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Why do my mood swings matter

Is it really necessary to keep track of how I feel?

In my opinion it’s very important to keep track of mood changes and fluctuations due to the fact that they are related to mild to severe hormonal imbalance.

Now, we could be referring to preteens, teens, pregnant woman, men of a certain age, men overexposed to estrogen; when they are estrogen dominant, it causes an imbalance in the endocrine system. I would also consider people who suffer from chronic illness at very high to severe risk for hormonal imbalance along with radical mood swings. Lastly, please take into consideration women who are on the onset or are experiencing full blown menopause.

So why is it so important to keep track of the changes in your mood? 

Naturally our bodies shift around, moods come and go. Emotions ride high, emotions ride low but when you find yourself in an almost chronically debilitating state of emotional instability it may be time to take action. 

 

You need to remember that hormones control many aspects of your well-being including but not limited to:

One, your Mood. Two, your Metabolism & Weight Gain or Loss. Three, your Development and Growth, Fatigue and Stress and lastly, your Sex drive and Reproduction. 

Some quick, healthy natural remedies that you can begin incorporating into your diet and lifestyle would be:

(Always consult your physician when beginning a new dietary routine.)

Foods:

Coconut Oil: Absolutely start including Organic extra virgin coconut oil into your daily routine. This oil is linked to overwhelming evidence to provide help in balancing hormones and helping your body to recover from stress and adrenal fatigue. Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids, which metabolize through the body differently than other well-known saturated fats. Coconut oil contains, what is lauric acid. Lauric acid is known to kill off fungus, bacteria and viruses. Coconut oil also reduces overall cholesterol and curbs hunger.

Avocado: Yes the beautiful, wonderful smooth and delicious avocado is number 2 on the list. Don’t let the calorie intake of this sweet little gem throw you off. This silky smooth yumminess is loaded with a ton of protein, fiber, vitamins and trace minerals that will support hormone balance. Along with that, avocados have also been studied and have come out top dog in helping the fight against insulin resistance. 

Salmon: Fresh wild caught salmon is number 3 on the list because, as we all know salmon is absolutely loaded with a ton of vital minerals and vitamins to help support your body. It has been studied and shown that salmon provides overall body health. 

Heal your leaky gut. 

Exercise

Include L-Theanine which is an amino acid which is found in black, white and green tea. This amino acid helps you think more clearly and cope better with stress. 

Oils

Essential Oils proven successful in balancing your Hormones

Clary Sage: From what I have studied clary sage has been proven to have a tremendous effect on reduced cortisol levels by close to 35% as well as support thyroid function. Clary Sage acts as an anti-depressant. Its also great for PMS, from mild to severe. 

Thyme: Thyme essential oil has been proven to help with progesterone production. Both men and woman will benefit from this, mainly because in our modern society, estrogen dominance is becoming more and more prevalent due to the additional steroids, hormones and pesticides we ingest through our food. This is why Thyme is a great addition to your routine to balance out hormones.

Frankincense: Lastly frankincense oil is overall wonder oil or the "King of Oils". It not only supports the thyroid, but it balances your mood and fights anxiety.

Some additional oils that support hormone balance and evens out mood swings

Lemongrass: Antidepressant, antiseptic, astringent, fungicide, diuretic

Lavender: Alleviates stress, helps restore skin, relaxes and helps with sleep, helps with heart palpitations.

Anise Helps respiratory, skin, calms Arthritis, Relieve gas, indigestion and bloating, calms and relaxes you.

Myrtle Aphrodisiac, sedative, skin, nervine, expectorant.

Geranium Balance hormones, Balances hormones, Relieves stress, reduce and minimize inflammation, improves your circulation, reduce blood pressure, calms effects of menopause, Dental health, Skin.

Basil Soothes sore muscles and joints, Assists with clear breathing, skin, mental alertness, anxiety.

You can use essential oils directly on your body or diffuse them into the room.

This is just beginner information when it comes to balancing your hormones. 

I am just beginning my journey and would love to hear your stories of trials and successes. God Bless

Kristin  

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I am going to add a little scale on weigh in days in my Happy Planner. So excited. The family is bucking me on this weight loss challenge but by golly jeepers I am determined that everyone is going to have fun. I can just see my children's eyes rolling over that one lol. Enjoy these little scale stickers. Please feel free to rescale (pun intended lol) in your printer settings to enjoyable size. Print them on a full sticker sheet or on regular paper and cut out and glue in planner.

Be Inspired to get healthy this year
Kristin

You must believe. By His stripes ye are healed Isaiah 53: 4&5

Copyright: Jesus Folk
Exod 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Exod 23:25-26
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Deut 7:15
15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 


Ps 91:9-10
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 


Ps 103:1-5
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Ps 107:19-20
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.  

