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Reading Time: 6 minutes I’m definitely a fan of baby steps. If you suspect that your body might be reacting to gluten-containing foods, but you just can’t bring yourself to go completely gluten-free, start by simply cutting back. While you may not experience the full benefits, it will likely become easier to cut it out completely if you decide you want to give it a try as well.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes You’re Not Alone
I decided to write about this to get this thing more out in the open – and to spread the word about some of (relatively) easy fixes for the problem (depending, of course, on the degree of intensity.) It’s been an on and off problem in my own life for years—and got way worse during perimenopause and menopause.
And I’m just like everyone else – usually too embarrassed to discuss it, even with my friends.
That potty training shame goes deep apparently.
Urinary incontinence affects 10-35 percent of all women, with 35 billion American women throwing down cash for pads and treatments. In fact, more menstrual pads are sold for incontinence than for menstruation!
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Reading Time: 5 minutes True confession: Sometimes I forget to take my own advice. But, I always know when I’m getting off the program when I start struggling with too much wakefulness. Granted, there are many factors at play for those of us who find ourselves wide awake in the middle of the night and/or after shutting off the light to snuggle up for sleep.
Hormones, life events, and many other things play a role. In some cases, it’s a good idea to see a medical or mental health professional to get things sorted out. However, the tips and ideas I’m sharing here and in last week’s post can really shift things, no matter what else is going on.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Human growth hormone – which makes us look and feel younger – is released from our pituitary gland during sleep. Less sleep equals less youthful hormones coursing through the body.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The problem with that is your skin is one of the most absorbent organs on your body. So, the lotions and skincare products you apply to your body go pretty much directly into your bloodstream. These sunscreens contain ingredients that most of us would never dream of eating in our food (and the FDA would never allow it), yet somehow it seems okay to put them on our bodies.
A huge percentage of mainstream sunscreens contain oxybenzone, a chemical that can act as a hormone disruptor, causing things like reproductive and developmental toxicity, thyroid problems and other hormonal havoc. (Who needs more problems with their hormones?!) Additionally, as mentioned above, this chemical is now known to damage coral reefs.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Research has shown that a short nap (up to 30 minutes) can:
Increase your willpower
Jumpstart your creativity
Enhance your motor skills
Reduce stress
Actually enhance your ability to sleep well that night (as opposed to the caffeine hit)
Elevate your mood
Reading Time: 6 minutes This leafy green gives you more nutritional value – with fewer calories – than just about any other food or vegetable!
It contains more than 45 different flavonoids – such as quercetin – which provide both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. Because of this, eating your kale will do its part to help you limit the discomfort of chronic inflammations.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes These low tech, ancient tools basically flush out your sinuses and nasal passages with a saltwater solution. They can be used occasionally when you are in crisis mode, or on a daily basis to flush out pollutants and to promote easy and comfortable breathing through your nose.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Although, most people would say they want to have less stress in their lives, there’s a weird addictive quality that accompanies the way we live with stress. If there’s nothing stressing us out we can even feel bored and start scanning our environment for something to worry about.
Our culture approves and rewards us for having busy, stressful lives. Somehow there’s a notion that people who are super busy have more value in the world.
This, of course, is total BS. And, if you value your health, you would do well to question this thinking.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The thing is, if frequent blemish outbreaks plague your life you really have to dig a little deeper. Sure, natural cleansers, masks and toners will help. And even some of the high-quality commercial products (formulated with natural ingredients) might temporarily bring you closer to your dream of a flawless complexion.
But if you don’t at least try to address the root cause of the problem it’s like just slapping on so much more cover-up.
Come to think of it—this is a metaphor for A LOT of things in life. But I’ll save those thoughts for another post.
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