Are you a tea drinker? We do! It offers many health benefits and is a great way to increase your water intake and hydration during perimenopause and menopause.

In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, talks with Cindi Bigelow, the third-generation President and CEO of Bigelow Tea, the family-owned American tea company founded in 1945.

She helped transform the brand from a traditional grocery-store staple into a modern wellness-focused tea company, expanding into specialty blends, green teas, and functional teas while keeping the business privately held and family-run.

Topics:

• Bigelow & Integrity: The company is a third-generation, family- and women-owned business founded by Cindi Bigelow’s grandmother in 1945 with the iconic Constant Comment tea. Its focus has always been on mission and quality, not just profit.
• Quality: Bigelow tests its teas for nearly 500 pesticides to ensure the final product is clean. Additionally, every tea bag undergoes 26 checks before reaching the store shelf.
• Debunking the Plastic Tea Bag Scare: The most common type of tea bag used in the U.S., such as Bigelow's double-chamber, non-heat-sealed bag, contains no plastic; it's made from wood pulp and abaca. The misinformation circulating often shows the wrong kind of tea bags.
• Foil is the Secret to Freshness: Bigelow invented the individual foil pouch because it is the only way to protect the volatile oils in tea, which make the tea healthy and flavorful, from degrading for up to three years.
• Loose Tea is a Trade-Off: While loose tea provides a "beautiful experience," it oxidizes and degrades more quickly when exposed to air, light, and moisture.
• Hydration is Critical for Menopause: For women in perimenopause and menopause, staying well-hydrated is essential for maintaining energy, supporting brain and skin health, reducing inflammation, and aiding digestion.
• Making Water Easier to Drink: Bigelow’s Botanicals Cold Water Infusion line was created because many people, including the CEO herself, don't enjoy drinking plain water; these bags gently infuse cold water with natural flavors, making hydration simple.
• Longevity: The Bigelow family members are avid tea drinkers, sometimes enjoying up to 10 cups a day, and have enjoyed long lives; her mother is 97, and her grandfather lived to 103. Tea could be part of that longevity.

Explore a wide variety of Green, Black, and Herbal Teas, as well as Bigelow's Botanical Infusions. https://bit.ly/4kFzfyJ

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Leaking urine? Painful sex? Constipation? TMJ? Back Pain?

They can all be related to the musculoskeletal or genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Simply, tightness and/or dysfunction in the pelvic floor.

In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, author, menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, talks with Jana Danielson, a wellness entrepreneur, Pilates educator, and creator of the Cooch Ball pelvic floor training tool.

Topics:

• Pelvic Health and the Body's Connection: The discussion of how the pelvic floor is an integrated structure, not a standalone group of muscles.
• The Pelvic Floor and Core: The interview explains the anatomy of the pelvic floor and how it can function optimally (watch it on YouTube for visuals).
• The Importance of Breathing and Posture: A core theme is that breathing is the most fundamental pelvic floor strategy, and optimal posture is also key to pelvic floor function.
• Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Misconceptions: Jana challenges the belief that dysfunction is "normal" during aging, stating that "common is not normal." Stressing that a too-tight (hypertonic) muscle is just as dysfunctional as a weak one.
• The Cooch Ball and the Release-Rebuild Method: The Cooch Ball method focuses on 30 days of "release only" to promote blood flow to the tissue, followed by a rebuild phase using exercises that integrate the pelvic floor with other muscles in the body.
• Impact on Libido and Orgasm: Andrea and Jana discuss how improving blood flow and releasing tension in the pelvic tissues can increase libido and the ability to have pleasure.
• The Pudendal Nerve and Shame: The Latin root of the word "pudendal" means "an area of shame", and this emotional context is connected to the lack of discussion and understanding of pelvic health.

Links:

Cooch Ball for Menopause: https://bit.ly/4kNiWQF
Cooch Ball for Perimenopause: https://bit.ly/4tOmA0z
Cooch Ball for Intimacy: https://bit.ly/3OoBg6A
Cooch Ball For Women: https://bit.ly/4qGRF3O
Cooch Ball For Men: https://bit.ly/402Arme (great for men experiencing erectile dysfunction or dribbling)

Pelvic Health Survey: https://forms.gle/RXM4BpFLtgP5m8nD9

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In this episode of Menopause Re-Imagined, host Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, author, menopause educator and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, and guest Dr. Emaline Brown, a licensed naturopathic doctor and Clinical Lab Educator at Vibrant Wellness, discuss why women in perimenopause and menopause should consider functional medicine testing, emphasizing the saying, "don't guess, test".

Topics Covered:

Hormone Testing Types: Traditional blood tests, saliva tests, and urine tests.

Cortisol and Stress (HPA Axis): For assessing the "get up and go signal" and stress responses.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and Obesogens: What they are and why we should avoid them.

Estrogen Detoxification: The different pathways for estrogen detoxification or removal, and how to support them with nutrition and supplements.

Micronutrients and Omega-3 Index Testing: The importance of micronutrients, like minerals (i.e,. magnesium) and balancing omegas for overall wellness.

The Gut-Hormone Connection: The factor that can "pull the anchor" off estrogen that was meant for excretion, causing it to keep circulating and leading to estrogen dominance.

Links from the Show

Access to Testing: Vibrant Wellness tests must be ordered through a healthcare practitioner. A provider directory is available for patients seeking a qualified professional.

FOR PROVIDERS: HOW TO SIGN UP FOR A VIBRANT ACCOUNT https://vibrant-wellness.com/for-providers

FOR PATIENTS: HOW TO FIND A PROVIDER https://directory.vibrant-wellness.com/?

Tara Scott Interview https://youtu.be/_hdj8kTVlTs

Endocrine Disruptors with Leah Segedie:

• Part 1: https://youtu.be/OG_r4S8ngy8
• Part 2: https://youtu.be/WN99e-FffZc
• Part 3: https://youtu.be/kBfVO22R7j4

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