Showing posts with label improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label improvement. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

IMPROVE your Gender Selection - Can you determine your unborn baby’s sex?

Can you determine your unborn baby’s gender?
The recently research found that mothers who consume cereal for breakfast and potassium rich foods has potential to bear baby boy than mother who skip breakfast and consume a bit calories.
The Proceedings of the Royal Society B Study on 740 newly pregnant of British women about what they consume before conception mentioned that the women who consume cereal for breakfast and potassium rich foods and consume more calorie daily, deliver of more boys compare to who skip breakfast and consume a bit calories.
The researcher said that there isn’t certainty whether the calories and/or the nutrients can determine the gender or no even though the association had been proved it by the experiment on animals.
Cereals, grains or cereal grains, are grasses (members of the monocot families Poaceae or Gramineae  cultivated for the edible components of their fruit seeds (botanically, a type of fruit  called a caryopsis) - the endocarp, germ  and bran. (see link for detail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal)
Potassium is a mineral salt (electrolyte) that is essential for maintaining the balance of pH levels in our body fluids. It plays an important role in regulating our blood pressure, bone mass, nervous system, muscle function, and heart, kidney, and adrenal functions. Low levels of potassium can cause potassium deficiency and bring on a whole host of health problems.
Aside from the aforementioned cantaloupe, potassium rich foods include:
Bananas, Oranges, Apricots, Avocado, Strawberries, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chard, Bell pepper, Eggplant, Squash, Crimini mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, Turmeric, Parsley, Spinach, Broccoli, Tuna, Halibut

Here is a list of some foods high in potassium and their potassium content from the USDA National Nutrient Database:
Potassium Rich Foods            Weight            Measure           Potassium Content
Raw, baby carrots                10               1 medium            24 mg
Raw Lettuce                      10               1 leaf              19 mg
Raw Onions                       14               1 slice             20 mg
Fresh Strawberries               12               1 strawberry        18 mg
Raw Garlic                        3               1 clove             12 mg
Honey                            21               1 tablespoon        11 mg
Raw Radishes                      4.5             1 radish            10 mg
Raw Peppers                      10               1 ring              18 mg
White Bread                      23               1 slice             17 mg
Papayas                         304               1 papaya           781 mg
Lima Beans                      188               1 cup              955 mg
Plantains                       179               1 medium           893 mg
Jerusalem Artichokes            150               1 cup              644 mg
Bananas                         118               1 banana           422 mg
Oat Bran                         94               1 cup              532 mg
Tomatoes                        255               1 cup              528 mg
Cucumber                        301               1 large            442 mg
Cantaloupe                      160               1 cup              427 mg
Pears                           275               1 pear             333 mg
Mangoes                         207               1 mango            323 mg

Low-Tech Methods of Sex Selection
So many methods that can be used to gain the odds of conceiving a boy or a girl. If you search the web for “gender selection” you’ll get some hits articles, a book called How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, and several commercial web sites selling gender-preference kits. Many of these approaches suggest one or more of the following techniques:
  • Intercourse that is done as close as possible to the ovulation has potential to determine a boy and the opposite is for a girl. Because The “girl” sperm (with X chromosome) is stronger than the “boy” sperm (with Y chromosome). So having intercourse as close as possible to the ovulation will make the “boy” sperm easy to reach the ovum.
  • Making the vaginal environment more hospitable. Some people said that it can be done by douching the vaginal environment with water and vinegar to gain acid environment and “girl-friendly” and by douching the vaginal environment with water and baking soda to gain alkaline environment and “boy-friendly”.
  • Adopt various position during the intercourse. For instance, the missionary position is recommended for determine the girl and doggy style for determine the boy.
Contradiction is submitted by Steven Ory, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist in the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. area and past president of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. He told, “There really is no old-fashioned technique that can influence sex selection”
 “Nothing is proven,” agrees Richard P. Frieder, MD, a staff gynecologist at Santa Monica-UCLA & Orthopedic Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He pinted out that to find the relation between dietary habits or intercourse timing or other approaches and having more girl or boy babies is different than finding a cause and effect.
The cause and effect is on the fringe of the old fashioned sex-selection techniques.
His patient who are expecting for specific sex always ask about whether is there any simple method that can do to increase the possibility to conceive a child with expectation sex or no. He told them, “it’s 50-50. The reality is there is nothing you can do. That’s really matters”
 “You have a 50-50 probability of a girl or a boy,” Ory said. If a couple is trying interventions such as dietary changes or different positions or intercourse timing, he said, “there is a tendency to attribute what you did to getting results [you wanted]. And people tell their friends. In medicine, we call them anecdotes.”

