105. Ovarian Health and Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Health and Ovarian Cysts
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On this week's Wellness Wednesday episode, Evan covers the important topic of ovarian health. This is a topic that Evan has wanted to cover for some time now especially since they play an important role in women's health and hormone health. In this episode Evan will cover:
-What are ovaries?
-What do ovaries do?
-What are ovarian cysts?
-What are some practical ways that we can improve the health of our ovaries.
-What everyday products can be destroying your hormone levels.
With hormone levels being more out of balance than they have ever been, it's time we do everything in our power to rebalance our hormones and show the ovaries some love.
Do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.
Disclaimer:
This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.
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Transcript
going on everybody.
Speaker:Welcome back to the elemental oven show.
Speaker:Thank you very much for tuning in on this wellness Wednesday
Speaker:episode today's episode is.
Speaker:On a topic I have wanted to cover for quite a long time now.
Speaker:And, uh, I've just had to do some research to really feel a well enough prepared to.
Speaker:Provide this information in this, you know, podcast format or video format.
Speaker:Uh, to all of you.
Speaker:So I'm very excited, too.
Speaker:Finally be able to talk about the health of, uh, ovaries as well as, you know, a
Speaker:lot of the issues that arise with ovaries, as well as talk a little bit about.
Speaker:Hormones.
Speaker:Specifically with estrogen and progesterone.
Speaker:These are topics that are kind of, uh, you know, not something
Speaker:that I normally studied.
Speaker:Like I focused a lot on the gut health about hormones are such a, you know,
Speaker:interesting topic that I just haven't had the time to really dive into.
Speaker:And so I'm really excited to.
Speaker:Uh, finally share some of my findings with all of you, because
Speaker:I think it's extremely relevant.
Speaker:A lot of people or, sorry, I should say a lot of women.
Speaker:Have a lot of issues with their ovaries and the health of the ovaries.
Speaker:As well as just the health of our hormones are the correct balance of our hormones.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Uh, and that's as well with men, men are having similar issues
Speaker:with their hormones, hormone, disruptors, all of that kind of stuff.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Nonetheless let's just go ahead and jump into today's episode.
Speaker:I apologize in advance.
Speaker:If I sound too.
Speaker:Um, I don't know, like textbooky or something like that, where you.
Speaker:I'm just kind of giving you facts.
Speaker:I hope it doesn't sound like a lecture.
Speaker:I like to keep this as entertaining as possible, but I'm going to
Speaker:throw that out there just because this is a new topic for me, right?
Speaker:Like I'm not obviously a medical professional who studied this
Speaker:for a million years or whatever.
Speaker:Um, this has just been something that has been a hobby of mine.
Speaker:And so I'm excited to bring this though, to you nonetheless.
Speaker:And I think there's a lot of valuable information in here.
Speaker:That is my goal in every single episode is to provide you with
Speaker:digestible information, with tips and tricks that you can use in your day.
Speaker:Uh, in your life today after hearing this episode.
Speaker:So hopefully that is the case and a yes.
Speaker:I'll I'll give you a few tips and tricks at the end of this episode.
Speaker:But to start this episode off, I think it is obviously most important to
Speaker:start with what are the ovaries right.
Speaker:And so that's ovaries plural, cause there's two of them, but it is one of
Speaker:a pair of female glans in which the eggs form and the female hormones,
Speaker:estrogen and progesterone are mate.
Speaker:These hormones play an important role in female traits, such as breast
Speaker:development, body shape, and body hair.
Speaker:They are also involved in the menstrual cycle, fertility and pregnancy.
Speaker:There is one ovary on each side of the uterus and they are located in
Speaker:the lower abdomen on both the left and the right side of the uterus.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:So I know that is a very textbook definition, but it obviously suffices
Speaker:here and gets the point across.
Speaker:Also, if you want to kind of reference any of my sources, I will
Speaker:do my best to put all of the sources that I used in the show notes.
Speaker:So you can always click on those for further information as well.
Speaker:Now.
Speaker:We know what the ovaries are.
Speaker:We know where they're located now.
Speaker:What the heck do the ovaries do?
Speaker:So as stated in the definition, ovaries do produce and store eggs.
Speaker:And release them during oscillation, which you've probably very likely heard
Speaker:of through the fallopian tube and into the uterus to be fertilized by sperm
Speaker:ovaries also produce important hormones.
Speaker:Like I said, that control your menstrual cycle and pregnancy such as estrogen
Speaker:and progesterone, which are two very, very important hormones for women.
Speaker:And the balance of them and the timing in which, you know, one is higher
Speaker:than the other is very important.
Speaker:Um, I won't get too into that today.
Speaker:Uh, obviously there are people who are much more knowledgeable on these
Speaker:topics, but it is important to know that that throughout your menstrual
Speaker:cycle, Uh, progesterone levels and estrogen levels will vary depending
Speaker:on what phase you're in of your cycle.
