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PMS, Cramps

PMS is by far the most common women's health complaint. For some women, it disrupts their whole lives. It is estimated that a whopping 90% of all women between the ages of 20 and 50 experience some degree of PMS. For some women, it disrupts their whole lives. Over 150 symptoms have been documented - new ones are being added all the time. The hormone shift in estrogen/progesterone ratios during the menstrual cycle is the major factor in PMS symptoms. (Women report the most symptoms in the two week period before menstruation, when the ratios are the most elevated.) The modern women’s lifestyle seems almost made to order for PMS, stress and imbalance. Our foods and our environment are full of chemicals that clearly affect delicate hormone balance. Natural therapies work well for most women because they address the full spectrum of factors involved, but they need time to work.

Suggested Diet Therapies

Improve your diet first to control PMS. Women with severe PMS symptoms eat 60% more refined carbohydrates, 280% more sugars, 85% more dairy products, and 80% more sodium than women who don’t get PMS.

Nutritional therapy plan:

1. A low fat, vegetarian diet with regular seafood clearly diminishes symptoms. Add soy foods like miso, tempeh and tofu, and plenty of cruciferous veggies to reduce estrogen build-up linked to PMS.
2. Try a mood swing, anti-constipation drink: 2 cups fresh peaches, chunked; 2 frozen bananas, chunked; 1 cup apple juice.
3. Keep the diet low in salt and sugar. Eat plenty of cultured foods, like yogurt and kefir for friendly flora. Eat brown rice often for B vitamins. Eat smaller meals often for blood glucose balance.
4. Avoid caffeine, red meat, sugars and saturated fat animal products. Eliminate dairy products during PMS days.
5. Drink 6 glasses of bottled water daily. Have fresh apple or carrot juice every day during PMS.

Superfood therapy: (Choose one)

• Ocean Minerals™ for iodine-balancing sea greens.
• Nature's Answer SEACENTIALS GOLD for detox support.

Herbal, Superfood and Supplement Therapy

1. Normalize hormone fluctuations: My 2-month program is highly supportive: Female Harmony capsules 2 daily each month, with Evening Primrose Pearls™ 6 daily the 1st month, 4 daily the 2nd month. Take Tinkle-eze™ Tea or caps for 5 days prior to your period to relieve pre-period edema. Use Pro-Est Balance™ Gel Roll-On to prevent cramping and pain. During your period use Muscle Relaxer™ caps, 4 at a time; or PMS-eze™ extract as needed. (Apply Hemr-eze™ Gel for PMS mouth sores.)
2. Boost minerals to relieve cramps and ease salt cravings: Chamomile tea (calcium source); chew 3 to 9 zinc lozenges daily; Black Cohosh extract drops every 2 hours; Calcium-Magnesium Source™; Lane Labs ADVACAL; Calcium 1200mg-magnesium 400mg relaxes the uterus.
3. Pelvic applications for cramps: Ice packs to pelvic area; Ginger compresses on pelvic area. New Chapter ARNICA GINGER gel. Aromatherapy compress: one drop each: oils of chamomile, marjoram, juniper and helichrysum in a quart of cool water; or mix 3 drops each basil and lavender oil in 2 oz. sweet almond oil and rub on abdomen.
4. Ease mood swings: Esteem WOMEN'S COMFORT; 5-HTP, 50mg; Depress-ex™; Nature's Secret ULTIMATE B.
5. Relieve excessive flow: Bayberry capsules 4 daily; Cranesbill/red raspberry tea; Vit. C 3000mg w. bioflavonoids or Bilberry for bioflavonoids, vitamin K 100mcg.
6. Relieve breast soreness and fluid retention: Tinkle-eze™ Tea; Dandelion tea; Ginkgo Biloba Extract

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