 Hey everybody, hi Okay, I'm waiting for LaToya to show up there. She is I'm gonna add her right now Give me a second ladies. I Have admitted her one moment ladies. Just bear with me. Hey Maxine Welcome. I'm not sure if something happened on her end or not But give me a second ladies But welcome everybody If you would just chat in where you are tuning in from if you have a reproductive issue Please, you know chat that in as well. What have your doctors told you about your situation and Have you started on a personal healing journey? Where are you at in the process? Let me see if There she is. There she is Okay All right, I can't hear you. So let's unmute you There we go. Can you hear me? I can hear you just fine. How are you? Excellent. Welcome LaToya. I'm so glad to see you Let's make sure that our audience can hear us as well Absolutely, I'm gonna go live on Instagram as well. That's okay Fine bear with us ladies. All right. I can't yep I can hear hear you loud and clear Welcome everybody. I Love it I'm sorry. What did you say LaToya? I said, I love it. I'm so excited to be here. Thank you so much for having me I really appreciate it. You're welcome. Thank you for agreeing to it I'm so excited to see what's gonna happen as a result of this our session together so Absolutely So let me just let me just introduce I'm gonna want to introduce you first of all Ladies, do you have a reproductive issue? What are you struggling with and our topic today is Juicing so do you have any experience with juicing? Please put your your chat in the chat box and we will get to your questions as soon as possible But today I'm going to be interviewing the beautiful LaToya Dwight founder of the fibroid pandemic and Also, she has a new YouTube channel. So her link is down in the description Box of this video. Please show her some love and love and go and subscribe to her YouTube channel And in a moment, I'm gonna have her introduce herself But for those of you who don't know me My name is Chelsea Knudsen and I'm a certified holistic health coach certified life coach and I specialize in helping women to heal naturally from female related conditions like fibroids PCOS ovarian this endometriosis and Using food as medicine. So again, if you're just coming in, please your questions in the chat and Let's get into our topic and we're gonna talk to LaToya about how juicing changed her life But LaToya, why don't you introduce yourself to us? Oh gosh, Chelsea? So where do I even start and I apologize by appear to be looking away. That's because I'm trying to make sure Hey everyone on Instagram and want to make sure I'm good here on YouTube, you know I'm very excited because this is my very first YouTube stream. I'm super super excited You know, I've been following your platform for a while. I first found you on YouTube Then we went to Instagram and now you're bringing me back here. So first and foremost again, I really appreciate the opportunity I just thank you so much for having me on So my name is LaToya Dwight and I am the founder of the fibroid pandemic and in a nutshell The fibroid pandemic was created to help Support women as they embark on their journey to healing from fibroids and that includes everything from, you know A holistic regimen Going the route of whether they want to have a minimally invasive procedure to a major surgery so on and so forth but also Incorporating healthy options such as Watching and being very cognizant of the items that we expose for our body and the food that we consume So it's more of a holistic type of platform And we focus on not only supporting the women but also their families because Chelsea as you may know You know if a woman is suffering from uterine fibroids her family is definitely impacted as well So for example, you know when a woman has fibroids she really suffers from lethargy So because of that she may not necessarily have the energy to go out and you know play kickball with her child or another symptom is you know You know a lot of bloating and urination but also having Pain during intercourse. So because of that it could definitely affect her relationship As well. So that is basically what the cornerstone of the platform really entails That is so awesome. It's a needed resource So i'm so excited to have you on the channel just for that resource so people can get to know you for that reason So thank you for sharing that So what I would like to know is how did like what what's your in short? What's your story with fibroids? Oh gosh, so in short Because That might it's up gonna be an hour long discussion so Cliff knows I had an iud. I went to go get my iud replaced my doctor who I was going to at the time For about 12 years. She could not locate my iud sent me to ultrasound. They located the iud But also found the fibroid. So well fibroids so The doctor basically just suggested having a hysterectomy now This is all within the same exact doctor visit So not only am I leaving with having a diagnosis of uterine fibroids But also with the recommendation of getting a hysterectomy this happened all within an hour an hour and a half So it was extremely emotional very overwhelming. I didn't really know which direction to turn So as I started to do my research, I realized that there was very little information out there for women Who were experiencing uterine fibroids? So for me my journey started with going vegan Vegetarian doing chi gong yoga joining different focus groups. You name it. I tried it So because of the lack of resources that's out there that is what really sparked me to start the fibroid pandemic platform Awesome Thank you for sharing that because I know that there are many women who are in your situation Right now getting ready to face that that opportunity and there is hope so Thank you for sharing that so Our topic juicing so how did it all start for you? So, you know, it's funny because when I went vegan I had to get really creative, right? Needless to say i'm no longer a vegan. Please don't judge me people Please don't judge me. I do I do what I feel is in my best interest personally Um, I believe veganism is amazing. Um, but Basically when I was vegan, I had to get really really creative And part of that was finding what foods worked for me So juicing was one of them and I literally started just trying different recipes And I found things that I liked and then I realized how my body started to respond to it And how I would feel physically emotionally