Speaker:Now.
Speaker:Also an interesting thing to note, women are born with every egg that
Speaker:they will ever have in their lifetime.
Speaker:Um, I know many people already know this, but I still just think
Speaker:that's such a fascinating thing to, uh, to know is that while a.
Speaker:You know, a baby girl is inside her mother.
Speaker:She has all the eggs that she's eventually essentially ever going to have.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:It's really crazy.
Speaker:And it's also the reason why, uh, women will medically preserve
Speaker:their eggs for later usage.
Speaker:If they're trying to have a child at a later date, or they just know that
Speaker:they do not have very many eggs, right.
Speaker:So this is something that we are lucky enough to do nowaday
Speaker:with, uh, uh, modern technology.
Speaker:Uh, and that's why women obviously do that for women.
Speaker:I'm pretty sure I'm just.
Speaker:Like telling you obvious facts here, but, uh, that is why obviously, uh, we do that.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:The main issues with ovaries.
Speaker:And I think this part is very important because, um, you know, we've been
Speaker:having a lot of issues with ovaries.
Speaker:Uh, say I say, we, I guess we as a society, but obviously for women here.
Speaker:And one of the most common things that we see with ovaries is ovarian cysts.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:These are very, very common.
Speaker:Um, I'm sure many of you, female listeners probably know about this and
Speaker:maybe have even experienced it as well.
Speaker:Uh, now.
Speaker:They are not always harmful and I will get into more of what ovarian cysts are and
Speaker:which ones are harmful, but let's continue on with some other, uh, common symptoms.
Speaker:Uh, there are issues that we find with ovaries.
Speaker:So we also have polycystic ovary syndrome, which is PCO S ovarian cancer,
Speaker:pelvic inflammatory disease, ovarian tumors, and endo meet endometriosis.
Speaker:Mitosis, sorry me.
Speaker:Trioses.
Speaker:Ptosis.
Speaker:And, uh, those are the most common things that we see with ovaries.
Speaker:However, I'm really mainly going to focus on the cysts here
Speaker:because they are just so common.
Speaker:So what is an ovarian cyst?
Speaker:Well, an ovarian cyst is a common overgrowth or sorry, a common growth
Speaker:that develops on or inside your ovaries.
Speaker:There are several, several types of cysts with the most common ones being
Speaker:harmless without symptoms, and eventually they just go away on their own.
Speaker:Uh, it can be, uh, caused by the processes of your, of your menstrual cycle.
Speaker:And that can cause some of these old ovarian cysts.
Speaker:And on that note, ovarian cysts are little sacks filled with fluid or semi-solid
Speaker:material, depending on the type of cyst.
Speaker:Ovarian cysts typically occur as a result of ovulation, like I was saying,
Speaker:uh, however, there are some cysts that form without being in response
Speaker:to your menstrual menstrual cycle.
Speaker:So a few of these cysts are.
Speaker:Endo Mitra, uh, end DRO endo Mitt.
Speaker:Tromas ovarian cancer.
Speaker:Dermoid cysts and cysts to denote.
Speaker:Uh, sorry.
Speaker:Y'all.
Speaker:Cystadenoma is I believe is how you say it.
Speaker:And, uh, often ovarian cysts do not cause any symptoms.
Speaker:Like I said, however, the, uh, larger ovarian cysts can cause pelvic pain, for
Speaker:example, or a dull ache in your back, a feeling of fullness or bloating in
Speaker:your lower belly, painful periods and pain during intercourse in some cases.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:So if you are experienced some experiencing some of those issues,
Speaker:Uh, then it would be a good idea to go see a medical professional and
Speaker:get your, uh, essential your pelvis and your, your, uh, ovaries and
Speaker:just your whole lower abdomen area.
Speaker:Uh, observed.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:If symptoms linger than it could indicate a condition called
Speaker:polycystic ovary syndrome, which I stated earlier, or PCO S PCOM.
Speaker:Can cause irregular periods and other hormone related problems,
Speaker:such as obesity and in fertility.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Um, so if you are experiencing any of these issues, like I said, please
Speaker:go see a medical professional.
Speaker:I hope that.
Speaker:You know, through the information I'm providing.
Speaker:Uh, I'm giving you the opportunity to understand that, you know, um, these
Speaker:painful periods or painful intercourse or whatever, it may be this dull ache
Speaker:in your back, or, you know, bloating that you constantly have in your lower
Speaker:abdomen or pain in your lower abdomen.
Speaker:Um, you know, hopefully this is your sign to go get it checked out.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Because the sooner, you know something about your body,
Speaker:the faster you can act on it.
Speaker:Um, so definitely go see a medical professional in, in that case.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:So how to get rid of ovarian cysts.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:As stated earlier, the common ovarian cyst will actually just go away on their own.
