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16 Apr

Can You Burn More Calories on Your Period?

Being on your period is never the most fun time for anyone. You get cramped up, your mood changes, you experience bloating and you get those intense hunger pangs and cravings. But, for all its faults and flaws, the menstrual cycle does have a secret silver lining: It’s an undercover calorie burner, though not exactly at the times you may expect. Considering how hungry and full of particular ...

Being on your period is never the most fun time for anyone. You get cramped up, your mood changes, you experience bloatin...

12 Apr

Why Do We Crave Sugar On Our Period?

We get it. You LOVE sugar, especially on your period. But do you actually know why you crave those sweets? Well, it has a lot to do with your hormone levels at the time of your period. In the time before and during your period your serotonin levels take a big dip. Serotonin (if you didn't know) is the hormone in your brain that makes you feel happy! So those days where you’re laughing and havi...

We get it. You LOVE sugar, especially on your period. But do you actually know why you crave those sweets? Well, it has a...

11 Apr

What Is Menstrual Blood Anyway?

Oh yay, periods. We all know the annoyance of the flow and the panic of blood seeping through (but you can help put that fear to rest with leak-proof period underwear from Ruby Love to guard the flow) – but just what is that menstrual flow made up of anyway? With the average woman menstruating for over 40 years of her life (and with a mean of 13 periods a year) that’s a lot of blood and stuff y...

Oh yay, periods. We all know the annoyance of the flow and the panic of blood seeping through (but you can help put that f...

10 Apr

How To Beat The Period Blues

It’s normal to feel a little blue around the time of your period. Your hormones are running wild and unfortunately, your mood is going to take a big hit from that. But don't worry, it will pass and you'll feel like your normal self soon enough. In the meantime, try these few things to feel a bit more like yourself during that time of the month. Take A Bath No, it’s not gross to take a bath wh...

It’s normal to feel a little blue around the time of your period. Your hormones are running wild and unfortunately, your m...

09 Apr

Ingredients You Want to Avoid

By now, you have surely heard time and again about how the vagina is self-cleaning and that scrubbing away with soaps and such can either not make much of a difference at all or even throw off your natural pH balance. But at times, you may need to expand beyond simple water for lubricant or an intimate wash. The important thing to remember Is that not all ingredients are harmful, but some do ...

By now, you have surely heard time and again about how the vagina is self-cleaning and that scrubbing away with soaps and ...

04 Apr

Your Hormones and You

As a woman, we are not immune to dealing with our hormones – and we know that they tend to fluctuate wildly around our menstrual cycle. But what are some of our major hormones? What do they do? What Is A Hormone? First of all, a hormone itself, so we are all on the same page, is a special chemical that your body produces in the endocrine system as essentially a communicator. Those endocrine...

As a woman, we are not immune to dealing with our hormones – and we know that they tend to fluctuate wildly around our men...

02 Apr

5 Things Gynecologists Don’t Want You Doing on Your Period

After months and years on end of enduring our periods, many of us feel as though we have it all figured out when it comes to doing what we need to do to get through it all. We have heard the medical advice, talked to our friends and generally feel like we have a handle on it (as much as we possibly can.) But, aside from the big medical things, there are actually five common habits most of us ar...

After months and years on end of enduring our periods, many of us feel as though we have it all figured out when it comes ...

28 Mar

A History of Menstrual Cramp Treatments

While nowadays whenever the menstrual cramps kick in, we instinctively reach for an Advil, a heating pad (and maybe a favorite snack – self-care, sweetie) there has been a whole history of women before us who did not have access to the luxuries of melting the pain away in tablet form. While the written history of cramp care really does not exist until the Middle Ages, we can assume our Neandert...

While nowadays whenever the menstrual cramps kick in, we instinctively reach for an Advil, a heating pad (and maybe a favo...

26 Mar

How Your Menstrual Cycle Changes as You Age

It’s no secret that as you age, your body goes through changes and that, the older you get, the more your fertility decrease as well. But going decade by decade, there are some other changes you can expect to experience when it comes to your cycle. Keep in mind that if you are on some form of birth control, these changes may be more regulated or affect you in different ways. Teens When you ...

It’s no secret that as you age, your body goes through changes and that, the older you get, the more your fertility decrea...

21 Mar

A Month of Your Period

Your period affects your body in various ways, but often we only think and talk about what happens the actual week of bleeding. But the menstrual cycle is a full, essentially one month-long cycle, and so your body and your mind experiences changes each step of the way. While, of course, everyone’s cycle will differ a bit, this is generally what you can expect to experience week by week. WEEK ...

Your period affects your body in various ways, but often we only think and talk about what happens the actual week of blee...

19 Mar

Your Birth Control and Your Period

It is no secret that if you are on some form of birth control, that effectively regulates your menstrual cycles. Using a variety of hormone controls to get the job done, the birth control is able to help prevent pregnancy by directly affecting your period and your cycles. So, what can you expect to differ about your period on various forms of birth control? Injections and Implants Since the...

It is no secret that if you are on some form of birth control, that effectively regulates your menstrual cycles. Using a v...

14 Mar

Yeast Infections and Your Period

At some point in her life, the average woman is most likely going to experience having a yeast infection. While not fun, they are pretty common. At some point, too, that means it is inevitable a yeast infection and a period will overlap. WHAT IS IT? A yeast infection occurs thanks to some grow-happy yeast (Candida albicans) that naturally occur inside the vagina. When it grows a little too mu...

At some point in her life, the average woman is most likely going to experience having a yeast infection. While not fun, t...

12 Mar

Lifestyle Tweaks for Better Menstrual Health

Menstrual frustrations are, of course, not just all in your head. There are undeniable physical changes, hormone flushes, pain increase and more that almost just can’t be helped. But you can fight back. Making a few lifestyle adjustments can lead to an overall better, happier, less frustrating time of the month for you. Your Diet “You are what you eat” is not just a saying – it is kind of als...

Menstrual frustrations are, of course, not just all in your head. There are undeniable physical changes, hormone flushes, ...

07 Mar

Your Period and Your Sports Performance

While it’s no secret you are probably feeling your most sluggish and least athletic while you are on your period, just how does it truly affect your performance when you are out on the field or hustling in the gym? Today, more and more athletes are open about discussing their periods and how they deal with it while out there running, jumping and pumping. It stands to reason that all the hormo...

While it’s no secret you are probably feeling your most sluggish and least athletic while you are on your period, just how...

05 Mar

The History of Period Panties

While periods are certainly still no great, fun thing, we should all be thankful we are experiencing them in today’s modern era. Being a bleeding woman way back when was a much harder experience and the options for containing the flow not only more limited but less desirable. Let us start by looking way back to medieval times. While there is not too much documentation (all those monks and scrib...

While periods are certainly still no great, fun thing, we should all be thankful we are experiencing them in today’s moder...

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