Before and during pregnancy, avoid:
- Smoking
- Alcohol (including beer and wine)
- Raw and undercooked meat
- Radiation (x-rays, video display terminals)
- Caffeine (coffee, black tea, colas, chocolate, mate)
- DES (diethylstilbesterol)
- Aspirin
- Antihistamines, including Ephedra (Ma Huang), Osha root
- Most laxatives, including flax seed, senna, aloes, castor oil, rhubarb, buckthorn, cascara sagrada
- Antacids
- Diuretics, including Buchu, Horsetail, Juniper berries
- pHisoHex (or anything else containing hexacholorphene)
- Hair dyes
- Hemorrhoid medications
- Chemical stimulants and depressants (LSD, psychotropics, phenobarbital, barbituates, tranquilizers)
- Motion sickness or anti-nausea drugs (bendectin)
- Epinephrine drugs (adrenalin)
- Sulfonamide Antibiotics
- Vaccines, anesthetics, mercury vapours in the dentist’s office
- Steroids and herbs containing steroid-like factors, including Agave, Ginseng, Licorice, Hops, Sage (this herb also decreases lactation)
- Hormones (birth control, non-organic meats)
- Acutane acne medication
- Excesses of vitamins A, C
- Heavy metals: lead, nickel, cadmium, manganese
- Pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. These are designs to disrupt the reproductive capacities of their target pest!
- Fumes from paints, thinners, solvents, wood preservatives, varnishes, glues, spray, adhesives,
- benzene, dry-cleaning fluids, certain plastics, vinyl cholride, rubber tuolene
- Lithium, arsenic
- Contact with cat feces
- PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenyl)
- Prolonged exposure to extremely high temperatures
