More information about Maca and menstrual cramps
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● March 21, 2011
In a prior post, I wrote about the power of Maca to potentially fight menstrual cramps. I got a lot of great feedback from readers that this superfood can indeed help with cramps. I tried Maca myself and found that it really was very helpful. If you take it everyday, you may not even know that your period is coming. Apparently, about the right dose is 1/4 tsp. The taste wasn’t too overpowering for me, it was slightly sweet and slightly nutty. According to everything I have read, Maca balances women’s hormones and that is why its so effective with menstrual cramps. Plus, its a powerful antioxidant.
I always opt for the organic formula when I can find it, so I took Navitas Naturals Organic Raw Maca Powder, Incan Superfood, 16-Ounce Pouch
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Anyone else have good or bad experiences with Maca? Please feel free to comment.
Back to my blog
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● March 6, 2011
Hi there trusty readers! I know that I have been absent from my blog for awhile. I am sorry! Life just got overwhelmingly busy.
However, the good news is that I am back and I plan to dedicate myself to blogging about woman’s health once again. A lot has happened in the past year, I have gone completely gluten-free, and I even tried all all raw food diet for awhile! While I felt that the raw food diet was amazing in providing me with more fruits and veggies as well as essential enzymes, I felt that the cooking and prep work was a bit too much for me to handle.
Now that I am back to blogging, I hope to find new fascinating topics to explore. Hopefully, I will also have more giveaways in store for readers. Anyhow if there is something you want me to blog about, don’t hesitate to drop me a line.
I will be back soon!
Mary
Allay Patch Giveaway for EcoStilleto
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● May 16, 2009
EXCITING NEWS!!!
We are doing another Allay Patch giveaway in conjunction with the great people over at EcoStilleto this week in celebration of Women’s Health Month.
We have 10 Allay Patch Kits (valued at $40 each) we are giving away to the first 10 women who post a comment below. Just reply in my comments with your name and email address. I will contact you to get your address, and you will get your Allay Patch in the mail (just in time for your next period!)
By the way have you had a chance to check out EcoStilleto yet? It is one of the best new websites I have seen. It is tagged as “The secret to smart and sexy green living.” Once you check out this Blog, you will be hooked. EcoStilleto also runs the best giveaways of all kinds of natural and green living products. I love their concept, because I feel if more people would start equating green living with luxury and the occasional indulgence, more people would switch to making choices that benefit our environment.
Here is some additional text about EcoStilleto from their website:
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Ayurveda, Aloe and Painful Periods
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● April 21, 2009
In my ongoing quest to offer help for painful periods, I am learning about ayurveda. Experts say that ayurveda can help with painful periods by taking aloe vera gel with one pinch of black pepper. The idea is to take a tablespoon of this mixture everyday the week before your period. Continue taking this mixture during your period when you have menstrual cramps. Sounds easy, almost too easy to work.
I am definitely going to try this experiment during my next menstrual cycle. Aloe vera is widely available and I know they sell it at my local health food store. As it turns out, aloe vera is beneficial in many ways that even go beyond painful periods. It has been used to treat a variety of ailments since the beginning of history. After all, think about how widely available aloe vera is!
The aloe vera liquid contains vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids that are great for humans. It helps with inflammation which is a huge benefit. As we know, infammation causes pain and is also responsible for disease and aging. I know many people take aloe vera to help with digestive problems such as colitis and irritable bowel symptom. It also is a commonly used treatment for sunburn and to rapidly heal wounds. Aloe vera also assists with liver function. It is amazing everything that this plant has to offer. No wonder the ancient Egyptians called it “The Plant of Immortality.”
Once you begin contemplating all that aloe vera does to benefit us, it is hard to believe that we all aren’t taking it every day. I know it is not exactly delicious, but on the other hand it is largely tasteless. And if aloe vera assists with menstrual cramps all the better! It is recommended to take the aloe vera on an empty stomach to most greatly benefit.
More suggestions to help with bad menstrual cramps
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● April 20, 2009
I have been getting some really positive feedback for the blog posts I wrote recently about help for menstrual cramps. It also is a great feeling connecting with so many women with the same problems. We tend to suffer so silently. I talk with my girlfriends about everything under the sun really, but we rarely discuss our painful periods. Usually, we just stay home and sulk and yell into a pillow.
