253: It's Time to Use Better Lube

Good overall health for women requires good vaginal health.  Good vaginal health requires your lube to be made of high quality ingredients.   This is applicable for all women using lube vaginally, but especially around the time of perimenopause when vaginal dryness becomes more common, vaginal pH often starts to shift, the vaginal microbiome often changes and risk of infections goes up.  Most lubes can make all of those things worse, not to mention introducing toxins into your systemic circulation.  It’s time to become more discerning about your lube ingredients.  The typical ones sold in grocery stores are not good enough for you.Reminder of our criteria we require our lube to meet: 1- Won’t raise your vaginal pH 2- Won’t alter your microbiome 3- Is isosmotic (matters for water based only)4- Doesn’t contain any harmful ingredients (ie. any type of paraben, chlorhexidine gluconate, nonoxonol 9, propylene glycol, glycerin, fragrances, petroleum based oils, quaternium 15, polyquaternium 15, benzocaine, menthol, or any type of sugar)  Sex therapist Amanda Louder’s podcast notes that list pH of different lubes and osmolality of different lubes:  https://amandalouder.com/podcast/295/ Dr. Anna Cabeca’s waitlist for her lube, VelvėHer daily vaginal moisturizer with DHEA, Julva: $60.16Brands mentioned on “The Good List” of this episode:Coconu - both water based and oil based lubes $23Uberlube - silicone based $22Sutil - Especially promoted to women with a drop in estrogen $18Good Clean Love $15Aloe Cadabara flavored and unflavored $10Desert Harvest $22Sliquid $22My website: www.healthcouragecollective.com - let’s hang out and get you confident and at peace about your hormone health and on track to not have to stop living before you die!Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve!Join the Waitlist HereCome visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.comemail me: [email protected]