mentally in my headspace, etc And I loved it. So that's honestly how juicing came about So go into a little bit more detail about how your body responded to it I like I like what you had to say about that. Tell us So, oh my gosh. So there are so many benefits of juicing So number one the very first thing I notice is There's no such thing as TMI here, right? No So women who have fibroids oftentimes they experience constipation So I could literally go three to four days without having a bowel movement So you can only imagine how horrible that will feel physically But then also how it would affect my my intimacy, you know So I noticed immediately that by juicing it really helped keep me regular So that in and of itself was a tremendous win for me And I mean it would be where I can drink my juice, you know this morning for breakfast Like I had celery juice this morning And I will have a movement that same exact day or couple or maybe hour or two later So that was one immediate thing that I noticed. So physically, I mean When you suffer from constipation It you'll be amazed at how it really impacts your life. I mean you become so exhausted tired really bogged down So that in and of itself was a tremendous benefit to me Which is motivating enough for me to go ahead and continue doing the juice, you know So that would be number one also number two, you know, I noticed when my digestion in and of itself kind of got better Meaning my stomach wouldn't get upset as much and You know, what happens is when you juice it pretty much sends your body into ketosis Which I'm sure, you know, well about ketosis But basically what that does is slows down the digestive system Really allows your body to really digest the nutrients and vitamins that your body truly needs But also it gets away from all that, you know extra activity overworking of your digestive system So by allowing your digestive system to relax It really helps eliminate a lot of the bloating and acidic, you know, acidity and things of that nature So physically with the constipation that was a huge motivator, but also with my digestion as well That's awesome So when you drank juice, did you when you drank the juice? Did you feel like your body was more hydrated when you drank juice? I did I really did and um, I can even tell in my skin So one of my favorite juices is celery juice and I can tell when my body really needs celery juice So I drink I actually had celery juice this morning. I think I believe I put a video up there this morning On my instagram, but yeah, um celery juice is one of my most favorites I know it probably sounds disgusting to some people, but it definitely helps. It's very refreshing Contingent upon where you buy it from some of the additives I can actually tell if I get it from a like a local grocery store versus like a farmers market The taste is so different, but um, if you get pure organic I can definitely tell that it hydrates me more. It's a little salty It hasn't acquired taste but for me it's very refreshing once you get used to it though But yeah, I noticed that my hydration levels have increased tremendously So if I don't drink my juice, I can tell specifically to celery juice. I can tell where Not only do I get dehydrated, but my skin gets really dry as well That's awesome and and the reason I brought that up is because you mentioned the first thing you mentioned was your Uh, your bowel movements were better and what I have found from working with women is almost everybody I work with has some form of constipation whether they know they do or not In fact, you know, just drinking juice, which is liquid and everybody says that you need to have all this fiber In order to make you go to the bathroom If you drink juice, you're gonna be you're gonna get rid of that constipation. It's gonna rip right through that jump So hydration is key for helping you to get rid of constipation. So that's why I ask those questions But one of the biggest biggest objections that I get when I ask people would they be interested in juicing is Oh, it just takes so long to juice is too much work. What do you have to say about that? um I I respect everyone's opinion, but for me it really boils down to what's most important to you Are you willing? I mean for me the amount of time it takes me to get in my car or gas up drive across town and go to the grocery store Pick up juice that's pasteurized and has all these different additives and a slew of sugar and who knows what else And get that back home and drink it. You could have already juiced your juice your own juice yourself It is you know, it's time consuming but You know for me when I say time consuming um I would probably start in the kitchen maybe about an hour hour and 15 minutes between start and finish And that includes, you know washing my fruit and veggies cutting them up. Sometimes I cut them It just really contingent upon what it is. I'm juicing um And putting them in my bottles and refrigerating and cleaning up So it can take about an hour hour and 15 minutes But I mean to me that hour and 15 minutes is so much more important because I know when I'm putting in my body Then really focusing on the amount of time that it takes. So yeah, it can take time But in my opinion here, Chelsea anything worth having is worth time, right? So anything that I feel is going to be conducive to my healthy lifestyle Is most definitely worth it. And if it's going to take me an extra couple minutes to me, that's okay That's awesome. I love that answer and so As far as So how often do you drink juice to you? Is it a daily habit for you? How do you how do you incorporate it in your life? You know, what's funny is that like literally I um For me and just just to be clear so that people understand I don't I don't juice I don't go on a juice cleanse I mean I have and I do every so often to where I would only consume juice all day For a certain amount of days and normally that may only be like up to three days Maybe four days max but for the most part, I don't really juice And I want to clarify that because some people think well drinking juice. I'm going to be starving. I'm going to be hungry I may have no energy, but it actually gives you a lot of energy So I just want to clarify that I don't really go on a juice binge or a juice diet I just incorporate my natural organic juices into my daily eating regimen anyway. So for me It comes second nature But yeah, so I usually drink I would say My diet probably