Speaker:However, if they are one of the more serious cysts, then a
Speaker:medical provider may provide, uh, medications containing hormones.
Speaker:Uh, or they can remove it through surgical procedure.
Speaker:So obviously those are in the more serious cases.
Speaker:And now obviously, you know that on this show, I like to give you more
Speaker:like holistic and you know, things that you can do in your home and on
Speaker:your own to benefit your ovaries.
Speaker:But I say that with a caveat, if you are having serious issues, issues
Speaker:with, you know, your ovaries or your hormones or whatever it may be, of
Speaker:course go see the medical professional.
Speaker:But I like to just give you practical tips that you can still imply
Speaker:implement into your life today.
Speaker:So we'll get into those.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Like I said, I love to provide you with these tips.
Speaker:Keep your body healthy.
Speaker:And we are going to go over some foods and different lifestyle changes
Speaker:that you can make to your life.
Speaker:And, uh, they will directly impact the health of your
Speaker:ovaries and your reproductive system and hormones altogether.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Ooh, sorry.
Speaker:I'm going on a rant there.
Speaker:Uh, okay.
Speaker:So how to keep your ovaries healthy.
Speaker:This is going to be some really practical tips and, uh, you know, very
Speaker:easy things for us to do to ensure that we're taking care of our ovaries, as
Speaker:well as just our hormones in general.
Speaker:And even if you are a male.
Speaker:Uh, man, if you are listening to this, you can also apply some of
Speaker:these tactics to your life as well.
Speaker:Obviously, you don't have ovaries.
Speaker:Uh, but nonetheless doing some of these different exercises or tactics.
Speaker:Uh, can benefit you as well.
Speaker:So go ahead and listen up.
Speaker:So healthy diet is obviously always going to play a role
Speaker:in the health of our bodies.
Speaker:I don't think that's, you know, uh, news anybody here.
Speaker:Uh, but so making sure that we are eating.
Speaker:Whole foods or, uh, another way of putting it.
Speaker:Uh, just one ingredient.
Speaker:Item food's right.
Speaker:So like on a bag of apples that just says apples, and then on a box of cereal has
Speaker:like 20 different ingredients, right?
Speaker:So we want to stick to the products that have one ingredient, apples.
Speaker:Uh, zucchini, right.
Speaker:Things like that.
Speaker:So, Eating these whole foods are going to be key.
Speaker:And there are specific foods, however that are especially beneficial for the ovaries.
Speaker:And, um, we definitely want to focus on these.
Speaker:Uh, for this episode, right?
Speaker:So.
Speaker:The first thing we want to focus on is vitamin a.
Speaker:Vitamin a is high in foods, such as carrots, eggs, sweet
Speaker:potatoes, spinach and liver.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Liver is actually one of the highest vitamin a containing foods in the world.
Speaker:So if you do eat animal products, I highly recommend adding
Speaker:some liver into your diet.
Speaker:You could literally eat just a little bit of liver once a week.
Speaker:Like I'm talking three to four ounces of it.
Speaker:So not that much you can.
Speaker:Obviously eat more if you'd like, But that's all you would really have to eat
Speaker:to achieve some solid levels of vitamin a.
Speaker:Also something I'd like to note here is just how certain foods really
Speaker:do resemble like parts of our body.
Speaker:And what I think is so interesting is, you know, eggs really is on
Speaker:the list a lot here in terms of being beneficial for ovaries.
Speaker:Obviously, as long as you don't have any like food allergy, Eggs,
Speaker:but I think that's so interesting because obviously the egg.
Speaker:It's coming from a chicken, but I mean, our ovaries, what are they doing there?
Speaker:They have our eggs, right.
Speaker:They're storing our aides, they're releasing the eggs.
Speaker:And so I just find it very interesting how.
Speaker:You know, the, the chicken egg, or whatever kind of egg, your eating is going
Speaker:to have a lot of the beneficial nutrients that are also going to benefit your ovary.
Speaker:And we find that to be true in a lot of different foods.
Speaker:Now, the next thing we really want to focus on is selenium
Speaker:rich foods, such as Brazil, nuts.
Speaker:They have a lot of selenium selenium in them, as well as
Speaker:shellfish and once again, eggs.
Speaker:So, uh, those are three different foods that are going to be hind selenium.
Speaker:I know there's other foods out there that are also high in selenium,
Speaker:but, uh, those are three foods that you can start eating today.
Speaker:Um, one of the easiest ones is obviously going to be eggs because I think a lot of
Speaker:people already eat those on average and.
Speaker:Um, you know, they cover a lot of, you know, vitamin a selenium
Speaker:as well as, um, uh, just a ton of different other vitamins and minerals.
Speaker:So definitely eat your eggs if you can.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Moving into a vitamin C rich foods.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Vitamin C is also going to be very, very beneficial.
Speaker:Obviously, you know, it's beneficial for the ovaries by all
Speaker:of these things are going to be beneficial for the entire body.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Vitamin C rich foods.
