by kimheintz | May 11, 2021 | Energy, Fatigue, Hormone Balance, Lab Testing, Root Causes, Symptoms
I remember this one night, 11 or 12 years ago… I woke up with my head just absolutely throbbing. The pain was almost paralyzing. I looked at the clock to see what time it was but it was hard to see because my eyes were blurry. I rolled off the bed and began crawling...
by kimheintz | Apr 20, 2021 | Birth Control, Fertility, Hormone Balance, Lab Testing, Menstrual Cycle
Most of us have been on hormonal birth control (aka the pill and hormonal IUD) at some point – in fact, there’s a statistic that 98% of women have taken it at least for a little while in their lifetime. Many of us take it for a long time – 5, 10, 15, and...
by kimheintz | Feb 10, 2021 | Birth Control, Energy, Fatigue, HTMA, Lab Testing, Mineral Balance, Supplements, Symptoms
Do you take magnesium? You’re not alone; this is one of the most common supplements I see people taking. There are tons of articles about the benefits of it and you see products for it everywhere. But do you question whether it’s even working? Meaning, you’re...
by kimheintz | Dec 4, 2020 | Birth Control, Fertility, Menstrual Cycle
Getting off birth control can be a scary thing, especially if you’re trying to avoid pregnancy. And I get it because that was my dilemma as well – that’s why I stayed on birth control as long as I did even though the side effects negatively affected my life in...
by kimheintz | Oct 1, 2020 | Birth Control, Hormone Balance, HTMA, Lab Testing, Menstrual Cycle, Mineral Balance
I was on the pill for over 12 years. During that time, I used two different formulas of the pill before deciding it wasn’t for me any longer. The first time I quit the pill, after being on a low-dose estrogen one for 11 years, I was miserable. My period was not...