consists of juicing if you will drinking natural juices probably 75 80 percent of the time. So I usually juice once a week Maybe every week week and a half and I'll just you know I try to juice as much as I am able to consume within about four or five days Anything over four or five days you do risk some of the potential bacteria That's why, you know, if you go to a grocery store that actually does sell natural organic You will find where it is pasteurized to help, you know, so that It can last longer But when I make it at home, obviously I don't have a pasteurizer So because of that I do only focus on only making the amount that I'm able to consume within a certain number of days But yeah, regularly I am juicing on a regular basis. Okay So let me ask you since you've been juicing has there been times when you're just like Like long stretches of time where you just don't juice and if so, what is the Between how you feel when you juice and when you don't That's a really good question. So yeah, I mean If I go on vacation if I'm traveling or if I'm just being lazy if I don't want to get in the kitchen and Do all the prep. Yeah, I do go There are some stretches I may go two weeks without it and it's interesting you say that because I can tell my body can tell My energy level is lower My skin breaks out like crazy And I actually notice where my irritability actually increases as well So, um, but then getting back to the whole constipation and you know, um Pain during intercourse and bloating and then my digestive system is just a lot because I've Eating all this stuff with all these additives and artificial flavor and you know So it kind of throws me off quite a bit Okay, that's that's good because that's the same thing it is for me as well I mean sometimes I will go through these spurts where I'm well, I'm mostly juice I juice I try to juice every day But sometimes lazy and I'll just say I'm gonna make a smoothie Yeah, nothing's wrong with smooth smoothies are great everybody. So if you never juice smoothies are great But I could tell a difference between when I drink a smoothie and whenever I drink juice It's just night and day But there yeah, and it is for me too and like I make my own smoothies So like I mean my husband we have what's called like Smoothie fridays. So especially with the whole COVID-19 Sheltering in place one of our outings most exciting outings is actually going out to get a smoothie You know, I may have a smoothie with him every now and then but probably 50 percent of the time I don't um, and that's because at the local smoothie shop, you know, I'm not going to name any names But at the local smoothie shop Um, it has a lot of sugar in it and for me Sugar just does not agree with my body, especially women who do have fibroids Sugar is one of the main things you want to kind of stay away from, you know So yeah, I agree with you 100% awesome So overall, uh, well before I ask that question Do you want let's go into and see what kind of questions we might have in the chat to see what we might be able to answer And I see maxine. Hi maxine trace Shilin and Tasha welcome everybody Tracy from Arkansas. Let's see if there's any questions. Hey Veronica Cynthia Jenny and also Latoya, if you have any questions on your feed, please feel free to read them And we can ask them because I don't see any questions yet ladies if you want to ask some questions That'd be great If you I see a comment from the Detroit loves basically she said I juice Fast before I had the assessor procedure for a month. That's wonderful because you know One thing women with fibroids need to realize is that if you do go to of actually having a procedure done Whether it is minimally invasive or major surgery is so very critical that you focus on your health And meaning as you're going into your procedures very critical But what most what's most important when you come out of it the aftercare? Because fibroids grow back and they can actually grow back with grow back with the vengeance So you want to definitely make sure that you're focusing on aftercare. Um Let's see here. Yes vegan vegetarians everything Uh, I had a Let's see or I sell he said this is great. Wonderful. Um Oh another one says I drink some celery juice today Oh What do you wash your fruit with that's a really good question? Um So I get organic so I may just soak it in like, um apple cider vinegar or maybe a little bit of vinegar or something like that Um, even douse a little bit of bacon so but if I'm in a rush, I'm gonna be 100 percent transparent If I'm just trying to get through that kitchen and get it done I definitely make sure that it's going to be as organic as often as possible. Obviously organic These days, you never know, right? They say organic means pesticide free chemical free or whatever and just pray and hope is true Um, but if I can't find organic, I do try to soak it a little bit Now one thing I will say is um, there are certain fruits and veggies that I don't really bother soaking at all so For example, if the fruit has like a really hard shell like a lemon, you know If I'm putting lemon inside my abc juice just to kind of cut the sweetness of it a little bit I don't really focus on it's not really critical to me if that's um, if it's You know organic or not Because of the hard shell. Um, but things like my celery um anything like my um My wild gooseberries, you know, um my carrots, I definitely try to make sure that they are organic awesome Uh, then it looks like the the Detroit loves fed another comment here sugar is the devil at these tumors. Yes Absolutely the truth, but even to add to that, um The sugar part is oh my gosh, that's actually another segment in and of itself, isn't it? So sugar, you know when when they say you get into like the the itis the food coma That's because your body has just had like this huge rush of sugar And then you're crashing. So yeah, when you have those, you know juices with artificial flavoring and Additives and whether it's a fruit high fructose corn syrup or if it's disguised as another different type of name Definitely do your research because I tell you, um A lot of those items are very detrimental and when you're exhausted and left and you know lethargic That's probably because you just had a huge slew of all the sugar that's included in your juice And now you're in this food coma and you have no energy after lunchtime, you know, so Absolutely and to add to that if you drink a juice that