They're less likely to think about it as an anatomical issue. They're going to charge it to hormones. to their menstrual cycle, to their cognitive load, to what it's the demands that it is to be mom. All these are true. By theway, it is also in the same point true.
So, I think it's really important because as men, we expect the women to know. Surely the woman knows about their menstrual cycle, about pregnancy, about postpartum, about menopause, about hormones. Surely my partner knows, you know, or the woman in my life, my mom,my sister, my my daughter, they know all of that, so I don't have to. And the truth is, they don't know. When the
This is someone who is actually one of India's most preeminent social entrepreneurs, someone who has actually struck a huge blow for the conversation around menstrual health among women, especially in rural India. And he's made a huge amount of impact there.
So with our colleagues at Georgetown University's Department of OB-GYN, we did a randomized trial. Women with menstrual pain were randomly assigned to either the diet that I just described or to a supplement that was actually a placebo. Then after two months, two cycles, they switched, the diet groups to the supplement and vice versa.
Number one, how many of you people have injured your musculoskeletal system and waited to see if it will go away and heal? Loss of a menstrual cycle for three months or longer, or not getting one.
It seems like a booby trap to get into this, but I will say there's some really nice results showing that what women want in terms of men actually changes through the menstrual cycle. And there are times in the month that women crave more men that are metrosexual and a time of the month when they
When I brought this up to the London crew, they were like-- Oh my god. She's talking about menstrual blood. That's horrible. But it's so important to know what the different colors and textures are.
whole flax seeds golden flax seeds although you could use Brown flax seeds and also ground flax and flax becomes for Prem menstrual women not wanting to eat soy products uh on a raw food diet we don't use we don't recommend soy
What napkin you gave to me. members about something so important as menstrual health, people tend to feel a little hesitant, et cetera.
And those ceremonies that impact us at that time for girls would be Preparing a Girl for Womanhood. And that happens at their first menstrual time. The Throwing the Ball is also associated with women.
Number one, how many of you people have injured your musculoskeletal system and waited to see if it will go away and heal? It's a loss of a menstrual cycle.
And a healthy functioning psoas stabilizes the pelvis and provides a protective core for the abdominal organs. Sometimes people believe it can relate to menstrual problems, infertility, and digestive problems.
things because no one is getting good sex ed. Because the basic information is not being shared. And we fundamentally don't give a crap about women's sexual health, about their menstrual cycles, pregnancy, menopause, hormones, pain with sex, libido. But we actually do have a lot of information that we are not using because everyone forgot to teach your doctor.
So I remember this study. And when the woman called me up with menstrual pain, what was going through my mind was something is causing too much stimulation of your uterus. Thinking they're not lining up too much.
If I now tell you here, please point to the sugar, please point to the eggs, you can't. When women are in the maximum fertile stage of their menstrual cycle-- when they're ovulating-- they dress more sexily.
This is particularly a problem once girls start menstruating. There are places where pilot studies have just given out menstrual pads, and girls' attendance-- adolescent girls are much more likely to go to high school if they have something they can be private with.
knows why uh you find it actually throughout the animal community it's not just it didn't just evolve with throwing right word rapidly goes up in the middle of the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels Peak but men too who are high on
So, I will call myself out here as well. So, it shuts off the your your menstrual cycle as a way to stop you having a baby.
Because I found it very, very comforting to have that as a monthly ritual. Typically, Jewish women go after their menstrual cycle ends. And it is not because we're dirty or horrible, which is what a lot of people assume.
call flow blockers, pun intended. We want to restore flow, not just your menstrual flow, but also your whole hormonal cascade. As I like to say, head to ovaries.
You have in your midbrain, hypothalamus and pituitary gland. No hormonal symptom, from a menstrual standpoint, a fertility standpoint, low energy, low sex drive, just happens out of the blue.
time, right? Until you achieve the goal of, you know, reversing metabolic issues or losing some weight, etc., improving your period, that's another thing that we actually see is menstrual cycle regulation. But if you stay here too long, your thyroid, like so many women What's the symptom of the consequence if your thyroid being malfunctioning?
But inspiration also came from your spouse. So can you tell us a little bit about how you observed your spouse struggling with being-- remaining safe and keeping her menstrual health, and how that inspired you to come up with this innovation?
We called it Happy Days, which was more about helping educate children-- underprivileged children-- about menstrual health and how they were not
It's that one little cycle, maybe a 14-day window depending on your menstrual cycle.
and these are conditions of endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, other menstrual irregularities.
The breasts connect to the uterus, reflecting the ancient idea that menstrual blood derives from breast milk.
at an epidemic rate. Now, this number of 20 million women suffering from menstrual disorders, fertility issues, libido issues, energy issues, it's a low number. In fact, when I talk to my colleagues, they're always encouraging me to double or maybe triple the number.
Because this is something that's ground breaking research for all women. And this bio cycle study basically with let us know that if you have any sort of menstrual disturbance in your 20s or 30s, something as simple as PMS, something that's the butt of our jokes.
And we'll talk about what this means. So, let's talk about what the women listening should understand about hormones. How do you think about fasting and your menstrual cycle? What are the specific issues that mothers face as it relates to fitness? I mean, there's lots of things that I'd love to talk about.
Yeah, I would say you're always cold. So your hands are cold, you're always cold. You might have very, very heavy bleeding, so your menstrual cycle during your bleed week, so that first three to seven days, let's say, when you're on your period. Hair shedding, so hair starts to actually fall out. Hair is not
Their bodies are transforming because they're getting a surge of hormones in their body and that's estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. They're cycling, which means they're getting periods. So, let's talk about the menstrual cycle for a second. I think it's helpful. Okay. So, when women have their period, they bleed for a few days, right? And that's when their hormones, their
right? So, evolution says, "Okay, you need to be horny around the time that you are going to ovulate." And so, your testosterone starts to go up. Now, it's really important cuz you're probably not having a conversation with your nieces about their menstrual cycles, but it's a problem because no one's talking about it if they're painful, if they're abnormal, if they're um uh uh uh we
And that difference is profound, but it's not the only hormone in your body. Estrogens. I was sitting at my desk one day, and I got a call from a young woman who had terrible menstrual cramps. Many women get cramps.
discussing it. And also, data that we had showed around 30-odd% of kids drop out of schools because of menstrual health issues
If you just give people prophylactic iron, especially women-- this is a common one we see because of the menstrual cycle.
And I think it's changed in large part over the years because of not only indoctrination, but assimilation to a patriarchal society. And a long time ago, women, because of their moon, the menstrual cycle, had a way of purifying themselves. At least, this is culturally how we look at it.
near trying to conceive, being fertility aware, like know about your periods, your menstrual cycles.
And when girls go off into the fields or whatever to relieve themselves privately, they are more likely to get assaulted. This is particularly a problem once girls start menstruating. There are places where pilot studies have just given out menstrual pads, and girls' attendance-- adolescent girls are much more likely to go to high school