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Do hospitals’ freebies undermine breast-feeding?
CHICAGO Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies including free infant formula and formula coupons.
“We gave it away the moment we came home because I said I’m not having that in our house,” Ewald said.
Ewald, 32, of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., is the daughter of a breastfeeding activist who fought to get those goody bags out of hospitals.
Ramadan Recipes: Ful medames
As a result, we are providing you with a recipe for this appetizing dish of mashed fava beans in this last article of the Ramadan recipe series. Serve the dip with fresh tamiz, a thick Afghan bread that is very popular in Saudi Arabia as well.
Enjoy the last few days of Ramadan and Eid Mubarak!
1 can fava beans, rinsed and drained, or 1 cup dried fava beans, soaked overnight and drained
100 ml water
1 tbsp olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 ½ tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
½ tsp ground red chilli (optional)
1 large tomato, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp tahini to taste (optional)
olive oil to taste
1 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leave parsley
lemon quarters, to serve
tamiz bread, to serve
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Parents in India bank on stem-cells, not the tooth fairy
For the past seven years, the Sethys had a faint but haunting feeling that they had let their daughter down. Danya, 10, is their only child and the Sethys strive for the best for her: She takes Japanese language, traditional Indian dance and keyboard lessons. They take her for checkups with Delhi’s best doctors; they have all kinds of insurance policies.
But they missed one: when Danya was born, the Sethys had never heard of the practice of banking stem cells that could be used to treat their daughter for future serious illnesses.
“In 2004 it came in India, this umbilical cord-blood banking, and then it was always in our mind we have missed on something for our child,” said Kanwal Sethy, an artist whose husband Capt. A. S. Read full post…
Weight gain during pregnancy – #Con11 Revisited
Last month Peter and I attended the Canadian Obesity Summit in Montreal. We put up a lot of posts during the conference itself, but (amazingly) we had so much content that I actually decided to save some! Over the next couple weeks I will be posting that content from time to time, including several podcasts that I think people will really enjoy (the first to come later this week).
Todays post comes from Dr Danielle Bouchard, and focuses on the impact of weight gain during pregnancy and birth weight on weight management across the lifespan. This is an emerging area of intense research, and with good reason as Danielle notes in her write-up, each additional kilogram of weight at birth increases the risk of being overweight/obese during adolescence by 60%. As
Kickstarting your exercise routine when your motivation is in a slump.
No matter how committed you may be to your fitness, you will undoubtedly go through interruptions to your regular exercise routine due to illness, social engagements, travel, etc. Although I have been regularly active for a long time, I sometimes find these interruptions difficult to recover from especially if the interruption is a lengthy one. Fortunately, I’ve been using a simple solution that seems to jumpstart my activity after a period of extended inactivity.
First off, it is key to note that I try to exercise even when I’m on vacation; I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a hotel and not used their gym. In fact