nutrition articles • Page 8 of 11 • Lara Briden

How Vitamin B6 Relieves Premenstrual Mood Symptoms

May 26, 2022March 8, 2020 by Lara Briden

Thank you to my nutrition professor, who first taught me about vitamin B6 (pyridoxine or pyridoxal-5-phosphate) for PMS. It is an effective, reliable treatment for premenstrual mood problems, including PMDD.

Back then (30 years ago), vitamin B6 relieved my own premenstrual symptoms so dramatically that it became my eureka moment in natural health and menstrual health. I realized that although premenstrual mood symptoms are common, they’re not normal. And going forward, I had much higher expectations of what a period should be like.

How Iodine Protects Breasts

December 15, 2023February 10, 2020 by Lara Briden

Iodine has a long history of being an effective treatment for breast symptoms such as pain and cysts. It may also play a role in helping to reduce the risk of breast cancer and even treat breast cancer.

For example, new research has found that iodine deficiency may play a causative role in the development of breast cancer and that iodine supplementation may be effective as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

Have You Lost Your Period to a Low Carb or Keto Diet?

October 22, 2022December 1, 2015 by Lara Briden

Have you lost your period to a keto diet?

Every time I tweet my concern about women losing their periods to a low-carb or keto diet, I get a lot of angry responses.

“It’s purely anecdotal,” men explain to me. “There is no known mechanism, so it can’t really be happening.”

Except it is really happening. Ask anyone who works with young menstruating women. Or not menstruating, as the case may be.

Your Hormones Need Dinner

January 3, 2022May 24, 2015 by Lara Briden

Sometimes a patient tells me she had only a salad for dinner. Or, even more puzzling: A green smoothie.

I could never do that. I’m tired at the end of the day. I’m hungry. I need a substantial dinner such as roast chicken with potatoes, vegetables, and butter. I honestly cannot imagine sitting down with just a cold green salad.

I don’t think I’m different from other women. Women get hungry. Women need food.