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There are several physical and emotional symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that women can experience 5 to 11 days before their period starts each month. These symptoms follow a predictable pattern each month but can vary in intensity. A woman may experience several symptoms each month.

Natural remedies for PMS are effective and safer than using drugs, either over-the-counter or prescription. Research has uncovered a possible connection between hormonal imbalance, prostaglandin imbalance, and vitamin or mineral imbalances as a possible cause for PMS. Natural remedies can address these imbalances instead of just masking the symptoms of PMS.

Proper diet plays a critical role in relieving PMS symptoms. Especially women who are not able to regulate their blood sugar can have exacerbated symptoms of PMS. Sugar or food cravings can be a result of not being able to manage blood sugar levels. After a woman ovulates her body’s insulin-binding capacity changes which has an impact on the amount of sugar in her bloodstream. In order to eliminate sugar cravings it is important to keep insulin levels steady and also to avoid refined sugar in your diet. It is also important to eat normal size meals at regular time intervals. Protein is also important to eat chicken, turkey, fish and lean red meats. A deficiency in chromium can also contribute to unstable blood sugar levels. Those at risk for chromium deficiencies are those who are regular exercisers, and people who drink a lot of caffeine or those who eat a lot of sugar in their diet.

Reducing your intake of dietary fat can lower your prostaglandin and estrogen levels, which can help to relieve PMS symptoms. Good fats to consume are olive, safflower, and linseed oil. All of these good fats help in the production of prostaglandins.

If you are already having bloating, you should know that if you add salt to your diet than you may be contributing to the problem. Salt intake causes fluid retention, which contributes to weight gain, breast tenderness, swelling, and that awful bloated feeling. Having an excessive amount of salt in your diet can also create a strong reaction to the sugar, which could contribute to low blood sugar, making you feel irritable and weak.

There have been two studies one in China and one in Boston that link caffeine consumption with increased PMS symptoms. Caffeine can contribute to blood sugar level fluctuations. It can also lead to food cravings, fatigue, weakness, headaches, and irritability. Caffeine can also create a stress on your body, which also contributes to PMS symptoms.

Vitamins B6, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E can all help to relieve PMS symptoms. Calcium and magnesium supplements can help to reduce PMS symptoms such as irritability, headaches, abdominal bloating, back pain, and depression. Zinc can help women who suffer from acne.

Dee Braun, a single mom of 6, is a Cert. Aromatherapist and natural health practitioner. Click now to visit Natural Holistic Health Blog which offers info on more natural remedies & healing techniques for common health & emotional ailments and conditions at http://www.Natural-Holistic-Health.com/

“I don’t understand your hesitation. You say that you love me but you don’t want to go a step further in our relationship. What’s wrong? If you really loved me, you would climb that step.”

Popular culture makes us believe that Love conquers all. We have all been exposed, as children, to a story or two, where there is a Princess and her Prince Charming who are confident that with only the strength of their love they will live happily ever after.

That belief takes roots in our heads and develops undesirable weeds. Naively, it’s tinting our decisions when choosing a partner.

I then came to consider that Love is just not enough.

Passion is fickle. And desire needs to be nourished.

For lasting romance, it takes Commitment; with a Big C.

Does that statement trigger an anxiety attack? All the Commitment Phobics, who are reading this, must be pale as a ghost now, maybe even have a shortness of breath.

According to the book “He’s scared, She’s scared” from Carter & Sokol, there are 5 components of commitment:

Good Intentions: It is an ongoing willingness to make the relationship work by putting the necessary effort and energy. There is no abuse or imbalance to be felt by either partner.

Monogamous: Being dedicated to one partner helps keep the attraction alive instead of contaminating it with anger, resentment or humiliation. Your relationship stands on a durable ground to flourish emotional satisfaction. You obtain easily forgiveness and support from your partner when you will need it.

According to John Gray (Mars & Venus), sexual energy is a sacred one. An observation has shown that there might be a correlation between monogamy and prosperity; in the 1950’s the CEO of the 500 Fortune companies were all in a monogamous relationship.

Being monogamous is similar to putting money at the bank for tough times.

Open Ended: It’s to have the sound confidence that you will make it work indefinitely. It’s all about feeling secure in the prospective of future then a feeling of horror.

Responsible: It means many things.

Not promising more then what you can deliver, like promising that you will live together or have children one day and never come to apply it.

Also, it is not holding back emotions that you can give like being generous and caring.

It is also remaining sensitive to your partner’s needs and feelings. Not to run like a bat out of hell just because you’re scared.

