Hi lovely ladies, I hope you all are doing well on a marvelous Monday ha (sarcasm). I wanted to share something very important that I know most women/girls would be able to relate especially if you are a mom like me. So, basically, I started my holistic wellness journey way back in the day because I never liked chemicals around me. It bothered my skin and overall wellness. But..to be honest I didn’t start taking it quite seriously until I realized my menstrual cramps are no joke. I mean on every month in a calendar I had to gulp with water one Advil or Tylenol whichever one was the lighter in dose. I went to my mom’s ancient Pakistani doctor and told him about my menstrual cramps. I remember telling him clearly that this pain is not normal. It indicates something is off in my body. He took it very non seriously smiled a little and said “don’t worry, most women have it. Once you have a baby, this will go away. Anyways, after that enlightening conversation with a doctor, my mom and I gave a look at each other and had our own moment to process lol. So, that was the last time I discussed this totally feminine issue with a male doctor or to say clearly a medical doctor who got no clue what holistic wellness is because all they know is how to sell medicines that he prescribed too which I didn’t take.
Let me tell you guys what I did to heal myself. I promise it’s way easier than you think but you have to put an effort obviously. Being a certified nutritionist things are a little easier for me to understand so I started with the basic blood test. Everything came out fine except little elevated blood sugar, so I reduced my carbs intake. I searched about trace minerals and bingo I realized I’m not getting enough of those. I started taking magnesium, selenium, iron, and copper-rich diet and started taking those supplements too. In short, I started eating omega 3 rich fatty acids (found in fish, hemp seeds, chia seeds, etc) and reduced my carbs intake. The workout I already was doing so checkmark there.
I also stopped buying any random toxic sanitary products (yes a lot of them are toxic and directly absorb chemicals in your vagina if you are using tampons especially). I buy now cotton-based pads free of any chemicals. I also looked around what other toxic products I could be using, so I changed my makeup products too even though I’m not a makeup person and hardly do it. Now years later with one beautiful daughter, I had easy postpartum and ZERO pain postpartum period.
So try these things before you go for any medical interventions to fix yourself!
- Balance your hormones (crucial) with a wholesome diet (omega 3 fatty acids (salmon and tuna), leafy greens vegetables, and organic/grass-fed beef, goat, chicken etc)
- Take supplements for the trace minerals (iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium) in case missing in your diet. I personally take zin, selenium, and magnesium. Magnesium especially played a big role in easing my cramps.
- Replace all the toxic products with the organic with the clean ingredients. You’ll be surprised makeup and your home cleaning products are quite toxic and not worth it despite the fact they are quite worth it.
- Do workouts to reduce stress and balance your hormones.
- Change your sanitary products (menstrual cups are the best or cotton-based pads).
- Hormonal birth controls (I’ll leave that for another post but read some quick research papers on how they are causing autoimmune issues in women).
