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Saturday, August 7, 2010

How Do I Lose Weight With Endometriosis?

Oestrogen Dominance, Endometriosis and losing weight

Endometriosis thrives on high levels of oestrogen. Oestrogen interferes with other hormones that affect your metabolism (such as your thyroid gland) causing constant weight gain. Unfortunately it’s not hard to become overloaded with oestrogen as our environment & food chain is loaded with it! To read full article click here

Puzzled By Period Pain, Abnormal Weight and Mood Swings?

It’s no secret, periods can be an inconvenient pain. However, if yours are actually ‘painful’, heavy, irregular or lengthy it’s most likely they are symptomatic of a hormonal imbalance, which could also be linked to other frustrating symptoms you may be experiencing, such as; stubborn weight, tiredness, moodswings, sugar cravings or enlarged breasts - says naturopath Narelle Stegehuis, who is leading the way in the natural treatment of hormonal imbalances.To read full article featured in 'Mothers Inc' click here

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Recipes of the week

Green Papaya Salad
Serves 4

3 large cloves garlic, peeled
4 red bird’s eye chillies, seeded
½ teaspoon salt
½ tablespoon dried shrimps
3-4 tablespoons fish sauce
finely shredded flesh from 350g green papaya
handful of purple baby eggplant, halved
8 small tomatoes, halved
2 mild red chillies, seeded and shredded
handful of beansprouts, trimmed
handful each of basil and mint leaves

Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic, bird’s eye chillies and salt together to form a paste. Add the dried shrimps and continue pounding, then stir in he fish sauce. Place in bowl with the papaya and toss to coat. Lightly bruise the eggplant and tomatoes with the flat blade of a knife, then add to the bowl with the chillies, beansprouts, basil and mint. Toss lightly before serving.