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I Failed, Gained 15 Pounds and Saved my Life (Or Something)

The one thing that we talk about most in this community is how to be in hormone balance. How to be fertile. How to enjoy being a woman instead of constantly fighting the basic facts of natural...

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What are the biggest red flags for different kinds of hormone imbalance? And...

Last week Sarah and Stacy had me as a guest on their podcast The Paleo View. They said that it was a moral imperative for them to have me on — other people were starting to come on the show more often,...

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10 Signs You’re a Healthy Woman

Much as I love empowerment, self-love, and confidence, I am going to pass out if I write another article about sex appeal this week. That stuff’s important, but only as one piece of the puzzle of what...

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The Two Major Causes of PMS, Plus 11 Ways to Overcome It

  Ladies! My apologies. I have been writing a blog on womanhood and the paleo diet for years now, and I have yet to write a post on PMS. Better late than never, I say! What follows is the low down on...

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Finding Strength After the Stage, a guest post by former fitness competitor...

  The following post is written by a lovely and powerful new voice in the body love scene. Her name is Madelyn, and she used to be a body builder. I first came across Madelyn’s work I believe at some...

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19 indicators you may be hypothyroid

So far as the best estimates go, upwards of 15 percent of American women develop hypothyroidism during their adult lives. So far as my best guess can contribute to those numbers, I think perhaps a...

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Evening Primrose Oil for Acne, Estrogen Dominance, PMS, and Inflammation

One thing about being a health blogger that drives me nuts is being asked about supplements. Mostly I don’t like it because I never know what to do or say. According to some studies, certain...

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Leptin and Why You Should Love Your Booty

  The following is a guest post by a fellow health blogger – Kate – who had an infertility problem then fell in love with leptin. ———— I used to have a bit of a body fat phobia. Although at 13% body...

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Does the birth control pill cause weight gain?

Whether or not birth control causes weight gain is a topic of gigantic controvery in the health literature. More than 50 percent of women think that it does, and up to 20 percent change their pill or...

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New Science on Weight Loss for Women

Heyyo ladies! Today I want to talk about something I almost never, ever do: weight loss. I don’t talk about it because I prefer focusing on health. Nevertheless, sometimes weight loss is an important...

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Appetite and your period

American culture is nothing but confused about the effect that the menstrual cycle has on women.  We have rumors about mood swings, weight gain, appetite, athelticism, acne, depression, anxiety,...

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How fasting after workouts can cause high testosterone, acne, and PCOS

This morning one of my most dear friends posted to Facebook that she was so happy after an interview she just conducted with Mark Sisson. (This woman may or may not be one of the hosts of the ever...

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Do you gain weight when you PMS? Here’s why.

  Do you have a pair of special “fat pants” (I know, a terrible, terrible term) that you have to wear when you PMS every month? You’re not alone. I am most certainly a co-sufferer. As are millions of...

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How to know if you have low testosterone

The relationship between women and testosterone is poorly understood. Testosterone is commonly blamed for libido problems… but that’s all anyone ever really talks about. There is however a lot more to...

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Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Symptoms and Causes

There are many different problems that can cause women to stop menstruating. In rare cases amenorrhea comes from genetic defects and physical abnormalities. These cases usually require medical...

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5 Things I Wish I Knew when I was Diagnosed with PCOS

I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2009. At the time, everything I knew about PCOS came from the flimsy little pamphlet my doctor handed to me after my ultrasound. Even after spending a few months scouring...

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Cystic Acne and Hormones: Everything You Need to Know

Contrary to popular belief, acne doesn’t go away once you turn 18. In fact, for many women, acne doesn’t even get started until their 20s, 30s, 40s, or even in menopause. For me, I had some acne...

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Is There Birth Control in your Drinking Water?

An estimated 12 million women in the United States are on some form of hormonal birth control. This is a huge number. It is such a large number, in fact, that it led many researchers in environmental...

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4 Dangerous Myths About Chia Seeds

“Dangerous” may be a strong word – consuming chia seeds occasionally should be just fine – but I think the strong language I chose for the title of this post is actually appropriate. It enables me to...

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The 10 Most Common Causes of Low Libido for Women

According to a 1999 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study, about 43 percent of women (compared to 31 percent of men) suffer sexual inadequacy for one reason or another....

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