Regular periods - another benefit of Green Smoothies

Another lovely benefit I have experienced from drinking Green Smoothies (thanks to Mandy http://saltyspark.blogspot.com/ ) is regular periods.

I have long suffered from irregular, loooooong, heavy periods. Oral, estrogen-based BC pills would help with this, but since I have throw 2 PICC line clots, these meds are now out of the question for me.

Since drinking green smoothies regularly, I have been able to time my periods like clock work - January, February, March and now April 2012 have all been perfectly 28 days apart. Amazing!

Periods are still a bit loooong and heavy, but at least I'm spending less $ on replacing soiled undies! :)

Cheers!

The role of female hormones on lung function in chronic lung diseases

The role of female hormones on lung function in chronic lung diseases


BMC Women's Health 2011, 11:24



".....it is known that sex hormones such as estrogen can also up-regulate MUC5B gene expression in normal
human airway epithelial cells [82]. MUC5B is one of the major mucins in the human airway
submucosal glands [83]. Estrogen is not the only regulator of MUC5B but  also regulates a wide
diversity of genes involved in extracellular matrix, general cell growth, and differentiation processes
[24]. Taken together, estradiol may have the potential to augment mucin production resulting in
reduced clearance in CF.  "


Read more here:  http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6874-11-24.pdf