for women only

Consider yourself warned, Boys....

~

A little over a year ago,

there was flu bug running rampant in our house

and in an effort to keep from getting it,

I loaded up on garlic pills and probiotics.

I happened to be having my period at the time

(I told you ~ this is a ladies only post....)

and was shocked to discover that my flow was considerably

lighter than my usual soak-a-super-tampon-and-a-pad in a hour.

I had very little cramping and back pain to boot!

Interesting!!

So the next month when Aunt Flo came to visit,

I repeated my garlic / probiotic therapy. 

I wasn't sure which of the two supplements

 was responsible for my tolerable period of the previous month

and having 'known freedom'

I wasn't willing to go back.

Then 

one month

I ran out of probiotics,

but I faithfully took 1 or 2 garlic pills every time I changed

(I'm almost blushing, ya'll)

and you know what?

Same results!

All along, it had been the garlic alone

that was responsible for the reduced pain and decreased flow.

I mentioned it to my doctor recently

and he was like,

 "Oh yeah, of course garlic slows your bleeding

because blah.blah,blah...."

I can't tell you why it works;

I can only tell you that

extra garlic

during that time

works for me!