Speaker:My favorite of all of them is the camu camu Berry.
Speaker:It is from what I know to be the highest containing food in terms of vitamin C.
Speaker:So it has the most vitamin C out of any other food that we know of
Speaker:on the planet, at least currently.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Uh, maybe we'll find another fruit or something down the, or a vegetable
Speaker:down the line that has more vitamin C, but at the moment in time, I
Speaker:believe it is common camu Berry.
Speaker:For myself personally, and with Ashley, I always add camu camu, Berry powder.
Speaker:So you can buy it in a powder form and I will add it to our green juice
Speaker:in the morning from organic organic.
Speaker:I already has a bunch of great stuff in there, product like.
Speaker:Spirulina chlorella.
Speaker:Um, they have ashwagandha in there which is really good for
Speaker:balancing hormones as well.
Speaker:And, uh, you know, I'll add some common kombu in there to really boost that
Speaker:vitamin C content and yeah, that's like something we drink pretty regularly.
Speaker:Um, you know, not early in the morning, but somewhere around like 10 o'clock,
Speaker:depending on if we're fasting or not.
Speaker:And so if you want to get yourself some of the Organifi green juice, I always
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Speaker:So definitely check them out.
Speaker:Um, and then in terms of other foods that are going to be high in vitamin C, we
Speaker:also have broccoli, which I think not a lot of people expect to be on the list.
Speaker:A lot of times we think of citrus fruit, like oranges.
Speaker:Uh, but broccoli is very, very high in vitamin C.
Speaker:Uh, pretty much any kind of Berry, uh, berries are very
Speaker:important to buy organic as well.
Speaker:Uh, especially with strawberries, strawberries are one of the most.
Speaker:Commonly sprayed foods there.
Speaker:Um, Typically they are number one on the dirty dozen list, which is a list of
Speaker:12 different, um, fruits and vegetables that are the most heavily sprayed fruits
Speaker:and vegetables, uh, on the market.
Speaker:And strawberries like year after year after year, usually
Speaker:have the number one spot.
Speaker:So when buying berries and specifically strawberries, make
Speaker:sure you're buying them organic.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Because those pesticides that they're spraying on there can also
Speaker:be very serious hormone disruptors.
Speaker:Then we move on to citrus fruit, which is, you know, I had to throw it in there
Speaker:because it is still high in vitamin C.
Speaker:Um, and I think we're all just, you know, we're raised with.
Speaker:Uh, thinking that they are, but also who doesn't enjoy some citrus fruit.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:So those are going to be great ways of getting some vitamin C into your diet.
Speaker:Now, I'm also going to throw in some probiotic, rich foods in
Speaker:here because, uh, and as well as anti-inflammatory foods, because we
Speaker:know that what's good for the gut is going to be good for the entire body.
Speaker:Like I always say, um, I like to use the quote of Hippocrates, which is, uh,
Speaker:you know, all disease begins in the gut.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:We want to make sure we're taking care of our digestive system and keeping
Speaker:it functioning at its top level.
Speaker:So eating fermented foods, uh, and pickled foods like
Speaker:sauerkraut, kefir, yogurt, kimchi.
Speaker:Uh, and taking probiotic supplements are going to be very, very high
Speaker:on the list of things to do.
Speaker:So, for example, if you want to also take a probiotic supplement.
Speaker:You can actually now find probiotic supplements that have a prebiotic, a
Speaker:post biotic and a probiotic, all three.
Speaker:In one pill.
Speaker:Now, the reason that's very important is because specifically with the
Speaker:prebiotic, the prebiotic is going to feed all of the good gut bacteria.
Speaker:It is the food.
Speaker:For the good gut bacteria.
Speaker:So that prebiotic is really awesome.
Speaker:It's going to help the probiotics that you're taking.
Speaker:Uh, you know, take root a little bit and also benefit some of
Speaker:the good bacteria in your gut.
Speaker:And then the postbiotics are like the after product of your good gut bacteria.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Really a great idea to take those.
Speaker:Um, I've taken seed, which I think has a pre and pro I don't
Speaker:think it has a post biotic.
Speaker:Um, and then I just bought some from ritual, which, um, I do not
Speaker:have any affiliate with them at all.
Speaker:I just wanted to try their product because they do have a pre-pro and post biotic.
Speaker:So I'm kind of a rant there, but.
Speaker:The reason I'm also saying this is because having a healthy gut is very
Speaker:important for also, um, estrogen balance.
Speaker:So from what I have read for women who are constipated, often, they tend to
Speaker:have higher levels of estrogen because I believe from what I understand, um,
Speaker:You know, don't quote me on this, but from what I understand, The estrogen
Speaker:while it's being excreted out of the body, uh, can actually be reabsorbed.
Speaker:Uh, through the bowels.
