That Time of the Month - Clancy Fitness System

"Katherine- I know that this might be a strange subject to talk about but it is truly amazing to me. I just got my period this AM,however, it came without any aches, cramps or pains whatsoever!! I consider the change in what I eat ( and don't eat) the reason for this amazing milestone! When you had written about having no cramps in the newsletter and even mentioned that tidbit during the last conference, I had a hard time believing it myself. However, when it has actually happened and I have been on this healthy life changing diet for such a short time, it is just a tremendous gift (maybe not the right word!). No more ibuprofen,no more midol ever again!! Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

~Barb, client of online Nutrition & Lifestyle coaching program

THAT TIME OF THE MONTH, PART 2

Men, read this too: help out the women in your life!

If you are taking birth control for pregnancy prevention, to regulate your cycles, to purposely not get your period, or for other irregularity reasons, you must know the dangers behind what you are doing!
Birth control is linked to a host of problems.

So far, it's linked to:

* Increased risk of: breast cancer (TRIPLED- and if breast cancer runs in your family and you take the pill your risk becomes 11-fold!), cervical cancer, heart attack, stroke, and blood clotting^1,2,3
* Decreased bone density (2.3% to 3.7% lower than in women who have never used contraceptives)⁴
* Gall bladder disease
* High blood pressure
* Liver tumors
* Weight gain
* Migraines
* Deficiencies in B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, magnesium and zinc⁵
* and the list goes on and on

Keep in mind also that no long-term studies have been carried out. Just because we haven't had a major problem *yet* doesn't mean one won't show up. I find it really scary how we abuse ourselves with strange chemicals and synthetic hormones and think our bodies can magically adapt.

I just don't understand. Why is the risk worth the monthly inconvenience? We no longer think about what we are doing to ourselves. We think a headache means an aspirin deficiency6, stress relief is spelled SUGAR, and hydration is achieved by drinking soda.
And by the way, 1 out of 2.3 men will get cancer, and 1 out of 2.⁶ women will get some sort of cancer⁷. Cancer literally did not exist until the 1920s⁸. It's crap like birth control pills that make these numbers soar. Dr Mercola said on his website, "Most medications on the market have some valid purpose that I will occasionally recommend them for. In my view ALL birth control pills have absolutely no theraputic benefit that outweighs their huge risks."⁹

If you are using the pill for reasons other than pregnancy prevention there are other things you can do to heal your body. First off understand that irregular and/or painful periods are a symptom of something else going on¹⁰. Rather than masking the symptoms, try to find out what your body is really telling you. Contact an endocrinologist who specializes with women, such as Dr. Dan Kalish (www.drkalish.com), or read any of Dr. Diana Schwarzbein's books. Drink water, eat for your metabolic type, stay away from sugar, and go to sleep by 10:00pm. Do those 'little' things that are actually quite important.

A final word from an online discussion about birth control: "Going more than 4 months without a period sounds needlessly risky- and going 5 years without a period seems like a recipe for severely f***ing up your uterus.¹¹" Or, as Paul Chek says, "DON'T F&*# WITH MOTHER NATURE!"

1 Carolyn Dean, MD, DM, www.yeastconnection.com
2 www.mercola.com
3 International Agency for Research on Cancer
4 Canadian Medical Association Journal Oct 16, 2001; 165:1023-1029
5 www.mercola.com
6 Paul Chek in lecture during my Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach Level 2 certification
7 www.cba.ca
8 Paul Chek in several lectures
9 www.mercola.com
10 Carolyn Dean, MD, DM, www.yeastconnection.com
11 in reference to the girl who has gone 5 years without a period via manipulating her contaceptive ring