you have a juice like a Whole ripe fruit. It's a totally different situation. You're not going to feel those crashes the way you do Right if you drink a juice that is laid into a sugar. It's a totally different situation. Absolutely 100 percent Looks like I've got some questions over here. Can juicing help reverse and manage lupus? Um, do you have any insight on that? Um, I I believe lupus is a form of cancer from that mistaking. Um, I don't know enough about that but what I do know is that there's not Scientific evidence that extracted juices are healthier Than you get from the actual fruit or veggie in and of itself um, but I will say, you know, definitely do your research and um It's a way you can definitely add it to your diet. Um, you know, so like for example, I understand everyone may not juice But if you are someone who wants to try to consume more fruits and veggies, you can do a smoothie Or something like that. Um, But yeah, I don't really have much information on lupus. I don't know enough about to even really speak upon it I do apologize. No, don't don't don't apologize I just wanted to see if you had any information because you talked to a lot of women You never know what you might have come across Um, just I can I can weigh in there. Um I uh have worked with lots of women with lupus and Although there is no juice that you can take that is oh a sassure fire thing to drink for lupus Anytime you give your body What it needs like the nutrients it needs your body will do what it was designed to do which is to heal itself so I'm not I'm not going to sit here and say juicing shrinks fibers juicing heals cancer juicing You know heals lupus, but if you juice your body is going to be happy. Yep I agree 100 and I mean Like I said, it helps in so many different aspects, right? I mean as far as your digestive system go Um, your mental clarity your energy. It's amazing and looks like someone did chime in lupus is an auto immune That that's right. That's actually correct. My um I have a family member with lupus and let's see here. There's a question here that says How much fruit versus veggies do you use? Um So I usually do equal parts of fruits and veggies So it just really depends upon what it is that I'm making like Celery when I do my celery juice. That's all celery. I don't add anything to it at all Um, sometimes I might get a little jazzy and add some ginger to it As you can probably imagine. It's like liquid smoke going down liquid fire because celery is kind of Spicy, I guess for lack of better words and then adding the ginger to it Or I may add some turmeric to it just really depends upon how I'm feeling if I'm really bloated I'll add a little bit of fresh turmeric root and juice that as well. Um So again, it's really contingent upon what it is that I'm making But if I'm making just like a regular veggie base fruit such as celery I just do like this just straight celery, but for the most part it's going to be equal parts. Um Oh, then there was a question. What do you use to wash your fruit and it looks like I answered that question already All right Yes, ginger, Philly juice. Well, I'm actually going to be in the philadelphia area next week and I Reached out to them to order some juices because when I travel I notice like when I travel it's so hard to eat healthy, right? So you have to prepare you have to prepare to be it So I reached out to them want to make sure that uh Let someone says gunna 114 was my question deleted. Um, let me go back. Maybe I overlooked it. My apologies. Um I don't see a question from gunna 114 Um, if you don't oh hold on let me go back back back there. I said name Thank you so much for being patient. Chelsea. No problem. I see a comment. I juice and I made smoothies And made a lot of changes, but I can't Seems like you've blanked out Can you still hear me? Latoya Can you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you now. Okay. Not sure what's going on here. Um But did you hear did the statement that someone made here about there? But I didn't hear if you answered it or not Yeah, so what I would say about that is um, there are so many things that that can really consist of I don't really feel that that's enough information to kind of Give one direction over another. Um now if you're in pain, I don't know if the juice caused more pain with juices and smoothies If it's more of a bloating thing because I do understand there are certain juices Certain fruits and veggies that can actually make you a little bit bloated if you're irritated, you know, um But I just don't feel like I have enough information I know you said that you juice and you smoothie you made smoothies and made a lot of changes But still in pain I would say um, let's kind of have a further discussion about that because I don't that's not really enough information Really give much to go on and what I don't want to happen is for someone to feel, you know to get the wrong information and whatever. So um Yes Here's one, um from be mush. I'm suffering from gastrointestinal problems because of fibroids so unhappy We'll try juicing. Yeah, um, did you did you want to touch that touch? I mean juicing juicing does so Here's there's some questions coming in over here too about will juicing help this or will juicing help that? Yes, juicing helps overall But it really is about a complete and total lifestyle change for you to start to feel better on the inside Because if you juice ever say you juice a liter of juice every day and every once in a while you're still eating junk You're kind of defeating the purpose of actually your healing process. So It like like Latoya said She doesn't have enough information She didn't you we don't have enough information to be able to answer some of those questions because we can't see the big picture Right, right. Absolutely. I agree with you 100 with that um Look up dirty dozen in regards to fruit and but yeah, the dirty dirty dozen Buries berries berries and more berries. Um, let's hear. Oh, Billy juice well says preach. