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Body & Mind
July 8, 2018 0 Comments

Natural remedies

A massage or bath isn’t only very relaxing. By using the right essential oils, like orange, it can also relieve menstrual cramps and pain.

Body & Mind
December 1, 2017 0 Comments

Cleaning the Ayurvedic way

In traditional eastern medicine, menstruation isn’t only seen as a physical clean-up, but also as an emotional and spiritual one. It restores the balance between body and mind.

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January 10, 2017 0 Comments

Cooking for your hormones

Maybe it’s obvious, but listening to your body – or better, your hormones – and adjusting your food pattern, can prevent a lot of menstrual suffering, according to Margaretha den Dekker, founder of Finest Food for Body and Soul.

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December 6, 2016 0 Comments

Banana time?

Vitamin B6 is important when tackling PMS symptoms. But how do you get enough of it? And how can certain foods, like bananas, help? (…)

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September 26, 2016 0 Comments

Pills & Periods

Back in the 1950s, the contraceptive pill was first presented as medication against painful periods. Temporary infertility was called just a side-effect. Soon loads of women were complaining about painful periods.

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June 16, 2016 0 Comments

Could I have a bleeding disorder?

Heavy blood loss during your menstruation? It could be due to a bleeding disorder. Dr. Marieke Kruip, hematologist at the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam (The Netherlands), believes this connection still isn’t acknowledged enough. (…)

Body & Mind
April 1, 2015 0 Comments

I feel so fat

A waist that seems to have disappeared and breasts that seem to have grown a cup size. Many women feel fatter than normal on their period. But are those feelings fact or fiction?