Prov 4:20-23 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 

Isa 41:10
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

Isa 53:4-5
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Isa 55:9-11
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.  

Isa 58:6-11
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.  

Jer 30:17
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.  

Mal 3:6
"For I am the Lord, I change not"  

Mal 4:2-3
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.  

Matt 7:7-11
7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 


Matt 8:16-17
16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 

Matt 9:35
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 

Matt 15:30-31
30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.  

Mark 11:22-24
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Mark 16:17-18
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Luke 4:17-19
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Luke 9:1-2
1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 

Luke 10:8-9
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 

Luke 13:16
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Acts 4:29-30
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatening: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.  


Acts 5:15-16
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Acts 10:38
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Gal 3:13
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

James 5:13-16
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.  
 
1 John 5:14-15
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.  

3 John 2

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

The medicinal (health) benefits of orange oil

(Natural News) A favorite oil used in Aromatherapy is Orange essential oil. It has a fresh, sweet, citrus smell and is a valuable treatment oil for many ailments. The oil is extracted from the fruit of the Orange plant (Citrus sinensis) by cold-press method and it is best to only use organic, cold-pressed oils to avoid chemical toxicity.

Sweet and Bitter Orange essential oils offer a magnitude of health benefits and therapeutic properties. Some of these include:

• Anti-depressant
  Well-known for its uplifting properties, orange essential oil is soothing to the mind and helps to relieve stress. It is refreshing and relaxing and commonly used for the treatment of anxiety.
• Anti-inflammatory
  It provides relief from both internal and external inflammation caused by infections. It is helpful in treating swollen tissue by stimulating blood circulation.
• Anti-septic
  It inhibits microbial growth and can help ease a sore throat if used in a gargle. It also helps to heal mouth ulcers when used in a mouth wash.
• Improves Digestion
  It is known to promote digestion, ease constipation and increase the absorption of vitamin C. Use as a massage oil in the abdominal area.
• Anti-Cancer
  D-limonene is a super-nutrient that occurs in Orange Essential Oil. It has been studied extensively for its ability to prevent cellular mutations and combat cancer tumor growth.
• Encourages Detoxification
  Sweet Orange essential oil encourages detoxification by acting as a diuretic. It also stimulates the lymphatic system, the bladder and kidneys. Increased urination assists in the elimination of toxins like uric acid, bile and excess salts and helps relieve fluid retention. Detox and cleansing properties help breakdown and eliminate cellulite.
• Skin Treatment
  Orange essential oil is shown to promote the production of collagen as well as increase the blood flow to the skin. It is helpful at soothing dry, irritated skin as well as acne-prone skin. It is excellent for rubbing on calluses on the feet.

How To Use Orange Essential Oil

Essential oils are absorbed into the body via the nose and the pores of skin and hair follicles. From there they enter the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body. The beauty of aromatherapy is that you benefit from the inhalation and topical application of the essential oils.

• Use as a massage oil on affected areas of the body.
• Add a few drops of essential oil to a warm bath.
• Add a few drops of essential oil to a body wash.
• Use as a room freshener: put a few drops of oil with water in a spritz bottle.
• To relive a sore throat: Add a drop of bitter orange essential oil to warm salt water and gargle.

Other Orange Essential Oil Uses

Orange Essential Oil also has a number of industrial and household uses.
It is used to add orange flavor to various food products such as beverages, desserts, biscuits, chocolates, sweets and bakery items. Industrially, it is used in soaps, body lotions, face creams, room sprays/air fresheners and deodorants.

The D-limonene in Sweet Orange essential oil is an extremely effective insect repellent. Wipe or spray it wherever pests come into your house: cracks, around windows and doors. It can also be safely used in your pantry to repel moths, worms and ants instead of using poisonous substances.

Warnings and Precautions :

Orange Essential Oil shows photo-toxicity, do not apply before going out in the sun.
If ingested in excess quantity, it can result in vomiting and nausea. If you are pregnant, epileptic, have liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use essential oils only under the guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner.

References

1.www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/essential-oils/health-benefits-o...

2. Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 57-67.

3. www.anandaapothecary.com/aromatherapy-essential-oils-news/natural-hea...

4. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01046929

5. http://www.encognitive.com/node/2579

About the author

Katherine Oosthuis is completing a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy. She researches and writes for a health and nutrition website Detox For Life . Her passion is to make research available to those who are looking to improve their well-being and revolutionize their health through better nutrition and alternative medicines.

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