Why You Should Skip Feminine Care Products

This month a disturbing study on tampons made headlines all over the world.

The headline read: "Metals found in 100% of tampon samples tested, including lead and mercury."

"A new study found 16 different metals in 30 tampons from various manufacturers sold in the United States and Europe, raising concern among consumers."

The question one of the news pieces ended on:

Does this mean it gets absorbed into the body? That's a question that betrays either ignorance or a tangle of conflicting interests.

Of course it gets absorbed into the body. If the cells of our skin have pores that absorb, what do you think happens in the most delicate area of a woman's body?

And the conclusion the people publishing the study landed on? "Nothing to worry about, just don't sleep with a tampon in overnight." Excuse me?

Is there anything more insulting to human intelligence?

They present a study that should shock and outrage every woman and man on the planet, but the takeaway, because heaven forbid sales should take a hit, is: keep using them, just be sensible.

The average woman will use 7,000 tampons in her lifetime.

That means every toxin found in that product gets a chance to enter her bloodstream.

Now, why does this feel so hard to solve? Because from the moment a woman gets her period, entire industries have been manipulating women and convincing them there's only one way to deal with menstruation: consumer products.

And it happens with most products marketed to women, and to men too:

Personal care products, creams, cosmetics, makeup, perfume, and on and on.

They're all saturated with endocrine disruptors that enter your system.

This is the most toxic time in human history, and it's insane, because women in particular are trying to balance their hormones.

So what can you do?

First, open your mind to other options, options that are far better suited to handling menstrual blood and discharge throughout the month. The fact that something isn't sold in commercials, or that someone considers it less aesthetic or less sexy, doesn't mean their ignorance should become a truth in your life.

What's the alternative to tampons? Period underwear.

What's the alternative to industrial care products? Natural creams, oils, and the like, or, and I know this will sound shocking, nothing.

You don't need anything beyond good nourishment.

To keep toxins from accumulating in the body, you need to support the system above all with nutrition, movement, detoxing through sweat, physical activity, sauna, and sun exposure.

Quite a few studies have found chemicals in menstrual blood:

Pesticides, BPA, plastic, phthalates. That's exactly why it's so important to cleanse the body.

Menstruation is the body's cleansing process, and if you don't have a (real) period, you're giving up a natural function of your body that benefits your health.

A few more things you can do to detox:

Good nutrition.

Water fasts or supervised juice fasts that boost metabolism and speed up detoxification.

A good night's sleep is responsible for cleansing the liver. It's best not to go to bed after 11 p.m.

Physical activity helps circulate the blood and flush toxins out of the body through sweat.

There's a reason we created a women's health course.

In a world where feminine awareness is hijacked by ideas dreamed up by men,

it's time to wake up and protect our health, not our image.