Women's Health
Cotton Tampons and Sanitary Pads are Loaded with Pesticides
In just the last several decades, many of the world's major crops have largely been replaced with genetically modified versions: corn, soy, canola, sugar beets and cotton. More than 80 percent of all these crops grown in the U.S. are now genetically modified. In t...
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Dioxins: The Facts about this Toxin in Tampons and Sanitary Pads
Feminine hygiene products are a fact of life for women. Most often, we use what our mothers used, rarely surveying the options, or the risks involved. But, as we discovered, there are risks. Conventional tampons and sanitary pads are bleached white using chlorine dioxide,...
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A Tampon Experiment: A Picture Tells the Tale
I recently started a petition, along with my Naturally Savvy team, telling Procter & Gamble to disclose what's in their feminine hygiene products. As consumers, we’re in the dark about what’s in our sanitary pads and tampons, largely because they’re considered a ...
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Sign the Petition! Tell Procter & Gamble to Disclose What's in Their Feminine Hygiene Products
At NaturallySavvy.com, we believe as women, we deserve to know what goes onto and into our bodies every single month.Did you know that feminine hygiene companies don’t have to fully disclose the ingredients of their tampons and pads on their packaging? That’s because...
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Conventional Feminine Hygiene Products: A Women’s Issue With Toxic Implications
Sign our petition now: http://chn.ge/10hDR2wI’m a vigilant label reader and have been since I first began to uncover the toxic additives that make seemingly healthy food, junk food. The same is true of the supplements I take and the cosmetic products I put on m...
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Food Sources for a Healthy Pregnancy
If you’re planning to start a family, it’s never too soon to prepare your body. The earlier you begin eating nutrient-dense foods the better. In this way your body will receive all the nutrients it needs to make a healthy, happy baby.Before we add new foods it may be...
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Endometriosis And Your Health
Endometriosis is a common and sometimes debilitating condition that affects between six and 11 percent of reproductive aged women. This gynaecological disorder is characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue (which normally lines the inside of your uterus) outsi...
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Period Problems: Nicole Jardim Interview
“I Could Talk About Periods All Day Long!”You’ve got to admit that isn’t a phrase you hear often—or ever, really. If you’re one of those women who can pirouette her way through every day of the month without ever having a cramp or blood clot make her knees buckle…well hel...
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Menopause Relief From Tree Bark?
Most women try not to think about menopause until it becomes an undeniable reality. The thought of uncontrollable moodiness, hot flashes, night sweats, and losing an aspect of our sexuality can be a bit mortifying. But the good news is were living in a time where science ...
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Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Just recently the leader of my writing group started to frantically fan herself as she ran across the room to open the window. “It’s my age,” she said, “I just turned fifty.” I remember that time so well. Years ago I worked side by side another woman also in her early fif...
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Female Herbal Menstrual Tonic Recipe
Being a modern woman certainly has its perks, whether youre a fan of stilettos or not. We do it all: work, mom, friend, community member…its enough to make you want to don a cape and spend a bit of time coming up with a superhero name (Im considering going with SuperFoodi...
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Welcome To Perimenopause (Yay?)
Menopause is the official term used to describe the end of a woman’s menstrual years, and occurs only after a woman has passed one year without a period. Many women use the term to describe the journey toward menopause – replete with hot flashes and moods swings – but this par...
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Go with the Flow: Natural Feminine Hygiene
Thanks to equal rights, women can now do virtually any job a man can do—but being on our period can make it…meh. While we dont love talking about our cycle too much, it is a fact of life, annoying as it is. And half of the annoyance over it can be in those feminine hygiene pro...
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Ladies, Are Bras Bad for Your Health?
Its part of being a woman, in the Western world, at least. Who doesnt remember their first bra? While it may have at first, felt like the most ridiculous abomination to the human body, many women grow to love and even feel naked without one on.Regardless of cup sizes, its...
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Menopause Stereotypes & Humor
I am a woman who has gone through the transition of menopause and who has come out relatively sane (I think!). But the stereotypes about women going through “The Change,” are not all complimentary. We are supposedly all moody – actually bitchy is often the word – forgetful, sc...
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How To Get Your Sex Drive Back
For many women, it may take more than roses and candlelight to get their engines started. Kelli Young, an occupational therapist, sex therapist, and group psychotherapist answers some questions surrounding the causes and solutions for low libido.Q: Is low libido a common ...
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Female Hair Loss: Causes and Treatment
The scalp contains approximately 100,000 strands of hair and on average we lose about 50 to100 strands per day. Aging and medication use, among others can cause visible changes in the hair's structure which can lead to hair loss.A Single Strand of HairA si...