Realistic: See and accept your partner weaknesses and imperfections. Your partner has fault as you do. You have the opportunity to appreciate the qualities that offsets that. Don’t be blind as a bat. One partner cannot fulfill all of your needs.

Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats, forcing blood into the arteries. This is called systolic pressure. When the heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.

Blood pressure is always given as two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Both are important. The systolic pressure is the first or top number, and the diastolic pressure is the second or bottom number (for example, 120/80). If your blood pressure is 120/80, you say that it is “120 over 80″.

Three out of four women in the western world have high blood pressure and know they have it. Yet fewer than one in three is controlling their blood pressure. Although many pregnant women with high blood pressure have healthy babies without serious problems, high blood pressure can be dangerous for both the mother and the fetus.

Women with pre-existing, or chronic, high blood pressure are more likely to have certain complications during pregnancy than those with normal blood pressure. However, some women develop high blood pressure while they are pregnant (often called gestational hypertension).The effects of high blood pressure during pregnancy can range from mild to severe.

High blood pressure can harm the mother’s kidneys and other organs, and it can cause low birth weight and early delivery. In the most serious cases, the mother develops pre-eclampsia - or “toxaemia of pregnancy” - which can threaten the lives of both the mother and the fetus.

Pre-eclampsia is a condition that typically starts after the 20th week of pregnancy and is related to increased blood pressure and protein in the mother’s urine (as a result of kidney problems). Pre-eclampsia affects the placenta, and it can affect the mother’s kidney, liver, and brain. When pre-eclampsia causes seizures, the condition is known as eclampsia - and this is the second leading cause of maternal death in the western world.

Pre-eclampsia is also a leading cause of fetal complications, which include low birth weight, premature birth, and stillbirth. Women with one or more of the following conditions are most at risk for developing pre-eclampsia:

Ladies, and some guys I guess too, you know the routine. You wake up in the morning and roll out of bed to get ready for work, school or just a day of running around and getting some errands taken care of. After you shower, hopefully, you put on some make-up and get yourself ready for the day. You open up your lipstick and start to apply it and it immediately makes your eyes burn. What? That has never happened to you before? Well, you probably picked up the wrong lipstick.

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Pregnancy is considered to be a time of joy for new mothers. This is the time when they are pampered and their every wish is fulfilled (well almost every wish). There are however a few things that can cause discomfort and pain for an expectant mother. One of these is pregnancy heartburn.

The question that arises is why do some women experience heartburn while they are pregnant and other women don’t?

Heartburn occurs when the digested food juices reflux back into your esophagus and throat. There is a valve that usually keeps the stomach acids in the stomach where the intestinal lining protects your body from the effects of the acid. This valve is called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES. When the LES relaxes, the stomach acids reflux into the esophagus. This causes the lining of the esophagus, which is thin and unable to deal with the acid, to get irritated and inflamed.

With a pregnant mother heartburn does not occur only because of the digested food juices refluxing back into the esophagus and throat. The increased amounts of hormones in the body can soften the muscles that normally keep the LES closed. Thus if the LES relaxes at an inappropriate moment, then food and gastric acid reflux back into the esophagus.

There is also another reason that might contribute to pregnancy heartburn. During pregnancy a woman’s body goes through many changes to accommodate the growing baby. As the baby continues to grow within the womb, there is pressure put upon the stomach. This pressure in turn may force the stomach acid to reflux through the LES into the esophagus. Thus causing pregnancy heartburn.

As there is no clear way to completely eliminate heartburn even during pregnancy, the most sensible approach to take is to minimize the discomfort that you may experience because of pregnancy heartburn. With a few simple precautions you can hold the heartburn at bay. Avoiding certain foods that are known to trigger heartburn can greatly reduce the chances of heartburn.

Avoid drinks containing coffee, tea, colas and alcohol as these can relax the LES and allow acid to reflux back into the esophagus. Also don’t eat large meals. Instead eat several small meals throughout the day. Take your time eating, rushing through meals helps put unwanted pressure upon the LES. You also need to drink plenty of water in small amounts throughout the day.

When you go to sleep at night, keep your head elevated higher than your body. This position will keep your stomach contents in your stomach where they belong and not in the esophagus where they will cause pregnancy heartburn. During the day you should sit upright in a comfortable chair rather than slouching.

Gain a sensible amount of weight and stay within the weight guidelines your doctor suggests. Being pregnant does not mean suffering unduly because of heartburn, rather you can think of it as a change in your lifestyle. A change for a miracle of life, not for pregnancy heartburn.

Kevin Andersen seeks to inform individuals about heartburn via Heartburn Cures - Org