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it Hence how juice was born. All right, so let's speed up here Um, I'm sorry. No, go ahead. I was gonna say I've got some questions over here um It says is juicing for shrinking fibroids Juicing puts your body in a position to help you shrink fibroids in my opinion But Latoya, do you have any insight on that? I like the way that you worded that chelsea because To be very clear Juicing in and of itself does not shrink fibroids bottom line Now incorporating natural organic juices into your daily regimen Helping to determine any other underlying issues that you may be experiencing Also trying to relinquish any type of toxicities from your life, whether it's internal external Including not only the health and beauty products, but more so our toxic relationships It can be you know, whether it's um marital or a significant other or at a job or with family with your children Any type of external relationship that you may have that may potentially bring extra stress can Definitely contribute to the growth of your fibroids. Now. One thing I will say is that Stress is a huge culprit of the development and the growth of your uterine fibroid So it's not a one-size-fits-all to where we can just say juicing shrinks your fibroids Um As chelsea mentioned juicing does put your body in a position to start shrinking fibroids But juicing in and of itself to be very clear again not to we don't want to make we don't we want to make sure Make sure that we are not misleading anyone, right? So juicing in and of itself does not only shrink fibroids. It's necessary to incorporate other items such as healthy eating, you know eliminating a lot of the um I mean we can go on and on berries red meats I mean you go on and on even getting down to just full veganism as a whole Um is very very important as well Absolutely And so there's a question for you over here. Um, it says Um, what do you eat Latoya since you stopped being vegan? All right, so, um I have any import since out since I was 16. So that was two years ago Yeah, I have any import since I was 16. I haven't eaten beef since 1997 Chicken fish and turkey and maybe 100 transparent. Yep. I said a chicken fish and turkey. Um eat a lot of fish Turkey chicken that's mainly what I don't really eat any fried foods at all I I will admit to saying I may still have french fry off on my husband's plate every now and then Um, maybe two But I can tell that if I do more than that, my stomach's going to get upset I try to minimize the amount of bread that I eat. I do eat bread, but not as much not that much And with with dairy, I don't really eat any dairy at all. I would say my diet probably consists of Two to five percent of dairy and that would be if I'm you know, if I get my Ezekiel bread And I want to have some toast I would spread real butter on my toast and I I know people say that's not good for you But I'd rather do that than do the spread stuff that has all these I mean when you go to you know, the Alternative options you have to be very careful because they're typically laced with so many other chemicals So you're actually causing a bigger issue than what's needed. So, um That's mainly what my diet consists of Thank you for sharing that and I I just want to piggyback on top of that and just say, you know, you have to do What is going to be best for you for your lifestyle and also if I'm not mistaken Latoya, you're not somebody who's suffering with a lot of symptoms. You don't have a lot of um Heavy heavy bleeding. You're not cramping all the time. Like you are not in crisis mode anymore. Is that That is accurate by the grace of god And and think I'm so thankful that I have a type a personality because I refuse to get a hysterectomy Without having what I felt to be enough information Yeah, I mean going in with just what the plan to get my iud replaced then leaving with the diagnosis of fibroids As well as the recommendation having hysterectomy all within an hour hour and a half doctor visit just did not sit well with me So I was like I was so confused. I mean I experienced a slew of emotions confusion frustration. I was angry Um, because I felt like my doctor was not listening to me, you know but I will say The silver lining if there's such a thing the silver lining between behind Being diagnosed with uterine fibroids Is simply being diagnosed Because that diagnosis actually provided an answer to all these symptoms that I had been feeling For maybe four or five years that I honestly I literally just chopped it up to the fact. I was getting older I mean, you know I come home from work and I'll be exhaustive. Chelsea. I mean Chelsea. I would be tired dirt dog tired um With the with the constipation You know with the whole thing where I would I would get all these my face would break out like crazy I mean I had adult acting like you would not believe I just thought i'm just getting older and that's just part of it, you know The the pain the pressure the bloating when my menstrual would come on Literally my legs will ache for three days leading up to it um initially I did not have bad menstruals at all my menstrual probably lasted five days And it wasn't I mean as far as the flow. That's what I mean by it wasn't that bad But I mean leading up to my my upper legs Between my knees and my hip would just ache for like three days leading up to it. Um Probably about a year after being diagnosed with fibroids That's when the heavy menstrual started and it came on with the vengeance and I can tell you there were Days where I actually had to leave work early because I had an accident And I specifically remember this one day where um I knew it's gonna happen I remember this one day where I left work and I was so like I was fed up. I was done I was sick of carrying etch and it's so funny because my husband didn't know I was doing all this because it was embarrassing, right I would carry extra set of underwear. I kept an extra set of pants at work, you know black and like I remember this one day I left work and I Was in a car and I called him. I'm like, I can't take it anymore. He's like calm down calm down So I go I'm calling the doctor and I'm gonna pay you to have this surgery and I don't care how much it costs Yeah, right Call the doctor. I remember specifically I was on 25 in Atlanta 25 south and I'm driving and I'm on the phone with the doctor's office And I said, um, I just want you to go ahead and sign me up for self pay. How much does it cost? I don't care. I don't care what the price is And it says gonna be $50,000 I'm just playing Girl, I was just playing So me was to say that didn't go over well And I really got serious about trying to figure this whole thing out because in my profession, Chelsea I um, sorry, I am an employee benefits consultant by profession So basically I negotiate this is the business contract with insurance carriers on behalf of