yoga As an obstetrician-gynecologist whose primary mode of exercise and personal well-being has become Bikram yoga, I wondered what was out there in terms of research on Bikram yoga and pregnancy. There has been so few pregnant women attending...
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