Smoking during Pregnancy and Your Baby’s Brain
During the last 3 months of pregnancy, your baby makes many breathing movements with the muscles in his chest wall as he practises for independent life after birth. If he receives less oxygen from your placenta due to excess maternal smoking, however, he will stop making these practice breathing movements in an attempt to conserve both oxygen and energy. In the womb, he therefore stops breathing when oxygen levels are low. After he is born, however, his behaviour must change to the opposite when oxygen levels are low, he needs to respond by breathing more quickly and deeply to draw more oxygen into his lungs. The ‘low oxygen = stop breathing’ response in the womb is under the control of a small area of neurons in the brain that must be over-ridden and deactivated immediately after birth to ensure survival. In some babies, it is thought that this inborn instinct is not over-ridden, and continues after delivery, so that lack of oxygen triggers an inappropriate lack of breathing and an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, also known as cot death). Exposure to cigarette smoke during fetal life seems to strengthen the ‘stop breathing’ response, which may explain why maternal smoking is linked with an increased risk of SIDS. This is currently under investigation.
The chemicals generated by smoking cigarettes are harmful to your baby’s developing brain. Less oxygen, plus the toxic effects of other chemicals in cigarette smoke, mean that babies born to mothers who have smoked during pregnancy are more likely to have a smaller head, a smaller brain and a lower intelligence than expected – by 10 to 15 IQ points. They are also at greater risk of developmental problems such as difficulty reading, solving problems and interpreting information. They are also twice as likely to display delinquent, sociopathic behaviour – probably as a result of brain damage caused by smoking during early development – as babies born to non-smoking mothers, and are almost 3 times more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Overall, 50 per cent or more of babies born to mothers who smoked at least 20 cigarettes per day during pregnancy had abnormal central nervous system development with developmental delay and learning difficulties. There is no doubt that smoking during pregnancy lowers the intelligence of your baby.
Apart from the effects on the baby’s growth and potential intelligence, children born to mothers (or fathers) who smoke are twice as likely to suffer a childhood cancer, including leukaemia and some types of brain tumour.
Research suggests that women who smoke during pregnancy have lower intakes of several vitamins and minerals, including:
- thiamin (B1)
- riboflavin (b2)
- vitamin C
- calcium
- iron.
Pregnant women who smoke also tend to have a higher fat consumption and overall their diet is much less nutritious than that of non-smoking pregnant women.
Smoking liberates dangerous chemicals including gases and condensed tar particles which generate free radicals in the body. These damage cell membranes and are partially mopped up by dietary antioxidants. As a result, smoking lowers your blood levels of vitamins C, E, betacarotene, several B group vitamins -including folic acid – and the mineral selenium. Cadmium, a toxic metal found in tobacco, antagonizes selenium and zinc so they become less available. These effects make a nutritionally poor diet worse. If you are unable to stop smoking during pregnancy – which is your main priority – please take a good vitamin and mineral supplement, especially formulated for pregnancy and including folic acid – and in addition take extra antioxidants (vitamin C, at least 500 mg per day, and vitamin E, at least 100 mg per day) as well as increasing your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Eating for Pregnancy: The Essential Nutrition Guide and Cookbook for Today’s Mothers-to-Be
Every pregnant woman understands that what she eats and drinks affects the baby developing within her. Yet as a mother-to-be, you’re likely juggling so much that you simply don’t have the time—or energy!—to ensure that you’re always eating right. That’s where this fully updated edition of the pregnancy classic comes in, making it easy to fulfill the needs of you and your baby. Eating for Pregnancy will provide you with all you need to know about nutrition before, during, and after pregnancy.
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The Immune System, Third Edition emphasizes the human immune system and synthesizes immunological concepts into a comprehensible, up-to-date, and reader-friendly account of how the immune system works.
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The Third Edition has been extensively revised and updated and includes two new chapters on innate and adaptive immunity, which explore the physical, cellular, and molecular principles underlying these responses to infection. It also features enhanced coverage of aspects of innate immunity such as the complement system, Toll-like receptors, defensins, and C-reactive protein; the role of dendritic cells in initiating the primary adaptive immune response and the functions of other cells that bridge innate and adaptive immunity; immunotherapies using humanized monoclonal antibodies to treat certain diseases; and the nature of the immune response in the mucosal tissues and immunological memory. The book offers over 500 full-color illustrations that complement and clarify the concepts. The end-of-chapter questions have been expanded and include essay, multiple-choice, and case study questions, with answers provided at the end of the book.
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Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System DVD Set
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Shed pounds and have a blast in the process with the Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System DVD set. Loaded with red-hot dance steps, pulsating Latin rhythms, and easy-to-follow routines, this invigorating dance-fitness “party” will have you movin’, groovin’, and shakin’ the weight off to the sexy, exotic rhythms of salsa, cumbia, samba, merengue, and more. Each routine features interval training sessions that combine fast and slow rhythms with resistance training, helping sculpt and tone your body while burning fat. As a result, Zumba fanatics can enjoy multiple long-term health benefits while having fun in the moment. Working out can be a lot of things, but it’s never been known to be an exhilarating experience–until now.
