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Holy Hormones Journal – The NEI Supersystem – the neurological – endocrine and immune system is crucial to women’s health and well-being. It is the Holy Grail. Women’s hormonal menstrual and fertility cycles are evidence of this synchrony. Disrupting the circadian endocrine rhythm is really what is killing us. Our bodies are geared to adapt Continue Reading …
As research psychologists who have spent years studying nutrition in relation to mental health, behaviour, and brain development, we know how beneficial nutrition can be for some people tackling mental health problems.
Our emotional responses to the stresses of daily life may predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Pushing antidepressants on a national morning news program for women who are obviously suffering from hormone imbalance and nutrient depletion (labeled postpartum depression) is vile.
WOMEN’S hormones and incidents of depression can go together, says a leading professor.
And women who claim that they have premenstrual tension, or who are depressed during perimenopause are not making it up, she emphasises.
No surprise here. Women are going into pregnancy without adequate nutrition and with hormones that are already imbalanced and depleted from exposure to synthetic hormone birth control, and estrogen mimickers in the environment. The disturbing trend is to let post baby blues – or postpartum depression getting into psychiatrist’s hands.
Three and a half years ago, after Princess L was born and we were pretty darn sure that we did not want anymore babies, this seemed like a really great birth control option. Easy office appointment to have it put in place, minimal side effects (more on this in a bit), safe to use while breastfeeding and no need to even THINK about having an oops baby for at least 5 years. What was not to like about it?
The pill came out more than 50 years ago, and at the time, it was a symbol of liberation and freedom for women. Suddenly, they no longer had to worry about unplanned pregnancy. It was great. But now that 50-year-old technology is starting to lose much of the appeal it once had.
Leslie Carol Botha: Had an email from my long-time colleague and fellow menstrual health advocate, Renate Klein from Australia the other night asking me if I heard any news about girls committing suicide while on Implanon. [Sorry Merck & Co. if this is giving Implanon and you company a bad rap – but I have Continue Reading …
Holy Hormones Honey! Let’s get back to the basics… and that is eating whole foods. Two handful of cashews match one dose of Prozac. Dr. Saul believes that the cause of depression is not getting the vitamins we need. But you have to walk the walk… and take the vitamins. The days of the one pill fix are long gone. The damage they have caused still lingers.
