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Why Stress Interferes with your PCOS Recovery

Stress’s relationship with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is very much a doubled edge sword. The diagnosis of PCOS along with its devastating symptoms such as hair loss, acne, hirsutism (facial hair) and weight gain can be extremely to women. But the problem is that this stress could be the one thing blocking a women from recovering from PCOS both with a natural holistic or a conventional medical approach. If you or someone you know has been battling with PCOS, trying every remedy under the sun to no avail, then it is time to give a closer look at stress.

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Spironolactone for acne?

Perhaps you thought acne would be something you would be to leave behind in high school like your senior physics class or braces.  Unfortunately hormonal acne, which normally appears along the chin, jawline and cheek, can persist into early adult hood and even emerge during menopause.

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Could the Pill be Messing with your Gut?

Is this you?  A young woman, who I have been seeing over the years for PCOS, came in struggling with terrible acid reflux.   She had never had it before and it was even keeping her up at night. 

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Post-Pill Reset

Women go on birth control pills for a variety of reasons.  Perhaps you have been on and off them since you were 14 because you had unbearable cramps or extremely heavy bleeding…  

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Seed Cycling: Resetting your Period Naturally

It’s possible to balance hormones naturally with a process called “seed cycling.” Seed cycling is essentially the addition of various seeds to the diet during different phases of the female reproductive cycle to promote a healthy balance of hormones in the body.

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Superfoods You Aren't Hearing Enough About!

Superfoods are all the rage these days. They are finding their way into everything from smoothies to flavored vodkas. Magically, everything becomes a health food! There are some foods that do deserve...

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