One of the biggest things is in the Vaginal Canal there are so many blood vessels.

It is one of the most highly concentrated areas which makes sense like uterus like having a lot of nourishment there.

It also absorbs into our bloodstream the quickest. So whatever we're putting in there,

and that includes, like, lubricants, that includes period products, whatever is going in there and that includes like lubricants that includes period products whatever's going in there

is rapidly getting reabsorbed into the bloodstream so that's one reason I think we feel better

not using tampons.

Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacy Toth of Real Everything

and I'm here each week to dive deeper

into how we can find happiness and health inside

and out their self- love body positivity and

discovering new ways to be our best selves. Before we get started a reminder this

podcast is for general educational purposes and it's not intended to diagnose

advice or treat any physical or mental illness and while

fate is a registered dietician she's not yours so we always recommend that you see a licensed

health professional accordingly. That's it I want to welcome expert dietician with a master's in human clinical

nutrition, Kate Morton, founder of Funget Wellness. She shares about her experience navigating hormonal health and autoimmune disease on her podcast period chats where I was recently a guest so you can pop over and listen.

And after she quit birth control, her personal experience,

filled her drive to find solutions, merging

her scientific know-how with genuine care,

Kate is dedicated to menstrual health.

And today we are going to get into it

for all of our menstruating friends.

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