mom

How Your Mom’s Love Affects Your Health As An Adult

  Did you know you still had some of the amniotic fluid you incubated in when you were in your mother’s womb inside your brain to this very day? Yep, some of the original fluid that was there surrounding you as a fetus in the womb is what makes up your cerebrospinal fluid that bathes your brain right now. Cerebrospinal fluid is super important not only because it cushions, hydrates and protects your brain inside your skull, but because it actually pulses and moves throughout your neurons, bathing them with fresh nutrients and even flushing out toxic by-products.  It’s also […]

How Your Mom’s Love Affects Your Health As An Adult Read More »

Affection From Your Mom When You Were A Baby May Buffer Your Stress As An Adult

        In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, I want to share with you one of my all time favorite medical studies. It shows how a little TLC from your mom may actually help protect your health, well into adulthood. Published in 2005 in Dialoges in Clinical Neuroscience, researchers found that the how much affection a mommy rat showed to her babies in their first week of life protected them from future stress later on in life — decreasing their stress response and even lowering stress hormone production. Researchers compared two different types of mom rats, separating

Affection From Your Mom When You Were A Baby May Buffer Your Stress As An Adult Read More »