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Gentle Companions Through Menopause: What to Look For
Menopause is a natural stage of life in which a woman's hormone balance shifts over several years. The body gradually produces less estrogen and progesterone, the cycle becomes more irregular,...
Buying Chasteberry: Vitex Extract & What to Look For
Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus) is one of the most traditional plants in the context of women's health and is offered today in many dietary supplements — as an extract capsule, as...
Nutrients During Menopause: What the Body Needs Now
Menopause is not an illness, but a natural stage of life in which the hormonal balance gradually shifts. During this time, many women ask themselves what to pay attention to...
Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus): use and forms
Few plants are as well known in women's health as chasteberry. The small, pepper-like fruits of Vitex agnus-castus have been used since antiquity and appear today in many cycle-support preparations....
Women's Iron Needs: All About Menstruation
Imagine your body producing around two million new red blood cells every single second. Each one needs iron to be able to bind oxygen. And every month, your period takes...
Nutrients During Breastfeeding
In your baby's first months of life, your breast milk is complete nutrition, fluid, energy, nutrients and protective substances all in one. To provide all that, your body continuously passes...
Nutrients for Hormone Balance
"Which nutrients are good for hormones?" is one of the most frequently asked questions in women's health, and the honest answer is both reassuring and nuanced. Reassuring, because several vitamins...
Nutrients for PMS & Your Cycle
The days before "those days" — many women know the feeling that something shifts in the second half of the cycle. No wonder the question comes up: what role do...
Chasteberry (Vitex): All About the Cycle & PMS
A shrub whose sharp, peppery berries medieval monks chewed to stay “calmer” – and which today is among the most-googled plants when it comes to the female cycle. Welcome to...
Supporting Menopause Naturally: Plants, Nutrients & Lifestyle
Supporting menopause naturally: traditionally used plants like wild yam and chasteberry, important nutrients (including for the bones) and lifestyle tips.
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