New Study Shows Acupuncture More Effective than Exercise for PCOS
A new study compared the effect of electro-acupuncture (EA), physical exercise and no intervention on testosterone levels, menstrual frequency, acne and hirsutism in women with PCOS. After 16 weeks of...
View ArticleMore Therapeutic Yoga for PCOS – Apana Energy
Beth Heller, MS, RYT According to yoga physiology, apana vayu is the downward flow of energy that governs the menses as well as elimination of toxins from the body. In the yogic view of PCOS, the...
View ArticleSupplements to Improve Egg Quality?
Beth Heller, MS, RYT At the Moon we are constantly striving to increase our E.Q.I.Q. (Egg Quality I.Q.) and for years we have believed that nutrition can play a role in eqq quality. However, until...
View ArticleApples, Pears and Fertility – How Shape Impacts Our Ability to Conceive
by Beth Heller, MS RYT Increasing evidence suggests that the way in which fat is distributed on a woman’s body may impact fertility. While body fat is essential for reproduction (a range of about...
View ArticleMy FLTF Experience – You CAN Do This
Margaret Wertheim M.S., R.D., L.D.N. Margaret Wertheim, MS RD LDN Here at Pulling Down the Moon, we are launching our new weight loss program entitled First Line Therapy for Fertility (FLTF). I...
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View ArticleAre “Diets” a Good Choice for Fertility?
By Beth Heller, MS The word “diet” can mean “food or drink regularly consumed,” or “a regimen of eating and drinking sparsely so as to reduce one’s weight.” The latter definition is one that inspires...
View ArticleMotherhood as Motivation: Helping Patients with a High BMI Reach a Healthy...
by Beth Heller MS, RYT Until recent years, physicians worried about women not losing “baby weight,” and creeping up the Body Mass Index (BMI) with successive pregnancies. Times have changed, though,...
View ArticleAcupuncture for PCOS – Points to Ponder
By Beth Heller, MS At Pulling Down the Moon, when we come across a tough problem we often turn to our acupuncturists and ask “isn’t there a needle for that?” It seems like every day we read another...
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