Beyond Hot Flashes: The Case for Maca in Menopause Issue 4: Maca and Menopause — What the Research Says About Femmenessence PRO One thing I hear often from women navigating menopause: they find something that helps a little, but nothing that helps across the board. Sleep improves, but mood doesn't. Energy comes back, but brain [...]
Balancing Hormones Naturally: The Healing Power of Adaptogens Adaptogens are nature’s gift for managing stress and promoting balance in the body. These powerful herbs and botanicals help regulate the stress response by supporting the adrenal glands, which produce cortisol and other hormones. What Are Adaptogens? Adaptogens are non-toxic plants that help the body adapt to [...]
Cardio-Metabolic Disease is the leading cause of death to Americans since WWII according to the CDC. By taking a look under the hood we can see that heart disease is just not about LDL. Heart disease is a constellation of metabolic dysfunctions. Insulin resistance, obesity, hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). How [...]
Long before the ancient Greek surgeon Galen carried out meticulous dissections of the heart, the Egyptians wrote about health and disease in relation to how the heart "speaks in vessels" with the rest of the body. Today, physicians may not associate the heart with the soul (or soul mates), but many credit early Egyptian [...]