Speaker:And so the longer essentially you are constipated and holding onto this
Speaker:feces, uh, it has a better chance of being reabsorbed into the body and
Speaker:increasing your levels of estrogen.
Speaker:Um, once again, Like do your research on that one.
Speaker:Don't quote me on it.
Speaker:Um, but I am quite positive that I am understanding that correctly.
Speaker:Now in terms of a, oh, sorry.
Speaker:Um, we'll skip the anti-inflammatory food.
Speaker:So in terms of anti-inflammatory foods, we want to really focus on things like,
Speaker:you know, tumeric, for example, tumeric is a very anti-inflammatory food.
Speaker:And if you are not already getting it into your diet somehow, then I really
Speaker:highly recommend getting some tumeric into your diet, as well as any other
Speaker:anti-inflammatory food that you prefer.
Speaker:Uh, the reason I say it's important for us to have anti-inflammatory foods is because
Speaker:it can also have a very calming effect on the gut and a healing effect on the gut.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:Whereas like fried foods, for example, are going to cause a
Speaker:lot of inflammation in your gut.
Speaker:I've heard that.
Speaker:When you eat.
Speaker:Uh, fried foods.
Speaker:It can cause up to three days of inflammation throughout the body.
Speaker:So I'm really avoid the fried foods.
Speaker:Now in terms of your lifestyle and habits, you're definitely going to
Speaker:want to focus on getting some movement.
Speaker:I say this over and over again, movement is medicine, right?
Speaker:And the reason, or at least one of the big reasons why movement is medicine is
Speaker:simply because your lymphatic system, which has lymphatic fluid in it.
Speaker:Does not have pumps of its own, right?
Speaker:Not like your heart, where your heart can pump literally and move blood
Speaker:throughout your body while your lymphatic system does not have that ability.
Speaker:It has no form of pumping, you know, it's fluid through throughout the body.
Speaker:Um, to, you know, clean itself.
Speaker:And get rid of all the toxins or whatever it may be, be building
Speaker:up in the lymphatic fluid.
Speaker:So one of the best things we can do.
Speaker:Is move movement will move your lymphatic system.
Speaker:So going out for a walk, going out for a run, going and lifting some weights,
Speaker:doing some yoga, doing some dance, whatever it may be, you could be surfing
Speaker:just as long as you are moving your body, getting your heart rate up a little bit,
Speaker:breathing a little bit harder than normal.
Speaker:That is going to be key for moving your lymphatic fluid.
Speaker:You can also do lymphatic massages, but you know, one of the easiest ways of doing
Speaker:this is literally to just move your body.
Speaker:Now I have heard something, which is very interesting.
Speaker:And this comes from Sean Stevenson on one of his episodes.
Speaker:Um,
Speaker:He talks about this kind of practice where.
Speaker:Men and women can do this, but specifically it was catered for
Speaker:women and for, um, Aiding and their hormones and getting rid of excess
Speaker:hormones, I believe is what it was.
Speaker:He said that you can go ahead and.
Speaker:For example, start out with taking some niacin.
Speaker:So niacin is going to really open up.
Speaker:You know, all of your, um, oh, I can't think of the term, but it
Speaker:essentially flushes your body, right?
Speaker:Like if you've ever taken niacin before, you know what I'm talking
Speaker:about, it literally makes you flush.
Speaker:Like you get red in the face and you, you kind of feel a little
Speaker:itch itchy because it's opening.
Speaker:I.
Speaker:I don't know if it's opening up your pores or what exactly, but
Speaker:it is opening up the passageways to kind of start sweating, right.
Speaker:And removing toxins.
Speaker:So take a little bit of niacin.
Speaker:You could also maybe take a little bit of chlorophyll to
Speaker:help also cleanse the blood.
Speaker:And then after you take that go rebound.
Speaker:So rebound is just a fancy term for like jumping on a trampoline essentially,
Speaker:but you want to jump on a trampoline and that action of jumping is really
Speaker:good, I guess, for moving the lymphatic fluid and moving the lymphatic system.
Speaker:So you go ahead and you rebound for like 10 minutes or whatever.
Speaker:It may be maybe 15.
Speaker:And then after you do that, so you're already sweating
Speaker:nice and good at this point.
Speaker:Go ahead and jump into a sauna.
Speaker:And if you jump into a sauna, obviously you're going to continue to sweat
Speaker:and you're really going to help move that lymphatic fluid and just really.
Speaker:Expel all of the toxins, and I guess this is supposed to also
Speaker:really help balance the hormones.
Speaker:So I really actually want to give this a try.
Speaker:I haven't had the ability to do it yet.
Speaker:Um, but I plan on trying this out with Ashley as well.
Speaker:Um, so when I do that, I'll post it on my socials and you
Speaker:can see me doing it there, but.
Speaker:Uh, that sounds like a really good workout and supposedly is
Speaker:really good for the hormones.
