Friday January 28
SO, I went to the health food store, right after I dropped the kids off for school. Right around the time I was so tired, I didn't think I could survive the six minute walk to said store. Right around the time I was exhausted from shrieking like an idiot during that hectic getting-ready-for-school hour.
I walked in and asked the nice, new-agey looking lady what their best-selling, most effective PMS supplement was. She asked me if I had bad PMS, and what kind of symptoms I suffered. I told her casually about how it lasts 2 weeks, and has all the usual symptoms x 100, blah, blah, blah. However, she got stuck on the 2 weeks part and I then had the pleasure of her wide-eyed, unblinking stare for the next few minutes while she exclaimed; "WOW..." Yeah, okay lady, I get it. So, she directed me straight over to the Lorna Vanderhaeghe section. Ms. V has a whole line of products for women, and it says the following on the little product leaflet I was given:
I walked in and asked the nice, new-agey looking lady what their best-selling, most effective PMS supplement was. She asked me if I had bad PMS, and what kind of symptoms I suffered. I told her casually about how it lasts 2 weeks, and has all the usual symptoms x 100, blah, blah, blah. However, she got stuck on the 2 weeks part and I then had the pleasure of her wide-eyed, unblinking stare for the next few minutes while she exclaimed; "WOW..." Yeah, okay lady, I get it. So, she directed me straight over to the Lorna Vanderhaeghe section. Ms. V has a whole line of products for women, and it says the following on the little product leaflet I was given:
"Lorna Vanderhaeghe, MS, is Canada's leading women's health expert and has been researching nutritional medicine for over 25 years."
To read more about Lorna, and to read more about her products/books, etc, go HERE.
So, the store clerk insisted that this product is "great," and also is "the best." She didn't even recommend any others.
ESTROSMART
Balanced hormones ensure effortless periods, clear skin, a symptom-free perimenopause, lots of energy and vitality. (ooo! I could use some vitality!)
What to expect from this product:
To read more about Lorna, and to read more about her products/books, etc, go HERE.
So, the store clerk insisted that this product is "great," and also is "the best." She didn't even recommend any others.
ESTROSMART
Balanced hormones ensure effortless periods, clear skin, a symptom-free perimenopause, lots of energy and vitality. (ooo! I could use some vitality!)
What to expect from this product:
* Maintains healthy estrogen-to-progesterone balance (yay)
* Detoxifies toxic estrogens from plastics, pesticides, cosmetics and more (okay, that's good)
* Stops flooding, heavy, debilitating periods (YO! I'm DOWN with that!)
* Halts abnormal cell growth, including breast lumps, fibroids, cysts, endometriosis, thick uterine lining (mmm...endometriosis)
* For those with PCO's and ovarian cysts (what the hell are PCO's? Must google...could that stand for 'polycystic ovaries???)
* Halts the conversion of good estrogens (2-hydroxyestrone) to bad estrogens (16-hydroxyestrone) (yeah...mmkay...your standard 'what the eff is that' type scientific stuff)
* For those with PCO's and ovarian cysts (what the hell are PCO's? Must google...could that stand for 'polycystic ovaries???)
* Halts the conversion of good estrogens (2-hydroxyestrone) to bad estrogens (16-hydroxyestrone) (yeah...mmkay...your standard 'what the eff is that' type scientific stuff)
* Elimianates PMS and makes periods effortless (effortless. Interesting. Can't wait to see about that one)
* Maintains healthy PAP smears (let's all collectively CRINGE)
* Eliminates hormonal acne (good luck!!! Does this mean I won't have to toss that flesh-coloured zit stick in my purse wherever I go for a while???)
Alrighty then! That all sounds like a SMORGASBORD of WONDERFUL.
So, I got a jar of Estrosmart, and a little vial of some kind of floral essence stuff, that supposedly will quell anxiety if I squirt just 4 little drops onto my tongue--but the anxiety stuff is besides the point.
Sound exciting? Or does it sound like a WHOLE LOT OF QUAKERY??? Time will tell, my friends! I'll start taking it on Saturday. Stay tuned...
* Eliminates hormonal acne (good luck!!! Does this mean I won't have to toss that flesh-coloured zit stick in my purse wherever I go for a while???)
Alrighty then! That all sounds like a SMORGASBORD of WONDERFUL.
So, I got a jar of Estrosmart, and a little vial of some kind of floral essence stuff, that supposedly will quell anxiety if I squirt just 4 little drops onto my tongue--but the anxiety stuff is besides the point.
Sound exciting? Or does it sound like a WHOLE LOT OF QUAKERY??? Time will tell, my friends! I'll start taking it on Saturday. Stay tuned...
* Hey! Want the whole PMS Story? Click Any of the links below:
How To Kill The PMS MONSTER??? Part 1
How To Kill The PMS Monster? Part 2: The SUPPLEMENT
How To Kill The PMS Monster - Part 3: Hormone-o-rama
How To Kill The PMS Monster Part 4: Maybe They're Really That Annoying
How To Kill The PMS Monster Part 5: PMS Can Suck It!