Ovarian Cysts

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:24:15 +0000

What are ovarian cysts? A cyst is a little balloon filled with air or fluid on one of the ovaries, which then exerts pressure on the right or left side of the lower abdomen. These cysts can be painful. Besides the pain in the lower abdomen, some other symptoms are: erratic, painful periods, often with much uterine bleeding as a result of elevated estrogen levels, painful intercourse, heel pain, and excessive hair growth.

When the ovarian cyst bursts the pain is relieved, though in some cases the cyst may reappear.

The incidence of ovarian cysts is on the rise, particularly among women between 14 and 55. Let’s look at some of the main factors that contribute to the development of cysts, and then the main things we can do to prevent them.

Causes of ovarian cysts:

Increased use of birth control pills, especially depo provera.
Increased consumption of hormone-infused foods such as most
commercial meat and milk, to which growth hormone has been added.
Stressful, frantic lifestyle.
Imbalanced, not natural diet.
Obesity.
A toxic, overburdened liver.

How can we diminish the likelihood of ovarian cysts?

Consume healthy, that is, organic meats and milks. Eat lots of fresh vegetables and drink abundant water.
Use a natural progesterone hormone cream.
Increase your liver metabolism and detoxify. Your allies here are the natural tinctures of olive leaf, dandelion, milk thistle seed, and artichoke.
Check your thyroid.
Stop smoking.
Loose weight.

When all is said and done though, it really comes down to a healthy lifestyle. This means to be true to yourself, not wishing yourself to be different. The hard part, oddly enough, may not be acts of “heroism”. Rather, it can be dropping parts of ourselves which are not worth holding on to, but we cling to from sheer habit. Your health is in your hands. So take excellent care of yourself – you are WORTH it!

Warmly Pieternel van Giersbergen.

Pieternel has been an R.N for over 25 years. She develops natural products for preventive health and is an expert on natural health issues. Her site www.pieternel.com has over 120 articles about healing yourself and staying healthy. © 2005 Pieternel van Giersbergen. www.pieternel.com

Reading Magazines and the Do’s and Don’t S

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:01:56 +0000

Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Elle, all the cool magazines have these type of articles. The dos and don’ts. They refer to all types of fashion, make up, hair, make up, nails, relationships you name it, they have a column like these one published every week.

Most women read it like it’s a religion and it really changes our behavior and the way we act towards guys and the way we live. This has gotten so popular that all magazines include these columns either weekly or monthly, and these articles make the cover every single time.

What really boggles my mind is that this advice is really at all not very assertive all the time. It may give your some fun and new cool ideas of what to do with your guy when you are outdoors or indoors of what colors really not to wear this season and even on your health or doctor visits.

I guess my question is how far do you really have to pay attention or follow this type of advice?

All women are very smart and capable of making their own decisions. We know what is needed it in our lives at some point or another, and sometimes we can come up with the right answers to our problems all on our own, and it really benefits our lives.

What to do about the magazines, read them for what they are for, read for new ideas but take advice with a grain of salt, remember you really don’t know who wrote the article. Make your own decisions in regard to health or beauty.

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