The set–which comes with four DVDs and six total workouts–will work your body from head to toe, starting with the basics and then moving to your favorite targets, such as your core, thighs, and abs. The set also comes with maraca-like toning sticks to add some muscle to your body sculpting routines. The DVDs include the following workouts: Zumba Fitness Basics Workout, Zumba Fitness 20-Minute Express Workout, Zumba Fitness Sculpt & Tone Workout, Zumba Fitness Cardio Party Workout, Zumba Fitness Live! Workout, and Zumba Fitness Flat Abs Workout.
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As a fitness instructor in his native Cali, Colombia, the life of Zumba program’s founder, Alberto “Beto” Perez, took an unexpected turn one fateful day in the mid-’90s. He darted off to teach an aerobics class and forgot his traditional aerobics music, so he improvised using his own mix of music from tapes he had in his backpack (the salsa and merengue music he grew up with). Spontaneously, he created a new kind of dance-fitness, one that focused on letting the music move you (instead of counting reps over the music). Energy electrified the room; people couldn’t stop smiling. His class loved it! And on that day, a revolutionary new fitness concept was born–the Zumba Fitness-Party.
In 2001, Beto brought his new dance-fitness style to Miami, Florida, and, through a student (Alberto Perlman’s mom), met entrepreneurs Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion. All three hailed from Colombia and all three had a vision to bring this dynamic dance-fitness class to the masses. The three Albertos formed an alliance and created a business, calling it Zumba Fitness. They trademarked the word Zumba® and set a goal to expand the brand all over the world. First came the DVDs, then the infomercial–which introduced the Zumba Fitness-Party to the public on a wide-scale basis. That followed with the demand for Zumba classes and Zumba instructors and then the company took off and the Zumba program expanded in a big way. By 2005, Zumba Fitness spawned a full-fledged Zumba Academy to license Zumba Instructors to teach Zumba classes. More expansion followed with the launch of Zumbawear apparel and accessories, music CDs, and in 2008, one of the bestselling at-home fitness DVD series ever–the Zumba Fitness® Total Body Transformation System–which starred Beto and introduced Zumba Fitness’ newest stars, Tanya Beardsley and Gina Grant. In 2010, Zumba shook the ground by being the first branded fitness program to launch a video game on all three major gaming platforms: Wii, Xbox, and PS3.
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Devised by Dr. Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight, the Dukan Diet rejects counting calories and promises permanent weight loss while allowing adherents to eat as much as they like.
Originally published in 2000, the Dukan Diet swept across France, championed by people who successfully lost weight following its unique four phase regime. The Dukan Diet has helped millions in France, where it has been number one for more than ten years and adopted in twenty countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Korea and Brazil. All together, The Dukan Diet has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
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For each phase, The Dukan Diet offers clear simple guidelines for long term success. The Dukan Diet is the perfect diet for people who want fast weight loss, that can be maintained without counting calories or weighing portions.
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Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital
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This is a compelling and often oddly poignant reading for fans of books like Plath’s The Bell Jar and Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted (both inspired by their author’s stays at McLean) and for anyone interested in the history of medicine or psychotherapy, or the social history of New England.
Alex Beam’s Gracefully Insane is a knowledgeable historical portrait of New England’s McLean Hospital, until recently the mental institution equivalent of the Plaza Hotel. Fenceless and unguarded, McLean’s grounds were landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted. Amenities included tennis courts, a golf course, room service, and a riding stable. As one director said, “If you don’t know where you are, then you’re in the right place.” Its patients have included James Taylor, Robert Lowell, and Ray Charles. It also looms large in The Bell Jar and Girl, Interrupted, written by former patients Sylvia Plath and Susanna Kaysen. Beam weaves patients’ and employees’ stories with an informal review of mental health treatments through the years, including lobotomies, insulin-induced comas, ice-water baths, and a ghastly device called the “coercion chair.” Gracefully Insane is amiable, lively, and honest. Its many anecdotes (derived from patient records, journals, and interviews) are by turns poignant, humorous, and unsettling. –H. O’Billovitch
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My longtime friend, Jean Lyon, encouraged me to write a book about my experiences with the mental health system. “You should write a book,” she said.
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The Package Deal is a short, 4500-word memoir that takes the reader into a world that most people do not know about. My non-fictional account provides an inside, uncensored look at societal discrimination against people with mental illness.
This eBook consists of two distinctly different parts. Part one, titled Unplanned Patienthood, provides a humorous glimpse of the mental health professionals whom I have been fortunate, and not so fortunate, to encounter. Part two, titled A System Without Oversight, opens with my voluntary admission to a psychiatric unit in Northern Virginia. This part chronicles my conflict with the mental health system, which began when hospital personnel assaulted me. It covers the facts surrounding the assault, as well as my resultant struggle for justice, not only with the mental health system, but also with the criminal justice system and government oversight agencies.
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At every turn in my search for justice, I faced discrimination. This eBook echoes an all-too-common situation for those who happen to have a mental illness. Discrimination against this marginalized population too often goes unreported and unchallenged. In addition to being enlightening, the narrative is entertaining, suspenseful, and incorporates humor as a powerful communication tool.
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