Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods
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.
When it comes to metabolism and weight loss, it’s largely about insulin. Insulin is also a major player in many women’s health conditions as PCOS, acne, progesterone deficiency, fibroids, and heavy periods.
Maintaining normal levels of insulin can help to prevent diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, dementia, and heart disease.
Do you have insulin resistance? It’s time to find out.
Antibiotics can cause weight gain.
It’s not unusual for me to hear a story from a patient like this: “I don’t know what happened. I was doing really well with weight loss, but then suddenly I just ballooned.”
When I hear that I ask: “Did you take antibiotics sometime in the last 3-4 months?” Very often, the answer is: “Um… Oh right! Yes, I did.”
Weight gain from antibiotics is a clinical reality. The research is finally starting to catch up.
Doctors, please stop prescribing the birth control pill willy-nilly to teenage girls. It is only a band-aid solution for symptoms like acne and PCOS, and it does nothing to correct underlying hormone balance.
Never mind the hair loss, depression, and weight gain from hormonal birth control. There is something else of great importance for young women: the pill reduces libido, possibly forever.
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