employers So it's very Common part of my job to be presenting. So when your job says you're going through open enrollment It's time to choose your new benefits. I would go out to conduct open enrollment meetings So I can be standing in front of a room of 100 people very easily I can't risk having an accident. Yeah And when you're dealing with people insurance benefits, they can't you can't say, oh the toy had an emergency Boom. No, no, no, no. They're spilling. They're spending a quarter million to multi-million dollars on their employee benefits They need you there. Yes. So once that Once my ministry started to get really bad. That's what I had. I really took it more serious at that time Yes That's awesome. Thank you for sharing that because I know that people who are listening in can relate To what you went through Um, I know that I was listening. I was like, yeah Yes, I've been there. Yeah, I feel that way. Yeah, so thank you for sharing that and being vulnerable for that Because it is a hard thing to walk through It is it's very hard and the thing is is that what I realized is Like you heard me just say heat it and my husband didn't know that I was carrying packing extra clothes And the reason why is because we suffer in silence Yes ladies, it is time to stop the silent suffering There are millions of women across the globe. We're going through the same thing. We're going through stop suffering in silence And I hate when I get emotional Don't we don't have to suffer in silence and don't be embarrassed. Right Up you can have a group of 10 women and I guarantee you at least two of you at least I mean I will go as far as saying maybe five Maybe six But at least two of you are going to have fibroids or know someone who does So have the conversation. It's okay. Talk about your period. Who cares? Yes, I mean Let's just be 100 honest menstrual cycles are not going to stop right now So why not talk about it? It's okay Yeah, I think we could uh have uh interview after interview after interview and never be done Talk about so many different things one topic can lead to something else, right? And we can stand that topic for an hour and by itself. Yep. Okay. So we've got some more questions here. Let's see Uh, what do you recommend to um help pain from fibroids and I never I know what this is I can never say it. It's the add them on myososis. I can never say it. I do know myosis is there There you go. There you go. I think I said it, right? It's closer than what I got, right? Um That's kind of a loaded question and I say that because There can be so Okay For starters, what you can do is Focus on trying to shrink your fibroids Oftentimes the pain is because your fibroids are so large and it's pushing up against your your your um your Bladder your kidneys. I mean understand our mid sections are only so big you only got so much space So you have your ovaries your uterus you got your kidneys your liver you got all the stuff in there You don't want that much space, right? um Your stomach and your your intestines and so there's a little bit of space there So when you have your when these fibroids are growing on your uterus It literally can triple or quadruple the size of your uterus and contingent upon where they're located um, and that's one thing I would say she should really um Consult with her physician perhaps have an MRI to help determine exactly where her fibroids are located And what type of fibroids she has Because if her fibroids are on the external side of her uterus that can cause more pain than opposed to if they're if they're internal So it just really depends upon the type of fibroids where they're located in their size That can really help determine the best way of trying to help um counteract that I guess for lack of better words Awesome, and and I will just uh pick you back on that the the one thing one thing that Latoya said is work on shrinking the fibroid And really the first the first thing you could do that's within your reach is what you put in your mouth Don't eat inflammatory foods that cause pain Absolutely, and um, I have a list of foods to avoid down in my description box You can click the link if you don't already have it Click the link down in there's foods to avoid to help you shrink fibroids naturally if you eliminate those foods on the list The pain will be gone within like a month or two like literally and even after 30 days it'll lessen So I'm so glad you said that Chelsea as far as a month or two because women ladies you have to be consistent And understand anything worth having more than like it's not going to happen overnight So understand it took your body time to create and develop these fibroids and for the fibroids to grow So with that being said they're not going to shrink overnight. So even a month or two If you get shrinkage, that's great Some women can it can take six months to two years, right? Again contingent upon how many you have the size What you're putting in your body what you're consuming what you're putting on your body. So um consistency is key Like I said everything within your reach what you're putting your mouth Focus on that that's a great start, but you have to be consistent and understand that Again, it's not going to happen overnight. So don't get discouraged if you're six months in you still feel a certain kind of way As Chelsea mentioned, I guarantee you something Physically it's going to be different in a more positive manner. Yep. Absolutely So let's see we've got Dairy is the devil or dairy is evil At least there he is. Yeah, at least for me it is it's for me too. Not everybody has that problem But for sure for me, you know, I tell you one thing. Um It's so funny because when I when I travel, right Well, when I used to travel I used to make sure when we would get to our destination I would have to go to a grocery store to get the um, oh gosh What's the the yogurt that helps you? Go to the tiva activa or something like that Yes, I would have to go find that because I knew During my trip. I was probably gonna eat really bad But not activity activity. I think that's what it's called Not realizing that that was really upsetting my stomach as well Yeah, it would help me go to the bathroom, but then my stomach was upset So it's like Which one do you want? It's a domino effect, right? It's like a domino effect. I think I had a question. I thought I saw a question here. Um Let's see. Um, I thought I saw a question All right, maybe maybe