Health Smart Mom

By ezinearticles.com expert author Stefani Padilla. If you're pregnant, no doubt you've already been bombarded with tons of flyers, e-mails, pamphlets, advertisements, and even phone calls regarding saving your newborn's cord blood with a private bank. Cord blood is the blood left in the umbilical cord and placenta following delivery of a baby. This blood is rich in stem cells, which are becoming more and more important in the treatment of many diseases. You can spend months pouring over all the literature available on the pros and cons of saving your newborns umbilical blood with a private...

As you go through the day, you eat many things. It’s almost impossible to remember them all, at least not accurately.  Just as it's important to track your spending when trying to improve your finances, it's important to track your eating when trying to improve your health. A food journal is the best way to keep track of what you are putting in your mouth.    Before you say a word, yes, I know that it is difficult to get used to at first.   As a matter of fact, the number one complaint in keeping a food journal is that it is too much work for a busy schedule or that it makes you...

Have you ever visited a spa? It is one of the best ways to pamper yourself and get away from it all. But did you know that it is as good for your body as it is for your soul?  A spa visit can encompass many services. You don’t have to stop at the massage table. There are manicures, pedicures, facials, wraps and mud baths. Yes, we did say mud baths. So, what is a mud bath? We are not talking about “hogs rolling in the dirt” kind of mud here (if we were I'd just go out in the backyard with the kids!) This is a special mud treatment that works wonders not only for stress relief...

Babies are cute when they smile at you with their toothless grin.  But it's not so cute when their precious baby teeth start to show signs of decay.  Baby bottle tooth decay is becoming a growing problem among infants.  It's starts out innocently enough - just a quick and easy way to catch a few minutes sleep.  Simply give your baby a bottle in bed to lull them to sleep as you tiptoe out of the room to catch some more sleep. However, if your plan works and baby falls asleep with the bottle in their mouth, you have the beginnings of baby bottle tooth decay. What is Baby Bottle Tooth...