Here is a list I have been working on of natural supplements that seem to help with menstrual cramps. If you had any to add to my list, please feel free to post in my comments.
Chamomile Tea-
The trick here is to drink a LOT of the tea. Just one small cup of tea in the afternoon isn’t going to cut it. If you want to help your menstrual cramps with chamomile tea, try drinking like 6 cups a day. If you are like me and really enjoy chamomile tea, this might be easy. Find a company that sells a good organic chamomile tea. You can even put a little bit of honey in this tea as honey is beneficial for cramps as well. However, this tea does tend to make you drowsy, so no operating of heavy machinery ladies!
Ginger-Tea Compress-
I haven’t tried this one yet, but the idea is to place a ginger-tea compress on the lower abdomen during your menstrual cramps. You make this tea just by boiling fresh ginger route in water for over 15 minutes. Simply dip a hand towel into this tea. Ginger increases circulation which should assist with your cramps. Ginger really is a remarkable root. As we all know ginger works remarkably well for assisting with nausea.
Cramp Bark-
I haven’t tried cramp bark, but many women swear by it. Cramp bark is aptly named as it is a botanical that treats menstrual cramps. Drink cramp bark tea every day two or three times per day before you are expecting your period. Once you have your period, continue to drink the cramp bark 2 times each day. I haven’t tasted this tea, but how bad could it be if it works, right?
I will be back with more cures for menstrual pain tomorrow!
I am trying Cod Liver Oil for Migraines with great results so far
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● April 15, 2009
I recently went to a naturopathic doctor to see if they had any advice for the migraines I have been having during my menstrual cycle. Basically, what happens in a nutshell is about a day before my period I start getting a debilitating headache. As if the painful menstruation wasn’t bad enough. Yes, for a few years now a migraine has been a nice precursor to my period. However, these migraines are so bad that I have to take an entire 
day off from work. I get light sensitivity, nausea, vomiting, the whole 9 yards…
Anyway, last month I decided I couldn’t take it anymore and I went to a naturopathic doctor to see if she had any suggestions. One of the key things that she recommended was a daily dose of cod liver oil. At first I thought, “oh no, I am doomed because never, ever, will I try this.” However, as I left the office I bought a bottle (which was expensive, a small bottle is about $20). Even though I had the cod liver oil in hand, I was dubious if I would actually muster the bravery needed to try it.
Well, I made my boyfriend try it first. He did and said to me with a totally straight face, “Mary, this has no taste at all.” I really thought he was messing with me. However, after a few days I could tell he was serious. Impossible? Well, I would have to be brave and try it. I really am quite ready to do just about anything to get rid of these migraines before my menstrual cycle.
Sure enough when I tried the cod liver oil it really did have no flavor. The people who make this are geniuses, I guess. The brand I bought was Nordic Naturals with lemon. So sure enough when my period arrived, no migraine. And to tell you the truth, my menstrual cycle was not as painful as normal either.
Apparently, cod liver oil has all kinds of great benefits including reducing frequency of headaches. The oil’s fatty acid content reduces inflammation. The particular type of fatty acids found in fish oil has the ability to help with inflammation in a way that other fats in our diet cannot. Cod liver oil is also supposed to help with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and stroke, breast, prostate and colon cancer, depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease!!
Has anyone tried Maca?
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● April 1, 2009
I was reading tonight about Maca and how it is one of the superfoods. Apparently, it is very easy to buy and add to shakes or drinks. Maca is grown in the Andes mountains, and has been used by people in Peru for centuries as a main food source, and also a nutritional supplement. I am definitely considering buying some Maca.
Maca has a wide variety of health benefits. First and foremost, it balances hormones and improves all types of sexual problems. For example, it helps with menopause troubles, infertility, male sperm count, and low sex drives. What is interesting is it has applications for men and for women. This is because it doesn’t effect the hormones as much as it does regulating the endocrine functioning in the body.