I didn't um I thought I saw a question or maybe it was a comment Oh, looks like a comment from the Detroit loves mentioned So as a flight attendant, let me tell you about traveling and eating healthy. It's a challenge Particularly when you're juicing Um, absolutely to truth Uh, this individual says I use breast milk bags to store my juices when I travel for oh That's a great idea Very good idea idea. I never thought of that. Then she then she falls up. You can't eat you You can't juice and eat fried chicken. Very true. You can juice and eat grilled chicken It's a joke just a joke It's so funny because If I eat fried chicken, right? Um If I eat anything fried, I can Immediately so you know how it adducts how adducts um digestive system is a duck will eat and literally it comes right out the same Right away. So it is when I eat fried foods or even dairy. I can consume it Immediately I feel the bloating Immediately it's not worth it at all. It really isn't it's because you have worked on getting your body clean Yeah, when you work on getting your body clean and then you eat something that is messed up You can you feel it immediately, but when you're constantly putting junk in your body You can't determine any difference because you're always feeling bad And you don't even always know you're feeling bad because your body isn't such a mess All right, that is so true. You're always so bogged down. You're always so tired When I tell you ladies be an exhaustive all the time is not normal No, it's not normally There's something there's an underlying issue there that you have to peel back the layers because it can be more than one thing Who knows? Usually if you are consuming bad foods, um, such as you know, um, I would say things like carbonated drinks or sugar, whatever it may be dairy fried foods, whatever it may be Your body becomes so used to that like you said you become so bogged down and you know, you eat It's really hard to determine what's good or you know, what your body is reacting to because A lot of things you consume are bad for you. Um So let me see here Um Oh, philly juice well says I've had a client Go on go in on um juice only feeds for 30 days and their fibroids did shrink significantly. That that is fantastic So I want to say something about that and I believe it's because when you let your body rest And you're giving it the nutrients it needs your body's like, okay What can I work on and if it it feels like your womb is where it needs to work go to work It's gonna go to work and it's gonna make a difference. So ladies do juice like that's why I that's why I'm always crying about Not crying but talking about juicing. So thank you for that comment. Is it it's philly I think you know, we juice well Philly juice well, so thank you for that. Why juice well, uh-huh. I love it I love it. I love another question for you Um, what are your thoughts on taking bitters to help shrink fibroids? I was also suggested to look into soursop tea. Do you know anything about that miss latoya? Um, I don't know enough about it to be very honest. Um I don't I'm not even going to try to act like I do. Um, I know soursop Leaves are really great for you from what I understand. Um, I don't really under I don't 100% transparency. I don't know what vitamins or nutrients they contain That are conducive to our health, but I have heard that soursop leaves are really good for us I don't know anything about bitters though. So I do apologize. Okay. No, no, no worries. Um, so, uh, I don't know anything about soursop Never had it. I've been hearing things over about it over the last couple of years, but have not researched it But bitters are good for helping to clear out the liver So if your liver is being cleansed, of course, yes that's going to help with removing toxic waste from your body And in turn fibroids can shrink by you know, just getting The toxins out, but if you don't do anything else like change the rest of your life and you just take bitters I doubt that that is going to be like your answer But you just can't take an herb just say, okay, this herb's gonna You know solve all my problems and don't work that way. That's a good point It looks like I have a Milk is the devil And that was very similar to what your person said there, huh? Um, thank you Latoya. You're one woman respect Respect so much because you say the truth. I wish more advocates can be as honest as you're oh my gosh As you're doing right now with the natural remedy approach to shrink and fibroids that comes from queen Oni queer I remember her. Hi I don't know how to pronounce your name. So I do apologize. Um first and foremost, thank you guys so much for that comment That is beautiful. And this is the reason why I do what I do I don't know all the answers and I am still a work in progress I'm still learning but one thing I want you to know is that I am a lifelong learner So when we get off this call, I'm actually going to look up the sour stuff and the bitters and google's not my best friend Okay, google is a starting point But I like to look at my my scholar journal my scholar articles and journals medical journals to really try to get to the bottom of Um, what the potential benefits may truly be Absolutely. So, um Latoya, I wanted to just I wanted to just um ask you uh like a couple of follow-up questions on the Juicing and then we might want to wrap it up. It's 652 already. I can't believe that Our is crazy, right? Oh my gosh. Yes. I love it So Is there is there anything that you've done in your health journey? That has been as official to you Say as juicing In helping your body to heal. Um or more You know, I've actually done, um Oh gosh several different things, um one easy thing is um, I really focus on my my headspace, right? So for me, my headspace includes um managing my anxiety level Um, so I really focus on time management and not being in a rush all the time because that affects your blood pressure affects your stress someone and so forth but um One thing I've done is I've actually embraced saying no I would find myself over committing Which would cause a lot of stress in my life And when I tell you I am okay with it I am so much better With that, um being that I made that decision. I um, I realized that certain Relationships kind of fell to the wayside Um friendships and that's okay That is okay, but when I tell you I am At such greater peace. Um And you know getting back to to the psyche of it your headspace You know