Speaker:So give that a try.
Speaker:If you are experiencing, uh, difficulties with your hormones being balanced,
Speaker:or if you just want to give it a try.
Speaker:Now the other really big thing here is going to be getting great sleep, not good.
Speaker:Sleep.
Speaker:Get great sleep.
Speaker:You need to be prioritizing sleep like it is no one's business.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Food sleep movement.
Speaker:Those three things are some of my main tenants that I always talk about.
Speaker:I include them in the, you know, in the courses that I run.
Speaker:Uh, they're always paired with a different, uh, Uh, element as
Speaker:well, because obviously I focus on the elements and I pair certain
Speaker:health qualities with them.
Speaker:And those three are always in there.
Speaker:And great sleep is just at the core of being healthy and living a healthy life.
Speaker:So we really want to focus on optimizing our sleep.
Speaker:It is a time in which our body can repair itself and also to really
Speaker:balance our hormones and, you know, uh, process them in the proper way.
Speaker:Uh, and honestly like having the balance of your hormones in check is going to
Speaker:be key, especially for women who, um, I guess it's very common to get, uh, either
Speaker:low levels of progesterone and higher levels of estrogen, or even just not
Speaker:necessarily low levels of progesterone, but elevated levels of estrogen.
Speaker:Um, I guess this is a very common thing.
Speaker:And so getting great sleep is one of the few tactics we can use to
Speaker:really help balance our hormones.
Speaker:So get great sleep.
Speaker:Make a make an evening routine, just like you would make a morning routine.
Speaker:Uh, you know, dim the lights.
Speaker:Take some time off of the screens before bed and, um, you know, don't
Speaker:eat any food too late at night.
Speaker:These are going to really benefit you in getting some good sleep.
Speaker:Now the last thing in terms of lifestyle habits, I'm going to talk
Speaker:about is going to be to distress.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Stress is.
Speaker:A major issue, right?
Speaker:I mean, In our day and age stresses, one of the biggest problems people
Speaker:are dealing with, right, right up there with, uh, obesity and
Speaker:great sleep and all the others.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:We live in.
Speaker:In a state of being, you know, An elevated stress at all times of the day, or at
Speaker:least a low constant level of stress, which is not healthy for our body at all.
Speaker:So we definitely want to make sure that we are taking time to de stress.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:Uh, when you're stressed, you tend to release excess amounts of
Speaker:cortisol, which cortisol is amazing.
Speaker:It's absolutely necessary for us to function properly.
Speaker:However, when we are having extremely elevated levels of cortisol all the time.
Speaker:And on top of that, we are drinking a lot of caffeine, which, you know,
Speaker:spikes the cortisol release even more.
Speaker:We are taxing our adrenal glands and just really messing with our hormones, uh, when
Speaker:we have these elevated cortisol levels.
Speaker:So the best thing I can recommend is to just take a moment to
Speaker:breathe, take a moment to.
Speaker:Uh, look out the window and look at the beauty.
Speaker:Look at the scenery, um, you know, smell.
Speaker:What, what smells are you smelling around you?
Speaker:What things can you see?
Speaker:What things can you touch and feel?
Speaker:Uh, take a moment to just be present, essentially.
Speaker:And on top of that, you can also take a few deep breaths, which will really
Speaker:activate your parasympathetic nervous system, get you into a relaxed state.
Speaker:So doing things like inhaling for the count of four, and then maybe
Speaker:exhaling for the count of six is going to be very helpful for de-stressing.
Speaker:So you would inhale through your nose for four and then exhale, like you're blowing
Speaker:out of a straw for the count of six.
Speaker:That extra long XL is what's going to really help our body to calm down.
Speaker:You also want to make sure that you are deeping or sorry.
Speaker:You were breathing deep into the belly.
Speaker:So when you take an inhale, you expand the belly, pulling air deep into the
Speaker:lungs and then contract your belly on your exhale to really expel all of that air.
Speaker:So do that kind of a exercise.
Speaker:If you're feeling very stressed and it will help you to de stress, which
Speaker:we definitely need to start doing.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Now.
Speaker:Last, but not least.
Speaker:And this is.
Speaker:Really really important.
Speaker:I mean, this is maybe I should've put this at the top of the list,
Speaker:but it is to stay away from hormone blockers, as best as you can.
Speaker:Now hormone blockers are in a lot of stuff.
Speaker:So it is going to be very difficult to get away from them.
Speaker:And, you know, it's probably almost impossible to fully get
Speaker:away from them, but, uh, we need to do our best to really limit our
Speaker:exposure to these hormone blockers.
Speaker:Now you might be wondering what the heck these hormone blockers are.
Speaker:I got ya.
Speaker:First off synthetic fragrances, anything with a synthetic fragrance
Speaker:is going to be a hormone blocker.
