Take care ‘down there’ this silly season

Article by Blackmores Australia

Blackmores is advising Australian women to take care ‘down there’ this silly season as it launches Women’s Bio Balance. Preparing your body, including the less obvious parts, for the summer festive season is the key to staying healthy on the inside, and happy on the outside, as you head into 2011.

Pam Stone, Blackmores Director of Education, says “Lots of people know that Christmas often means overindulging in food, alcohol, sun and frivolity, and that the downside to this can be hangovers, weight gain and tummy upsets, but what women also need to be aware of is that the silly season is a common time for throwing out the balance of bad and good bugs, and this can lead to vaginal imbalance and irritation.”

Prepare your body for the Christmas season with Blackmores’ new Women’s Bio Balance, a probiotic supplement to help maintain healthy vaginal flora. Blackmores Women’s Bio Balance is a once-a-day oral capsule that may help reduce the colonisation of the vagina with “bad” or pathogenic bacteria and yeast, and helps to colonise the vagina with “good” bacteria called Lactobacilli. Dosage can be increased to two a day when necessary.

Pam Stone’s candid facts about vaginal flora imbalance:

The Christmas/summer season is a common time for vaginal upsets and imbalance due to factors such as heat, increased sexual activity and prolonged periods in swimwearThe vulva sweats more than any other part in the bodyAbout 75 per cent of women will have a vaginal flora imbalance in their lifetimeNew sexual partners can increase the rate of getting a vaginal imbalanceThere are more than 80 species of Lactobacilli (healthy gut flora) that live in the bowel and vagina

Pam Stone’s tips for keeping the bad bugs at bay:

Wear cotton clothing and underwear, and try not to sit around in wet swimmers for too longAvoid irritants such as deodorants, soaps, chemicals, sprays and douches in and around the vaginal areaWipe system by getting a good night’s sleep, reducing your stress, avoiding sugar and refined carbohydrates, and eating a variety of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetablesSupplement with probiotics, such as Blackmores Women’s Bio Balance to increase the colonisation of good bacteria in the vagina.

For more information about vaginal health visit http://www.blackmores.com.au/downthere. To speak to a qualified naturopath call Blackmores free Advisory Service on 1800 803 760.

Blackmores Women’s Bio Balance is packaged in a discrete handbag-friendly vial that does not require refrigeration, and is available at pharmacies and health food stores for RRP .95 for 30 tablets.

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