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Your Guide to Postpartum Care In The Fourth Trimester

Most likely, if you’ve just had a baby, the majority of your health concerns center around your newborn, but postpartum care is just as important—and it’s getting more attention in the medical community. In fact, ACOG has now recommended that women have a postpartum check-in with their OB-GYNs within three weeks of giving birth (instead of the previous recommendation of six to eight weeks), and then another follow-up no later than 12 weeks after birth. But that time in between is just as vital to your wellbeing, and that’s where a little extra support can help. At Parsley Health, health coaches are there to provide nutritional and emotional support during this time, making sure your breastfeeding, nutritional supplements, diet, and exercise plan is working for you, and the doctors can monitor your hormone levels and healing progress. Here’s how you can prioritize your physical and mental health during the fourth trimester.

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Your Top Pregnancy Questions—Answered By Parsley Providers

For people who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are newly postpartum, Googling health topics in the middle of the night is standard operating procedure. There are so many questions that come up along this journey. We asked our Instagram followers for their top fertility,motherhood, and pregnancy questions and turned to our Parsley Health experts for their best advice, so you can stop the late night web browsing and get answers you can trust.

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What Are Chronotypes, and How Do They Affect Your Sleep?

If you’ve ever wondered why you can pop out of bed in the morning no problem while your partner or friend can sleep until noon, there’s actually science behind this. Meet your chronotype.

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4 Breathing Exercises To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts

When your anxiety is high or you’re feeling panic start to wash over you, there’s a simple tool you can use to calm the physiological effects of anxiety: your breath.

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Are Plant-Based Meats Really Healthy?
Are Plant-Based Meats Really Healthy?

Plant-based meats are having a moment. You know the type: “burgers” that are supposed to “bleed” and taste like meat, without actually containing any animal products. Brands like Beyond and Impossible are seemingly everywhere now—you can even find them at Dunkin Donuts and Burger King. But are these meat-free alternatives like the impossible burger really healthy? Or are they just crowned with an unearned health halo.

The answers are hidden in the (very long) ingredients lists.

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What People Are Saying…

“After an extremely stressful period in my life, I noticed the physical impact on my body because of the stress. I enlisted The Healing Menu to help me recover. THM is currently guiding my healing, and I can attest that I have been treated with respect, curiosity, and understanding. THM has helped me identify the triggers of physiological symptoms, and developed an action plan for how to address them. I feel better than I have felt in several years. Christina (the owner) has worked with me throughout the process. She helped me select a functional medicine MD to work with and she has been collaborating with the MD on my treatment plan. My life is better because of THM. Christiana is educated and highly knowledgable in all aspects of nutrition and its effects. I think the fact after receiving her Juris Doctor, she decided to pursue functional nutrition is indicative of her true passion on the topic. I highly recommend working with The Healing Menu.”

— Kate

"Christina has helped me lose 10 kilos by just changing my diet and using MyFitnessPal to track my food intake. She knows her s*#t and is not afraid to give tough love. I also appreciated that if she didn't know something, she found the answer by asking another experienced practitioner diligently researching clinical studies. She gave me guidance on what to say to my doc and recommended lab tests which revealed that I had SIBO, intestinal permeability, and inflammation going on. I didn't want to use antibiotics to get rid of SIBO so she educated me on alternative options involving herbs that I could discuss with my doctor. I am now SIBO-free, but gut healing will take some time. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but that's another way that Christina has helped...after years of damage to my gut, I can't expect it to heal in a month. Call her, you won't regret it...you may actually regret it if you don't."

— Francisco

“Given my varying experiences with the health care industry as a whole, and in correlation my fluctuating/declining health, I was skeptical about achieving significant results by seeing a health coach or improving the issues I've experienced for a very, very long time. To say Christina changed my entire approach to leading a healthier life would be an understatement...she wasted no time getting to the root of my problems and took the time to thoroughly understand my unique challenges and restraints. In a matter of weeks, I literally shed old/bad habits that were internalized as 'natural' or 'unchangeable,' and for the first time ever, healthy no longer equated to daunting or unattainable. I don't remember when I've felt this good -- it feels absolutely surreal that my life has turned completely upside down for the better and for good in such a short duration. I owe this shiny new life to Christina; she's probably my best kept health secret, and I couldn't have asked for a more knowledgeable, caring, and dedicated coach to work with!”

— JC