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Toxins and Breast Cancer
I lecture quite frequently on cleansing, detoxification and digestive health and I consistently shock people with a statistic published by The Lancet, a British medical journal, from 20 years ago that stated: “Women who are constipated are 4 times more likely to develop ...
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Breast Thermography
The statistics are alarming: one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease is often found after symptoms such as a lump or mass in the breast appear. In its early stages, however, many women with breast cancer dont have any symptoms. Women with a family ...
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The Stages Of Menopause
The average age of menopause is 50 to 51 years of age, but it can occur naturally between the ages of 40 and 55. Many women who are experiencing the signs and symptoms of menopause may not realize whats causing them and that there are things they can do about them.T...
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Pap Smear Testing
We routinely do things we do not enjoy because we know they need to be done. Just as much as I enjoy scrubbing the toilet and filing my tax return, so too do I enjoy my annual physical exam! We know we have to do it, so we grit our teeth and get it over with. Few pe...
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Natural Menopause Treatment
Let’s face it ladies, we can be controlled by our hormones. When we are young, they are out of control and trying to find balance. During our child-bearing years, we attempt to manage them while riding the monthly hormonal roller-coaster. Finally, when we are looking f...
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Menopausal Symptoms & Treatment
Yes, some women have an easier time with menopause than others, but does anyone get away scot-free? My mom and I have had several conversations on the topic - mostly me asking questions to avoid being ill prepared, ill-informed, or worse, misinformed! She did, however te...
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Women And Heart Attacks
Cardiovascular disease, once considered a mans disease, is the #1 killer of women worldwide. Women are 10 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than from any other disease and cardiovascular disease kills more women 65 years of age and older than all cancers com...
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Sexual Health For Seniors
Many articles are written on various aspects of aging but one big issue is often overlooked. Call it what you will—the horizontal mambo, extra-curricular activity, getting busy, or playing bouncy-bouncy—sex is an important part of a healthy relationship. Aging pres...
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Winter - A Woman's Time For Renewal
It is the heart of winter, and a beautiful time to let the past fade away and make room for new life. It is a time for letting go of what no longer serves you, and letting go of trying to be perfect. For woman, life is not about mastery—it is about mystery.Mother Na...
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Body Image Issues
Most of us are glad to live in a multicultural society, valuing the freedom to live how we choose. We like to think we are open-minded, civilized, and tolerant of customs, beliefs, and choices. Unfortunately, we live in a world where women often have a distorted view of t...
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Green Your Period with Menstrual Cups
I have always wondered how I could be greener when it comes to that time of the month. But I was too shy to look or ask around for other options.Recently, I learned about the menstrual cup thanks to an enlightened friend. “It’s so great,” she told me – “and it’s reus...
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Birth Control Options-Part 2
The only way to avoid pregnancy 100% is to not have sex altogether (abstinence), which in most cases is not a realistic option. In part one of this article, I discussed hormonal contraceptive choices. Now, let’s discuss barriers and natural methods to prevent pregnancy. Male co...
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Birth Control Options-Part 1
As modern women we appreciate the freedom to live as we choose and the ability to control the direction our lives take. While we may not enjoy the monthly reminder that we are women, few things can be as distressing as the absence of our monthly reality check.Even wi...
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You Look Marvellous!
Virtually all little girls have grown up dreaming of being princesses and playing make-believe with their fashion dolls. Once they are too old for dolls, these budding Princesses are bombarded with the coolest Hollywood fashions, and they all want to look like their favor...
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Yeesh-A Yeast Infection!
As a healthy woman, you know how concerning it is the first time you experience burning and itching in your vaginal area.Closer inspection confirms a redness and swelling of your vagina and vulva. The burning gradually becomes more intense. Intercourse has become pai...
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Breast Changes Are Natural, Not Always Healthy
A good way to protect yourself against any disease is to pay attention to your body and what it’s trying to tell you.With breast cancer incidence in women in the United States at 1 in 8 (about 13%), women should always watch for any abnormal breast changes that occur...
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Holistic Breast Cancer Prevention
Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women worldwide—and one of the most common cancers for North American women. Most of us have been touched by the life of a friend, mother, or relative who has received a cancer diagnosis.Although incidence rates have stabil...
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How to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Naturally
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) afflict predominantly women, accounting for a large number of medical appointments every year. UTIs are uncomfortable and can cause frequent and burning urination, urinary urges with little or no result, cramping, lower abdominal pressure, ...
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Your Heart: The Melody of Your Life
As February is heart month, I was surfing the internet this morning and found a book called The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women. Written by the experts at the National Institutes of Health, its a great read but I was shocked by some of the stats they presented: H...
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Natural PMS Relief
Last night as I was relaxing, unwinding from the day and looking for something entertaining on the television, an ad for a feminine product caught my attention. The commercial ended with a pleasant and cheerful voice saying something like “Have a nice period.” Are you kidding me...
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