We recommend listening to this episode with your favourite snack nearby. Our Periods & Nutrition episode is full of the genius advice and support of one smart lady, dietitian & women's health expert, Sara Widdowson. Sara gets real about the way that food can affect our period (including actually getting it in the first place), those fad diets that are really just making things a whole lot worse and explains to us what the heck intuitive eating is. If you have struggled with an eating disorder, suffer from endo or PCOS, or just want to better understand how your food affects your body, get involved with this ep. Thanks to our mates at U by Kotex!

As a dietician with a focus on women’s health Sara advocates for the idea that fertility is about a lot more than having a baby. It’s about your overall health and wellbeing. She has a practice - Your Monthly - where she helps people understand their periods better as well as get their period back after losing it. “Periods shouldn't be painful, heavy, or leave you housebound. And, if you struggle with mood changes, PMD, or PMS, I can help you feel like you again, and not just on the other 21 days of the month” - Sara Widdowson. If you’re interested in taking control of your period health with Sara, get in touch via Your Monthly, she sees patients in person and via video chat, and follow her on the Gram. Sara recommends affordable steps you can take throughout the episode plus resources you can read which are linked below. If you’re gonna buy Period Repair Manual can we recommend you buy from a local bookstore?

Resources

Dr Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual 

https://www.larabriden.com/period-repair-manual/ 

Endometriosis NZ 

https://nzendo.org.nz/

https://nzendo.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Introduction-to-Pelvic-Pain-2017-compressed.pdf 

https://nzendo.org.nz/esig-ask-an-expert/ 

Health Info 

https://www.healthinfo.org.nz/ 

The Gram, The Web & The Other Stuff

@YourMonthly 

https://www.instagram.com/yourmonthly/  

https://www.yourmonthlyclub.co.nz/ 

@ThePeriodPlace

 https://www.instagram.com/theperiodplace/

 https://www.theperiodplace.co.nz/ 

@TeganYorwarth

 https://www.instagram.com/teganyorwarth/

@DanikaRevell 

https://www.instagram.com/danikarevell/ 

@UbyKotexAUNZ 

https://www.instagram.com/ubykotexaunz/ 

https://www.ubykotex.com.au/ 

@BlueandGinge 

https://www.instagram.com/blueandginge/ 

https://www.blueandginge.com/ 

Theme Music: All Stars by Patrick Patrikios