Problems That Concern Women (Part 1)

I have been reading and studying Nutrition books since I was 11; I guess I have always been searching for the key to having more control over the ups and downs of the roller coaster of a woman's monthly cycle... It's sort of been a mystery to me even though I know a good diet, exercise, and enough sleep are a big part of it.

For some reason, I got out my old copy of Adele Davis' "Let's Get Well". There's a chapter in it called, "Problems That Concern Women". She's such a good writer that my summarizing it for you probably wouldn't tell you all the information, so I want to share it with you since it is so helpful for women young and old to know these things...

Faulty nutrition can at times cause women to envy men and mothers to wish they had sons only. Nervous tension, flightiness, irritability, emotional upsets, and much of the erratic behavior of girls at puberty make it difficult for them to live with themselves or anyone else. The output of hormones from the still immature ovaries, needed for the efficient utilization of calcium, is so small that for about 18 months prior to the onset of their menstrual cycles their blood calcium usually remains below normal; and even a slight calcium deficiency allows it to drop still lower. Thus starts a problem that frequently recurs intermittently throughout the reproductive years, becomes worse at menopause, and results in a stooped, brittle-boned old lady nursing an aching back.

Such abnormalities can be prevented at any time in life by increasing the calcium intake and by obtaining adequate vitamin D and the various nutrients needed by the pituitary, sex, and adrenal glands to produce their hormones.

It turns out--I didn't know this--that estrogen has a lot to do with how well our calcium is utilized by our bodies. Since our estrogen levels fluctuate through each monthly cycle and through different times in our lives, sometimes that calcium isn't there to keep us calm and rational...

So above she is talking about a young girl in puberty whose calcium needs are rising as she is growing and as her body is preparing to "switch gears", but her estrogen level hasn't gotten high enough to help utilize the little she does have--unless she is given healthy foods that supply enough calcium and vitamin D, and magnesium, along with some other things that come in a healthy, well-balanced diet. This is just one stage in a "girl's" life that has the potential to be difficult if she is not aware of what's going on.

One of the big problems of not being aware that you can control this problem is that a girl can always feel like she's "broken" and feels helpless know how to fix it. It's hard to have a stable image of yourself when you don't know what's next...

That's enough for this post; I don't want to overwhelm you all at once... This 1 of 3, so I'll see you tomorrow for another fascinating post about helping women with their so called "problems"... I'm sharing this because I want to be an advocate for many good women who struggle sometimes with not knowing what's going on with their emotions and feel defeated; I do it for the love of God, so we can focus more on Him and His will love and to give of ourselves to others...