Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods and hormones
Nutritional advice for menstrual health including nutritional protocols for PCOS, endometriosis, PMDD, and perimenopause. Strategies include reducing sugar to reverse insulin resistance and supplementing magnesium to stabilize the nervous system.
Iodine has a long history of use for breast symptoms such as pain and cysts. Research suggests it may also help reduce the risk of breast cancer and even play a role as an adjuvant treatment.
For example, iodine deficiency has been linked to the development of breast cancer, while supplementation shows potential benefits for breast cancer.
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’s no known mechanism, so it can’t be happening.”
Except it is happening. Ask anyone who works with young menstruating women. Or not menstruating, as the case may be.
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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.
Struggling with hair loss? There’s no one-size-fits-all treatment because there’s no one-size-fits-all cause.
To find your hair loss solution, you need to think through nine different factors.