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What should you eat when you have fibroids?
What should you eat when you have fibroids or want to prevent fibroids from growing back? Fibroids are benign tumors that form in the uterus. (Learn more here.) While the cause is unknown, we know several factors come into play including genetics, inflammation,...
My Fibroid Story – Part 1 My Symptoms
Continuing with Fibroid Awareness Month, I want to share my fibroid story in hopes that it helps you with your journey. If you have been recently diagnosed, you may feel like you are the only one. I know I felt this way. You may be surprised to learn that...
What Are Fibroids?
What are fibroids and should you be concerned? If you have been diagnosed with a fibroid, you are not alone. They are quite common. Eighty percent of women develop uterine fibroids by the time they reach menopause. Most women develop them in their 40’s & 50’s...
Is Perimenopause Constipation A Thing?
Have you noticed your constipation is getting worse as you get older? Is it a symptom of perimenopause? Maybe your stools are noticeably smaller and harder; you’re sitting on the toilet longer; you don’t feel like you are complete when...
5 Fall Foods to Keep Your Perimenopause Symptoms at Bay
Fall is here! It’s time to take advantage of the fruits and vegetables of the fall season. Seasonal eating provides us with the nutrients we need at the time we need them. As we enter into Fall, we enter a cold and dark period of the year. You...
Seed Cycling & Hormone Balance
Do you seed cycle? It's an easy, low-cost way to balance hormones and regulate the timing of your period. Seed cycling involves alternating eating flax seeds and pumpkin seeds for the first 14 days of your cycle and then sunflower and sesame seeds for the second...
3 Reasons You Need A Food Reset
I can't believe it's already mid-July and we are in month 4 of the pandemic. It is ever more evident that we need to take care of ourselves so that if/when we are exposed, our bodies can fight off the virus so we have minimal symptoms.And let's face it, our...
What Your Poop Is Telling You & What You Can Do To Improve It
Believe it or not, your poop tells you a lot about what’s going onin your body. And there’s even an official scale to track it. With this information, you can take steps to improve your bowel movements. Gastroenterologists at the University of Bristol developed The...
What are your signs and symptoms?
Most of us go through life complaining about our signs and symptoms but not really paying attention. It’s not until they become extremely painful or we have a full-blown diagnosis (or both) that we start to take note.
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