The truth is, women have been suffering from endometriosis for decades, but their pain has been ignored, making women believe that living in agony is normal. The good news? Experts have finally concluded that “severe period pain is not normal.” What a revelation! But if you want to know why this disease is only now beginning to receive the proper amount of attention and treatment, here are a few truly astonishing and horrifying facts about the medical community’s historic treatment of endometriosis.
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Just weeks after our September wedding in 2010, we discovered we were expecting, but I miscarried just one month later, which devastated me emotionally and physically. As I imagine many women in similar situations would attest to, I went through a long period of wondering what I did wrong. The treatment by an insensitive doctor didn’t help. Compound that with the physical pain that came with the cramping, the excessive bleeding, and a “D& C” (dilation and curettage procedure) that I was conscious for—the high from celebrating our union with more than 200 of our closest friends and family quickly passed. I spent the months that followed our loss working like a maniac to put the loss behind me. But I had hope for the future.
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We are a culture addicted to sugar. On average, we consume 17 teaspoons of added sugar on a daily basis: that equals 68 grams of sugar or two 12-ounce cans of soda.
But let’s be clear about one thing; sugar, specifically added sugar, is poison.
This is not fear mongering. This is not a trend. This is not something that we’ll realize in 9 years that we were wrong about. Sugar is killing us, in myriad ways, and the sooner we change our habits, particularly for our kids, the better.
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