Proponents of Low-Tech Methods
 “Combine the techniques can give better result”, said M. Jericho Banks, PhD, a partner and owner of Gen Select, a preconception sex selection method sold online. He said that by adjusting the body chemistry to be more acid or more alkaline, the couples can boost the chances of conceiving their preferred sex.
For instance, his company advises couples who want a girl to avoid salt and eat a lot of protein. “It is in line with the recent study” he said. “It can help a lot” Banks contended. He said that making the vaginal environment and body chemistry more hospitable to one or another type of sperm can influence the conception.
Hazards of Sex Selection?
According to Frieder, the dietary changes seems harmless. But based on the recent study, nutritionists caution women to do not skimp on the calories and/or nutrients in the hopes of conceiving a girl.
Frieder said that the method that suggests having intercourse before or after ovulation, depending on whether a boy or a girl is preferred, may actually reduce the chances of getting pregnant at all, if the couples miscalculate their ovulation.
In general, the overall chance of getting pregnant each month is fairly low. There is a 20% chance of getting pregnant in one menstrual cycle if the sex is at the perfect ovulation time. If the intercourse occurs earlier or later, the odds of getting pregnant could decline,” Frieder said. And for the douch suggestion, Frieder didn’t advises it. “They could be caustic to the sperm.”
But in general, most of the low-tech methods to influence a baby’s sex seem harmless, even if they don’t work, Frieder said. “It gives couples something to do while they are waiting to get pregnant.”
Allyson A. Gonzalez, MD, another gynecologist at Santa Monica-UCLA & Orthopaedic Hospital, agrees. Old wives tales may deserve respect, she said, even though they aren’t backed by scientific proof. “Old wives tales don’t come from nowhere,” she said. If a method won’t harm the couples or the unborn baby, she doesn’t discourage it. But she cautions couples not to count on any of the methods working.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Improve your Family - Be Effective Mother

BE EFFECTIVE MOTHER
Not hard to be an effective mother. The goal was nothing more to prepare children to face their future.
How long have you be a mother, and how much advice you get to later be applied? If so, how about some of these messages?
1. Give praise for good behavior

 "Why did my very naughty boy?" Maybe you often think or say. What if once in a while you stop to think and say so?
It will there is a season where the kids doing something naughty that can make you lose your patience, but instead just take it as a naughty child, why would you not try to do or say something that can make a child stop doing something naughty and doing other things that can make your compliment?
2. Find time for yourself
How often do you complain that they feel do not have enough time? If the note well, actually you could just spend some time around 30 minutes. True, only 30 minutes.
Use only a 30 minute time to do something that can make you feel much happier. For example, reading books, watching movies that can make you laugh, listening to music or whatever you prefer. Remember, a happy mother is much better able to assist children in realizing their happiness.
3. If it was hard for......
If you encounter a problem that you are quite complicated and difficult to overcome, meaning you do not need at that time also trying to cope. Try to stay away for a moment from the problem. Once you feel much calmer and ready to face it, you can surely finish it immediately.
4. Working together with husband
The presence of children has given a new touch to your married life with him. And there is a season where you and your husband have different views in the face of certain matters, including matters relating to children.
When dealing with problem children, you and your husband should be able to work together in finding a middle way in overcoming the existing differences of opinion between you and your husband. Why so? Do not forget, what do you do with her husband is an example which will continue to be applied by the child.
5. Spare time for children
Both the mother who was always home, or a mother who was busy with activities outside the home, you still need to spend some special time for children. Use a special time to hear each other and share the experience or playing with children.
6. Follow developments

