Do not Miss The Signs Your Periods are Giving You About Your Body Health

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Do not Miss The Signs Your Periods are Giving You
About Your Body Health

• FMD PCOS Profile Test

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• If you are having a painful period, it is your
  bodys way of telling you something is off. If
  you are missing work or school because of a
  painful cycle, then something is wrong. Ideally
  your periods shouldnt confine you to bed which
  is nonetheless the case these days.
• Mother nature didnt create periods for it to be
  a monthly endurance test for you. Healthy periods
  are your Birthright and Dont let anyone tell you
  otherwise.

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What Should Your Period Experience be Like?

• No cramping
• No bloating
• No breast tenderness
• No crazy mood swings
• No extreme fatigue.

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What are You Made to Believe About Periods??

• PMS is Very Normal
• The Truth is it is not normal. Its revealing the
  underlying problem
• Just because every woman today goes through PMS,
  it is accepted as NORMAL.
• Birth Control Pill Makes Period Problem Disappear
• The Truth is they are band aid fixes to mask the
  symptoms.
• In the long run, it does more damage than any
  good.
• Periods is About Fertility Only
• The Truth About Your Period Its Your 5th Vital
  Sign
• Healthy periods are an important determinant
  while evaluating the health of girls/women.
  Periods are so much about how a woman feels
  everyday. Its about her productivity, energy
  levels, hair, skin, moods and the list is long!

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What does a Healthy Period Look Like??

• Everyones period is different and that is OK. We
  are all different and unique women in regards to
  our personalities and physical features, and the
  same goes for our cycles as well.
• Periods should arrive every 25-35 days (average
  is 28-30 days)
• Bleed for 3-7 days
• Lose 25-80 millilitres of blood
• Bright, cranberry coloured blood that is the
  consistency of jelly that hasnt set yet
• Luteal phase of 10-16 days (ideally at least 12
  days!)

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What Happens During a Menstrual Cycle??

• During the menstrual cycle, a series of hormone
  changes prepare a womans body for pregnancy. The
  ovaries make hormones, which include estrogen and
  progesterone. These are being released under the
  influence of our brain.
• During the first phase of the cycle, as the
  follicles mature,
• Estrogen is released Thickening of the uterus
  lining preparing for pregnancy.
• When enough estrogen is built up Luteinizing
  hormone(LH) is released
• Luteinizing hormone(LH) stimulates ovulation(the
  release of an egg).
• During the second phase, progesterone becomes the
  most important hormone.
• If a woman doesnt become pregnant, the levels of
  progesterone will decrease and her body sheds the
  thickened uterine lining and the egg during the
  menstrual period.

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If any of these hormones are out of balance, the
uterine cavity is not prepared well.

• The house is not ready for the baby and it is the
  bodys wisdom to not support it. Some women
  experience Premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Its
  again due to one hormone dominating over the
  other. So hormones have to be in balance to send
  out the right messages.

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What is Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

• Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a combination of
  physical and emotional symptoms that many women
  experience after ovulation and/or before the
  start of their menstrual period.
• In a healthy woman, post ovulation, estrogen
  levels will start decreasing and progesterone
  will start rising. If this trend doesnt happen,
  and the estrogen levels continue to stay high,
  PMS symptoms start appearing.
• PMS is not normal Just because most women
  experience it today (given the impact of
  lifestyle and diet), PMS is made to be believed
  normal. Some women get their periods without any
  signs of PMS or only very mild symptoms. For
  others, PMS symptoms may be so severe that it
  makes it hard to do everyday activities.

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There are Three Typical Imbalances Involved in
PMS?

1. Relatively high estrogen levels all the time, so
   as progesterone falls, estrogen continues to
   dominate.
2. A womans baseline estrogen levels are normal but
   her progesterone levels are on the lower side.
3. A womans body is poor at detoxifying and ridding
   itself of estrogen in the liver or issues in the
   GI tract (chronic constipation)

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Symptoms of PMS?
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Steps Towards Healthy Periods

• There is no magic pill that will help you. Yes,
  it might silence the symptoms, but it will not
  fix the root cause
• Incorporating nourishing foods, healthy lifestyle
  changes and right supplements
• A detailed blood test can help to identify the
  underlying causes and plan the treatment strategy.

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• We tried to cover everything about a healthy
  natural menstrual cycle in this blog. If you are
  facing any issue in your periods like
  irregularity, PMS, heavy periods, etc, do not
  delay and book our PCOS Profile Test. It will
  help you decode the root causes of your hormonal
  imbalance. Functional Medicine Diagnostics brings
  you carefully curated PCOS test with the highest
  number of parameters (131).

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