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Support protocol 1: Preconception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum

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Support protocol 1: Preconception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum

Learn how to start avoiding the risk factors for newborn jaundice before your baby is even born

Mar 28, 2023
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Reduce the risk factors for newborn jaundice, before your baby is even born!

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The risk for newborn jaundice begins long before your baby is born!
  1. Avoid folic acid. Instead, eat real-food folates and folate cofactors (DHA, the full B-vitamin spectrum, choline, magnesium, serine, and zinc). Foods: cultured dairy, eggs, liver and other organ meats, oysters and other shellfish, red meat, poultry, pork, seaweeds, salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring/kippers and other small, low-mercury seafood. Read:

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    9 months ago · Nikko Kennedy
  2. Dim (or cut out) artificial light at night. Use candles, firelight, the moon, starlight… or very dim incandescents or blue-excluded LEDs if necessary. This is vital for supporting circadian melatonin rhythms. Melatonin is an endogenous antioxidant that works with bilirubin to balance oxidative stress. Once baby is born, nighttime breastmilk is a baby’s only source of melatonin, as they don’t synthesize it on their own for at least the first month of life. Read:

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    Your mother gave you your circadian rhythm.
    Did you know your circadian rhythm is first set by your mother? If your mother and grandmother lived in a healthy light environment, great! If they had a poor light environment, and if you haven't done the work to reset your rhythm, chances are, you may be carrying those unhealthy patterns today…
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    3 months ago · 2 likes · Nikko Kennedy
  3. Observe the solar quarters of the da…

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