An Online Women’s Health Series ideal for Practitioners
BIRTHFIT Chicago Affiliate, Dr. Gina Sirchio-Lotus, DC is the lead professor for The Women’s Health Series at National University of Health Sciences. Dr. Gina is a leader in the field of nutrition and functional medicine as well as a mother of four. Throughout the series Dr. Gina brings in a handful of …
To Breastfeed: To feed with milk from the breast.
Breast is best. Right? You have heard that, you know that. It is everywhere, including the recent article published in The Lancet, Breastfeeding:achieving the new normal, January 28,2016 stating “breastfeeding could save 820,00 lives per year around the world”. Today I was in the midst of helping a friend answer some questions concerning a …
Easy Breezy Supplementation
HOW TO SUPPLEMENT WHEN YOU’RE PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING Supplementing during pregnancy and while breastfeeding can be scary – especially since many vitamins aren’t tightly regulated. How do you know what to take? Are you taking enough, or too much? Which brands are legit? While I generally like people …
The BIRTHFIT Postpartum Series
As February comes to a close, there are a handful of BIRTHFIT Postpartum Series that wrapped this week. To me, this is closure on such a special, empowering series and the birth of confident new mothers. For many of these moms this is the start to their fitness journey. For …
What to Eat When Nursing…
Both during pregnancy and after, the focus of your diet should be nutrient density. This is because you’re not only feeding your baby through your own diet, after giving birth your body is considerably depleted of its nutrient stores. So even though you’ve given birth, you’re still eating for two. …