Speaker:One of the best ways to avoid this is literally to just go fragrance
Speaker:free, or you can try to find a more natural type of fragrance, maybe an
Speaker:essential oil or something like that.
Speaker:Uh, that hopefully will not be disruptive to your hormones.
Speaker:Now.
Speaker:Uh, there's also BPA.
Speaker:So, you know, obviously the thing that we have tried to
Speaker:remove from our plastics, right.
Speaker:But the, the deal here is even though BPA is out of certain
Speaker:plastics, which is great.
Speaker:That doesn't mean.
Speaker:That plastic is necessarily safe, right?
Speaker:Just because there's a BPA, there's also a, BPB a BPC, a BPD, right?
Speaker:Like there's so many others that we don't even really know the effects of.
Speaker:So the best thing here is to really watch out for the plastics, avoid
Speaker:using plastic as much as you can.
Speaker:Definitely, definitely avoid microplastics in your, uh, you know,
Speaker:your face wash and body washes.
Speaker:I've seen, they put those little tiny micro plastic beads in
Speaker:there as like an exfoliant.
Speaker:Please avoid those.
Speaker:Those are terrible for the environment as well.
Speaker:And then also we tend to put a food in plastic and then heat that plastic
Speaker:up, which is just not a good idea.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Putting it in a glass container or something metal, whatever
Speaker:it may be is going to be so much safer and better for you.
Speaker:It is going to, you know, really keep you from being exposed to
Speaker:all these hormone disruptors.
Speaker:And, uh, just really allow your hormones to naturally be imbalanced
Speaker:and not be affected by anything.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Now, the other thing I really want to talk about is fallates,
Speaker:um, these are in most of your.
Speaker:You know, cosmetic products, I would say I see it a lot in shampoos,
Speaker:conditioners, things like that.
Speaker:But you definitely want to avoid these things.
Speaker:Um, they believe it was fallates were really, really closely
Speaker:linked with cancer as well.
Speaker:Um, it might've been another item, but I know families are definitely not good.
Speaker:They're not good for your hormones.
Speaker:And they might be also associated with cancer.
Speaker:Uh, so we really want to avoid this and one of the best ways to.
Speaker:Avoid these Falaise and synthetic fragrances and all these other
Speaker:kind of weird things that they're putting on our bodies is to
Speaker:just opt for cleaner products.
Speaker:And the reason I highly recommend doing this is because the cosmetic industry is.
Speaker:Honestly, there's very little regulation in terms of what they can put in there.
Speaker:And your skin is an Oregon.
Speaker:It is able to absorb what you put on it.
Speaker:So if you are putting.
Speaker:Something that is toxic on your skin.
Speaker:Why would it not be absorbed into your body?
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:I mean, if essentially it should almost come down to the point where
Speaker:if it's not edible, It maybe should not be going on to your skin, right.
Speaker:Uh, that's a little bit far, obviously, but it's a good rule of thumb.
Speaker:And so that's why I really typically only use a few products.
Speaker:There's only a couple of ones that I will use.
Speaker:Um, and to the big ones in terms of cosmetic care are Alitura
Speaker:naturals and living libations.
Speaker:Now don't get me wrong.
Speaker:These aren't the cheapest brands out there, obviously.
Speaker:And, um, even just opting for brands that you know, are doing
Speaker:their best to remove some of these hormone disruptors like Falaise and
Speaker:whatever else, um, is a good idea.
Speaker:But if you really are able to afford it, then I highly highly recommend using
Speaker:Alitura naturals and living libations.
Speaker:As much as you can, just because they are so, so clean.
Speaker:Uh, in terms of Alitura naturals, I've seen the owner put, I think it was the
Speaker:body lotion on, he pumped it onto his hand and then he actually just ate it.
Speaker:Uh, to show how clean the products were.
Speaker:They are incredibly, incredibly clean and they use super high
Speaker:quality and effective products.
Speaker:They will put propolis, they'll put, uh, Royal jelly in there.
Speaker:They put like French green clay.
Speaker:All kinds of incredible products for you.
Speaker:And, uh, yeah, so just super clean and definitely none of the bad stuff that's
Speaker:going to be messing with your hormones.
Speaker:And then we have living libations, which they do a lot of, uh, essential
Speaker:oils and oil based products.
Speaker:But.
Speaker:Also just extremely clean top of the line smells good.
Speaker:Both of them are extremely effective as well, which, you know, if you're
Speaker:going to use a product, just because it's clean, you also want it to work.
Speaker:Both of these definitely work.
Speaker:I've used both of their products and I've enjoyed using them, uh, over the years.
Speaker:So I don't have any, um, any ties with living libation.
Speaker:I wish I did.
Speaker:Uh, So then I could give you a discount code, but I, I don't, um, I
Speaker:wasn't able to get one, but in terms of Alitura naturals, I do have a 15%
Speaker:discount code off of your first order.
Speaker:Uh, that will be linked in the show notes as well.