when you're eating all this crap, right? You get this brain fog Get a brain fog and you're not really all the way there So really focusing on on not only what you're eating But the outside stressors to me Chelsea that was so critical The outside stressors helping to minimize it and or eliminate that or just um modify it, right? Those relationships That really helped me tremendously. So something as simple as um Working from home, you know working for well COVID-19 obviously has kind of forced us all into a situation You know that none of us really asked for but for me It's actually been a silver lining. It works for me. My stress level has really depleted a lot Um, I was actually already working from home a couple of days prior to that But I noticed and because like in Atlanta the traffic's horrible So I work um probably my job is about 25 27 miles from my um from my house in Atlanta it takes me Anywhere between an hour and 10 minutes to an hour and a half For 25 miles. Can you imagine how stressful that is? By the time I get to work. I'm already stressed out, right? So, um, it's just it's just not worth it But you know those outside stressors again to me is what really really helped me to focus on Um managing for lack of better words to five boards better awesome So um lastly overall If you could sum it up in a nutshell How has juicing changed your life? Um juicing has changed my life for the better and making me a better person Um better all the way around I can Um, I breathe deeper I Think more clearly now I'm distracted a lot because I multitask But um when I really focus it really has improved my focus a lot um when I say breathe deeper Again, that's a whole other discussion. Um Let me think how I did I see more radiantly if that makes sense So to me juicing has tremendously helped me. I mean on a surface level with my digestion and really minimizing my bloating Um, but more so it's just made made my life better. I'm happier And to me happiness is something that you cannot buy. I don't care Who you are how much money you have if you are happier and you are physically better You know may not be 100 cured or healed, but when you are better You can be better if that makes sense. So um That's one thing I would just say in a nutshell if that's if I summed it up in a nutshell um Juicing has just made me a better person and made my life so much easier and better to manage and I love it and I I will never turn back as long as I can as as long as I can help it. So um Those of you who juice, I mean if you don't juice definitely consider it incorporate into your daily regimen Um, again, not the juice fast. There's nothing wrong with going on a juice cleanser juice fast. That's fine But just incorporating it into your daily routine Um, you are guaranteed to see a difference and there's not many things that I guarantee I can't guarantee certain things but um I you will guarantee you're guaranteed to see a difference as long as you also work on the other items as well Though not just the juicing in another cell Awesome Thank you so much Latoya stay on with me. Don't hang up. I'm gonna I'm close out but ladies. Thank you so much for Um joining us here on this live. I appreciate every last one of you. I love you all also If there is some type like if you want Latoya to come back on and enter do another interview in the comment section Put um down there some topics you'd like to talk about Also, don't forget to Subscribe to her youtube channel. She's gonna start uploading videos there You can also follow her on instagram at the fibroid pandemic So she's always got really good content always interviewing wonderful guests lots of information about women's health So she's a great resource to follow So until next time y'all if no one told you that they love you today. Chelsea in North Carolina loves you very much And I will talk to you all soon Take care. Thanks. Thanks. Chelsea. Thank you guys so much. Um, I still have my instagram feed up here looks like a head um Oh philly juice well says oh wow. I had a partial hysterectomy in 2013 worst decision ever Which is the main reason we started this business appreciates page. That is amazing That's that That's amazing. Like honestly, that's amazing. Um We just did a huge campaign called suffering silence. Please look at my page. I most definitely will you can definitely trust that I'll do that Um, morina four says morina four says what about the ufv? um, wow Um, I had unit of fibroid embolization to be 100 transparent. Um, I personally am pleased with my results I will say do your research though. Um So that you can focus on what's in your best interest. So everyone is not a candidate for you. Um, unit of fibroid embolization Luckily, I was if I had to do it all over again. I would 100 percent Candy love 18 says it's part of your healing to release. Do not apologize. Thank you love right you guys are great Um, live life is valuable every day Um, it's okay your emotions show how passed. Oh I hate when I get emotional, but I appreciate you guys were not judging me. I really really do I really do. Um, we all need to do it more Do you think it'll make the world be a better place if they saw how much more compassionate we are? Yes I think so too. Um, I think oftentimes chelsea we look to that as being a weakness But we're rock stars and like the thing is this holding it in so Again, it's a whole other conversation, but holding it in that just adds added stress to your body. You have to release it. You've got to release it. Um Alla genotti. Alla genotti. I believe I I'm not sure I'm pronouncing that right. Hi can juice and drink Can I do some drink herbal tea for shrink in my fibroids? Yeah, absolutely But you have to incorporate other things. I drink my herbal tea today. I actually have my more rignity today After I drunk my celery juice. I have my more rignity. I love it Do you mix juice in with herbal tea for shrink in fibroids? Yeah, so I think that was the same question All right guys. So, um, thank you guys so much. I appreciate it. Love you guys again Go to my instagram my click the link in my bio sign up for my email sign up for my private fight facebook group um Also for my youtube page. Thanks to chelsea. I have actually officially joined youtube I'm excited. I'm nervous, but I'm excited. So thank you guys so much chelsea. I'm gonna stay on with you I hope you all enjoyed this segment. Um, you guys are amazing. I love you and take care Toodles Bye-bye