Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods and hormones
Articles about the role of thyroid disease and autoimmunity in women’s health problems such as PCOS, infertility, and perimenopause.
Want a simple solution for period and hormone problems? Consider the humble mineral zinc.
According to the 2020 paper, The Role of Zinc in Selected Female Reproductive System Disorders, zinc can be an effective treatment for many women’s health conditions, including PCOS, period pain, endometriosis, and vaginal dryness during menopause.
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Progesterone is beneficial because it lightens periods. It also reduces inflammation, regulates immune function, and supports healthy thyroid, brain, bones, and breasts.
Do you make enough progesterone? Are you sure?
The only way to make progesterone is to ovulate and have a healthy luteal phase.
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A menstrual cycle is, by definition, an ovulatory cycle in which ovulation is the main event, and progesterone is made. Any other kind of bleed is either an anovulatory bleed or a pill bleed.
Furthermore, progesterone (which can only be made by ovulating) is important for general health, and is not just to make a baby.
Successful treatment of heavy periods relies on identifying an underlying cause such as hormone imbalance (low progesterone), adenomyosis, or thyroid disease.
Treatment for heavy menstruation is to treat the cause as well as use general period-lightening strategies such as natural progesterone and a dairy-free diet.