Speaker:So go check them out and, you know, get some of these products that are going to
Speaker:be able to replace other products that have hormone disruptors in them for you.
Speaker:And, uh, yeah, like highly, highly recommend.
Speaker:If you do go with them to try out their, uh, the body lotion.
Speaker:To try out their night mask, as well as their, um, their face mask.
Speaker:It's a, it's a clay mask that will dry on your face.
Speaker:And then you kind of scrub it off.
Speaker:Incredible.
Speaker:Absolutely love them.
Speaker:And the gold serum.
Speaker:Pretty much everything.
Speaker:Uh, but they're really excellent.
Speaker:Uh, so go ahead and check them out in the show notes and yeah, those
Speaker:are two products that I highly highly recommend at the minimum.
Speaker:You want to just read the label and.
Speaker:Try to see and make sure that they're not putting synthetic
Speaker:fragrances and different.
Speaker:You know, weird products in.
Speaker:Items in their products.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So those are going to be absolutely key.
Speaker:Um, like I said, that last portion right there.
Speaker:I maybe should have been said first, because it is so important
Speaker:and we are being bombarded with different hormone disruptors.
Speaker:On the daily, like absolutely on the daily.
Speaker:Um, for example, people who have.
Speaker:Synthetic fragrance candles or those little Glade plugins
Speaker:or whatever it may be.
Speaker:Um, take those out.
Speaker:You are being exposed to these hormone disruptors constantly all day long.
Speaker:You're breathing it in, please, please, please get rid of them.
Speaker:There are so many other options for making your house smell good.
Speaker:Like a more natural candle.
Speaker:Uh, that uses essential oils and bees wax, or coconut oil for its base, um, and you
Speaker:know, or an essential oil diffuser even.
Speaker:So, uh, definitely do those and try to balance your hormones because we
Speaker:are living in a time where our home hormones have never been this out
Speaker:of balance for both men and women.
Speaker:But obviously in this, uh, podcast episode, we are focusing solely
Speaker:on the ovaries and the health of women and their hormones.
Speaker:So to all you women out there.
Speaker:Um, doing your best every single day.
Speaker:Uh, you all are incredible.
Speaker:Let's take care of you, take care of your health, get your hormones
Speaker:on track and make sure you all are, uh, performing at your best level.
Speaker:And, um, you know, when you're happy and when you are doing well and your
Speaker:hormones are in check, you show up as your best self to the world around you.
Speaker:And, uh, you know, everyone.
Speaker:Uh, Love's a person who who's operating at their best level possible.
Speaker:Um, you know, it's, it's not fair to be hindered by something.
Speaker:Uh, and especially to not know what that is.
Speaker:So if you think you have any issues with your hormones,
Speaker:definitely go get them checked.
Speaker:Uh, you could go to a medical professional to do so, or you could
Speaker:even do a at-home testing kit.
Speaker:There's so many of them now.
Speaker:Um, I think there's one called like Everly.
Speaker:Well, There's one called life force by Tony Robbins.
Speaker:There's um, There's so many.
Speaker:I, and they're not coming to my mind right now, but there are a ton of, uh, at-home
Speaker:test kits that you can do as well to get a better idea of your hormone levels.
Speaker:And I highly recommend it because, you know, you can only really work
Speaker:on the things that you, uh, test and are able to know the levels, right.
Speaker:So we got to know where we're at first, before we can make any
Speaker:improvements, but these are some good tips to start doing today.
Speaker:And, uh, you know, they're, they're going to be beneficial for your hormones,
Speaker:regardless if they're out of whack or not.
Speaker:Uh, so definitely go ahead and implement some of these into your lives today.
Speaker:But that is.
Speaker:Going to do it for our episode on ovaries.
Speaker:I'm sorry if it was long and lecture, like, but it was very important.
Speaker:Uh, it was a very important topic for me to give to all of you and
Speaker:do my best to, you know, give you the information that I found.
Speaker:Uh, I will, I'm sure.
Speaker:Come back to this topic as well as just the topic of hormones.
Speaker:Uh, specifically with women's hormones, as well as men's hormones.
Speaker:And, um, yeah, they're very, very big topics right now, so I'm sure
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Speaker:Y'all well, that's going to do it for the episode today.
Speaker:Stay tuned.
Speaker:I'll have some really excellent episodes coming out.
Speaker:Um, I might be doing some episodes on, uh, travel tips in terms of health, because
Speaker:I will be traveling for the holidays.
Speaker:Uh, so stay tuned for those.
Speaker:Uh, hopefully I'll have a couple of them coming out.
Speaker:And that's going to do it.
Speaker:So have a beautiful rest of your day.
Speaker:Happy holidays, everybody.
Speaker:They might've already passed by the time this episode comes out,
Speaker:but nonetheless, happy holidays.
Speaker:And, uh, just live your guys's best lives.
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