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Pregnancy

Alcohol and lactation: Developmental deficits in a mouse model

Alcohol and lactation: Developmental deficits in a mouse model

The Importance of Fish Oil and Probiotics in Pregnancy

The Importance of Fish Oil and Probiotics in Pregnancy

Food allergies, and a specific skin condition called eczema, are rapidly increasing in the youth population. Now, in what may be the largest study of its kind ever performed, researchers are studying a woman...
C-Section & Obesity: Are Vaginal Microbes Needed for Normal Metabolic Development?

C-Section & Obesity: Are Vaginal Microbes Needed for Normal Metabolic Development?

For some time, we've been discussing the long-term health implications of method of birth on a child's future health. Specifically, we've been looking at what being born via c-section, instead of a vaginal b...
Why DHA Remains on the Supplement List

Why DHA Remains on the Supplement List

Over the past 10 years, in the various books that I have written, there has been a persistent emphasis on the importance of DHA, an omega-3, in terms of brain health. DHA represents over 90% of all the omega...
Baby’s First Bacteria: When Does the Microbiome Begin?

Baby’s First Bacteria: When Does the Microbiome Begin?

We often talk about the importance of method of birth on a newborn's health, not only in the short-term, but in the long-term. Research has found, again and again, that vaginal birth, and the experience of g...
The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Toni Harman

The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Toni Harman

As many of you know, one of the central themes of my recent book, Brain Maker, deals with the importance of method of birth in terms of seeding an infant’s microbiome. We now know, moving ahead, that even is...
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and functional neuroimaging in adolescents living in proximity to pesticide application

Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and functional neuroimaging in adolescents living in proximity to pesticide application

Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study

Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study

Long-Term Health Implications of The Pill

Long-Term Health Implications of The Pill

More and more, female patients ask me about the long-term impact of The Pill on the gut bacteria within their body. Beyond that, what does it mean when these women decide they want to become pregnant? The s...
Pregnancy and Grain Brain

Pregnancy and Grain Brain

Since the release of Grain Brain I’ve gotten a lot of questions and comments from mothers, including expectant mothers, about the wonderful health benefits of our dietary recommendations as they relate not o...