In a previous article we looked at the main reasons behind hormonal imbalance and monthly suffering that affects many women. Today, we will explore natural strategies for alleviating PMS and restoring feminine health - 9 approaches to heal emotionally and hormonally during your premenstrual phase.
1. Try to reclaim and appreciate the wisdom of your monthly cycle …
You can easily do that by celebrating it as a source of your feminine power, rather than an annoying condition in need for a medical intervention.
2. Have a good look at your everyday menu …
Because the food you eat may be the main culprits of your monthly suffering. A high-carbohydrate diet of junk foods, processed vegetable oils, trans fats, stimulants, and soy products instigates hormonal imbalance and sets the stage for women’s health problems.
3. Adjust your diet …
Adjust your diet taking care to include adequate animal protein, plenty of healthy fats such as natural butter, fish oils, and coconut products, as well as a variety of fresh and fermented vegetables and fruit. Do you also know that many women begin to feel better after eliminating grains containing gluten, especially wheat?
4. Stop eating non-organic dairy product …
And I am talking milk, cottage cheese, ice cream, etc. Supermarket milk usually comes from cows treated with BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) and antibiotics. Both steroids and antibiotics reside in the milk and interfere with the female hormonal system. Organic dairy products from independent small producers, though, are perfect foods, and you can eat them liberally.
5. Refrain from buying highly processed vegetable oils and commercial salad dressings …
As the chemicals they contain disrupt the natural regulation of hormone production. Instead, bring back tradition and use healthful animal fats for cooking and natural sour cream and extra-virgin olive oil for dressing your salads.
6. Try to cut down on coffee, black tea, chocolate, and sugary soft drinks …
Since they overstimulate the adrenal gland and may negatively influence hormonal health. Opt for purified water and your hormones will thank you.
7. Let it shine!
Help stabilize your hormonal levels with everyday exposure to a full-spectrum natural light. Not only it will restore your hormonal health, you will feel so much happier too.
8. Yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, or other types of calming exercises and deep relaxation techniques …
They all protect women’s biochemistry and are capable of reducing many PMS symptoms. Try them all and see which one works best for you.
9. There are yet more comprehensive options available to women …
Such as those involving the healing arts: acupuncture, Ayurveda, homeopathy, massage therapy, and reflexology, which have been used for centuries to help women balance and restore their feminine chemistry and overall health.
Do you know other natural ways that work wonders restoring hormonal balance? Please share them with me!
Good advice, it’s true that controlling what and the way we eat is the main issue for this matter.
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I love this article. Very informative
Appreciating the value of our monthly cycle is a way to value our woman being. We should feel annoyed when we have our monthly periods.
I love this Article it’s very informative for hormonal health.
Very informative and makes sense - what I’ve learned in past years. But what if you do all the above and still don’t achieve hormonal balance. That’s where I am at and it’s been years of this struggle.
Thank you-
Wow… thanks for this list. I’ve struggled with my hormones since I was a young teenager and this was very informative and helpful.
Very Good artical… Ladies don’t know how important it is to eat right and have a clear mind… Stress is a huge cause of fibroids which is a very common thing for women. Always use what you know and expand your mind always to create a better life for yourself. change takes sacrifice. Oh and don’t forget that Life is a beautiful journey. Live life to its fullest and enjoy all that it has to offer. Planting flowers and watching them grow and sitting on my back porch every day reading and drinking tea makes me feel so much better and so much more at ease with life. Do little things that make you as a person feel worthy and naturally you will feel fufilled. Look within for that deep love and happiness. It takes balance with all that the world is going through. Blind faith that everything will be alright. NAMASTE xoxo :) e-mail me questions about life love anything and e-mail me at peacetogether8@yahoo.com muah
Those are profound words, Eastyn. Personally, I do yoga. I also have some tea in a quiet place where I can hear no TV sounds, no mobile phone. When I move to a new apartment, I will definitely try gardening. :)
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Great article. It is so true that instead of complaining about a physiological feminine trait, we should be working on improving it and cherishing it! THANKS!
nature always has the solution. well done.
“nature always has the solution.” well said, kirtee.