I am thinking that Maca might also help with painful menstruation, and symptoms of endometriosis since it has such a great impact on related problems. It seems that it would be a natural next step that it would help women with menstrual cramps and premenstrual syndrome.
Maca also assists with endurance, strength, circulation and fighting oxidative damage to the body. It has 10% protein, a bunch of essential fatty acids, and an array of phytonutrients. I am intrigued! I just don’t know anyone who has tried it.
If you have tried Maca, post a comment and let me know what you thought. OK?
I have some free Allay Period Relief patches to give out!!
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● March 30, 2009
Hey trusty readers. I have something special to offer you today- Freebies!
I can’t promise that I will always have freebies to give out- but today I do. I have a small amount of free Allay Period Relief Patches that I can give to the first group of people who respond. I wrote about The Allay Patch last week. I had a chance to try it out recently and was SO impressed.
So good news for you if you are in the U.S and over 18 years old, I agreed to put up the Allay Period Relief Patch banner in exchange for some free samples to give to y’all.
It completely got rid of my pain in a matter of minutes. Now I am actually looking forward to my next period so I can try it again. (OK, kidding about the looking forward to my period thing, but seriously I would give my right arm during my period to cure cramps. Or maybe I should say “my right ovary.”)
The Allay Patch sells for about $40 at the Allay Patch website. By the way, you might want to visit the site anyhow to read what two physicians who are behind the Allay Period Relief Patch- Dr. Barry Eppley, M.D., and Dr. Sheena Kong say about the benefits of the patch.
However if you respond really really soon, I will get an Allay Patch sent to you in the next week or so. You simply need to fill out an online form prior to receiving it, and another form after trying it out to tell the good people at Allay Patch about your experiences. Yea!
Just post a comment below with your contact info if you want one! I will get back to the first group of people who won the Allay Patches!
UPDATE: Sorry, I don’t have any more patches.
“Welcome to the border”-the “border” of death that is
Posted by: maryhealth in: ● March 20, 2009
You might have read my article about some of the “wonderful” foods that were featured in a recent msnbc/today article. This breakdown of some of the world’s most insidious fast food really underscores the extreme dangers to our health that much of the fast food that is out there poses. You may be tempted to think that the use of extreme is overboard, but it isn’t. If you think you can sit down and eat a 1,600 calorie, “personal pizza” with 162 grams of fat, for example, and not impact your health. No way, you’re totally dreaming. The human body can take a lot, but not that much.
Apparently, one of America’s worst desserts is brought to us by Chili’s. They have the Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. Its pretty obvious why “paradise” is in the title isn’t it? Because that is where you will be heading if you eat enough of these “desserts.” With 1600 calories and 78 grams of fat, this thing doesn’t mess around. But stop and consider that the 78 grams of fat, well that’s not even half of the fat in the Chicago Uno “personal pizza.” Still, stay clear.
some other abomination from chili's
I’m always trying to warn people about hidden calories where fast food is concerned. Probably the ultimate “gotcha” fast food is the salad. With a burger or a pizza or especially a dessert, you have some idea what you are getting into. Its sort of like dating the guy and the biker bar who impressed you with his ability to beat the hell out of other bikers, then being all confused with it doesn’t work out; you knew what you were getting into. Oh, but the salad is a different story. You were trying to do the right thing. You were trying to be a good girl-or boy, and then they go and hit you with something like this beastie.
Welcome to the border-the border of death that is. Okay, maybe that goes a little too far, but I couldn’t help myself. On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef, is a special treat indeed. 1,450 calories and a nice 102 grams of fat, you will definitely feel as though you’ve been “treated” after you eat this thing. Can’t you just feel how they love their customers? There is another point here. In all fairness, this “salad” does tip you off with the whole “Taco Beef” indicator. But, that said, most people see salad and they think low calorie or at least sort of low calorie and low fat. This is something of a betrayal of consumer trust.
Your health is too important. You are valuable and too special to be treating your body like this. Most people don’t realize that they are capable of doing great things and accomplishing great thing. But if you feel miserable all the time from consuming junk and poison, odds are all you will want to do is set around or sleep. Look out for yourself and be careful what you put in your body.
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