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Millions of women face hormonal chaos every day - we're talking about irregular periods, brutal PMS symptoms, and menopause that can completely derail your normal day-to-day life. Out-of-whack hormones affect everything from your job performance to your relationships - that's why many women are trying out seed cycling, an easy, natural way to eat different seeds at particular points in your cycle to back up your body's own hormone production. Flax and pumpkin seeds work best during the first two weeks of your cycle. Both of these small seeds carry compounds that help your body process estrogen and also help...

DIY skincare products can grow dangerous bacteria in just 72 hours if they're not preserved properly. Home formulators usually grab ingredients like vitamin E or fragrant plant oils to try to keep their creations safe. Neither of these ingredients stops the harmful microbes that cause infections. Natural preservation tricks promoted all over social media usually fail basic microbiology tests. Tea tree oil at concentrations that won't irritate the skin can't stop bacteria from multiplying, and rosemary extract only keeps oils from going rancid - that's about it. Some of these natural methods do work for a few product types, though....

Sugar cravings always seem to hit at the worst possible moments and can completely derail your best intentions around healthy eating. Gymnema tea gives you a physical fix that works within an hour to make sweet foods taste flat and unappetizing. Ayurvedic medicine has used this herb for centuries, and modern science is figuring out why it works. Gymnemic acids, the active compounds, temporarily block the sweet-taste receptors right on your tongue. Research studies found that those who took gymnema before eating ate 21% less chocolate and said that high-sugar foods were 31% less pleasant than they normally would be....

Plenty of consumers drop $50 every month on greens powder, yet more than half of that cash ends up going down the drain because of basic prep slip-ups that ruin the nutrients. Your body's absorption can swing by as much as 70% depending on how you take the powder. Heat alone wipes out nearly all the vitamin C in minutes. Stirring it into coffee or tea blocks 60-90% of the mineral uptake through chemical reactions. Poor storage after you open the tub loses another 10-15% of the potency every six months. These five blunders turn expensive supplements into nothing more...