 Being a mother does not mean outdated. For that you need to follow developments related to the everyday world that faced by children.
If you have difficulty, you can ask a teacher, mother of the child's friends, husbands or even directly to the child.
7. Child's level
When talking with children, keep your right eye the child's eye level. This will help you maintain the closeness of your relationship with him. Why? Given the high similarity of views, then the child will get the impression that he was well respected by his mother.
8. Remember the good things
Goodness what was once done by your mother? Try to apply it to children. For example, to provide hot tea and pastries in the afternoon, etc..
9. Show good attitude
Children will imitate what you do. So, try to say and do things properly, and avoiding all the words and bad attitudes.
10. Think of the child as a friend

 Thus you can learn along with him. These steps can you begin by reading to children. Make the most of your time together with him, while he was still a child.
11. Develop a hobby If the child sees you do something that makes you feel good, chances are your child will try to follow what you do, then trying to find his own hobby.
Familiarize early



The following list contains some things that are taught by an effective mother to her children.
  • Manage money well. Only with a simple sentence in the store, to explain why you prefer to buy objects of A compared with B was meant to teach children to be clever in managing its funds.
  • Fertilizer good character, through a variety of stories that contain various kinds of moral message.
  • Apply a good habit. Valuing older people, say "please", "sorry", or shut your mouth when coughing and yawning, need to be socialized early.
  • Thinking about other people, sometimes even putting the interests of others above your own interests also need to introduce, because eventually the child will need those skills.
  • Physical activity, or sport. If a child is left with the children just sat quietly watching television, then these habits will remain applied until adulthood.
  • Do not be exaggerated. Let other people vying for each other because they want to become a "better" than others. Think again, if you and your family really need to follow their customs? 
 

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Improve Your Children - Keep Children from Negative Impact of Television

Keep Children From Negative Impact of Television

According to a study by researchers from the United States revealed that television was just nice to watch on the children with a range of a certain age. In children under the age of three years (toddlers), the negative impact of television was more pronounced. Proven television can reduce the ability to read, reading comprehensive, even the memory impairment in children. Toddlers who watch too much television will lose the opportunity to obtain a good stimulation for the growth of the process. Reasons, television was just handed a one-way stimulation.
Conversely, the positive impact of new television viewing on children clearly visible from three to five years of age. Because, in this age, their reading ability can be better by watching such a pattern.
The impact of blue light
Television emits blue light produced by the sun. But this is different blue rays with ultra violet light. Blue light did not make the eyes blink automatically. But worse, the blue light goes straight into the retina without the filter. The wavelength of light produced is 400-500nm and hence, potentially triggering the formation of free radicals and photochemistry in the retina of the eye injure children.
Ten years later when the children were adults, the damage caused by blue light looks very clear. Retina of the eye is no longer clear as healthy as childhood that has become well-functioning ability decreased.
What should parent do?
1. Give a time limit for watching television. When he could and when he had to stop watching television. For preschool children, the condition may be difficult because at that age children have started to argue. Try to make a collective agreement on their limits. Such as the type of impressions that he wanted and the amount of time watching. For toddlers, set the limit time, that is quite an hour a day. While for preschool age may watch television less than two hours a day.
2nd. Make the time that little is at once as a learning tool children. Sit down with your child and discuss the contents of display options.
3. Prepare activities alternative to the child no longer whining and get back to watch television.
4. Embed this family values are repeated so that children understand what should and should not be done so that children are more confident to face his friends.