5 Superfood Recipes For Better Vaginal Health.

Every part of your body needs nourishment from food — 

And yes, that even includes your lady parts!

There are certain foods you can eat that’ll improve your vaginal health.

Honestly, the vagina doesn't need much to keep clean (despite what the feminine wash commercials say). The vaginal flora living inside helps keep everything maintained if you keep it balanced!

To do that, you need to nosh on the right foods that not only nourishes your vaginal flora, but also minimize funky smells, fight infections, and help you when you're feeling "not so fresh down there."

Sounds tough to locate these foods right?

No worries, because we’ve already rounded up the top 5 foods to improve vaginal, including lovely recipes to keep things feeling healthy down south.

All we need you to do is put on an apron, and get cooking!:

The 5 Superfoods That Improve Vaginal Health

These 5 superfood ingredients helps improve vaginal health, and we have included recipes to make them the star of the show in your dishes:

Greek Yogurt — Greek yogurt contains probiotics, the good bacteria that live in your intestines and play an essential role in everything from mood and weight maintenance to balancing our immune system. And they're particularly important for women's vaginal health! It helps balance out your vagina's PH levels to keep things fresh down there.

Cranberries — A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that women who took a cranberry juice pill equivalent to two 8-ounce servings of cranberry juice for six weeks after gynecological surgery reduced the rate of UTI occurrence by half, thanks to the natural ingredients that flushes out bad bacteria.

Omega-3 Fatty Acid — Foods with omega-3 fatty acids, like salmon, promote heart health and circulation around the body. It’s good for the vagina because it keeps the blood flow pumping down south, improving circulation & giving your sex drive a passionate boost.

Sweet Potato — Normally, sweet stuff doesn't pack a nutritional punch. But then again, we’re sure every sweet wishes it was a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are high in vitamin A, which helps strengthen muscle tissues for strong, healthy vaginal walls.

Spinach — Spinach is rich in magnesium, a mineral that decreases inflammation in blood vessels and increases blood flow. Similarly to the fatty acids in fish, spinach can increase blood flow to the extremities. This increases arousal and make sex more pleasurable. The anti-inflammatory benefits help as well, fighting off vaginal inflammation that is common in women in their 40s and 50s.

That’s it for the introductions, let’s get cooking shall we?:

Greek Yogurt Parfait

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
• 1/4  cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup honey vanilla Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup almond granola

Serves 1 (as per recipe)

Instructions:

• Put half the Greek yogurt into a small glass mason jar.
• Layer with half of homemade granola, raspberries and blueberries.
• Add the remainder of Greek yogurt. Then top with the remainder of fresh fruit and granola. 
• Enjoy!

Cranberry-Mint Chutney

Ingredients:

• 1  cup fresh cranberries
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup chopped mint leaves
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• A pinch of salt

Serves 2 (as per recipe)

Instructions:

• Bring 1 cup cranberries, 3/4 cup each sugar and water, 1/2 cup dried cranberries and a pinch of salt to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium.
• Simmer until the berries pop and the chutney thickens, around 10 minutes.
• Let it cool slightly.

• Stir in 1/2 cup chopped cranberries, 1/4 cup chopped mint and 2 tablespoons cider vinegar.
• Enjoy!

Garlic Butter Baked Salmon

Ingredients:

For the salmon & vegetables

• 4 (6 ounces each) salmon fillets
• 4 to 6 cups broccoli florets

For the garlic butter sauce

• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 lemon, halved, divided
• chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
• salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

Serves 4 (as per recipe)

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease a sheet pan with cooking spray.
• Arrange broccoli florets and salmon fillets on a sheet pan. Rub minced garlic over each fillet. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
• Pour the butter mixture over the salmon and veggies.
• Take half of a lemon and squeeze lemon juice over everything; then, season with salt and pepper.
• Place the sheet pan in the oven and cook for 15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork and internal temperature is 145F degrees.
• Remove from the oven and garnish with parsley. Serve with lemon slices.
• Enjoy!

Perfect Baked Sweet Potato

Ingredients:

• 4 sweet potatoes medium size, long and thin
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp sea salt or kosher salt

Serves 4 (as per recipe)

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 400F.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Set aside.
• Wash and thoroughly dry sweet potatoes. Poke several holes in each potato with a fork, around 8 pokes.
• Drizzle sweet potatoes with olive oil and sprinkle on salt. 
• Gently rub the olive oil and salt onto the sweet potato skin making sure to cover the entire potato.
• Place sweet potatoes on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes or until the potatoes easily yield to an inserted fork or knife.
• Let cool for five minutes before splitting open and topping with your favorite toppings.
• Enjoy!

Creamy Spinach Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 pound spinach, well washed, thick stems trimmed
• 3 spring onions or 3 bunches scallions, trimmed and roughly chopped
• 3 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• small grating of nutmeg
• pinch of salt and pepper
• 1 cup heavy or light cream, half-and-half or milk

Serves 4 (as per recipe)

Instructions:

• Combine spinach, onions and stock in a saucepan, and turn heat to medium high. 
• Bring to a boil, and lower heat so the mixture barely bubbles. 
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until spinach is very tender, about 10 minutes. 
• Turn off heat, add nutmeg and a sprinkling of salt and pepper, and let cool for at least a few minutes.
• Pour soup into a blender, in batches if necessary, and carefully purée. 
• Return to pan, add cream, and, over medium-low heat, reheat gently, stirring occasionally. 
• When soup is hot, adjust seasoning, and serve.
• Enjoy!

PS. Along with these 5 tantalizing recipes, there are many ways you can get the benefits of the 5 superfoods we’ve introduced today!

If you want to get the full, healthy benefits of greek yogurt, we got you covered!

We’re talking Probiotics!

Greek yogurt is full of good bacteria called probiotics, and you can bolster your vaginal health by simply replenishing it with the probiotics that live inside it and work to keep your vagina healthy.

A healthy vaginal microbiome is made up mostly by a genus of bacteria called Lactobacillus. 

In fact, it is estimated that at least 95% of the normal vaginal flora should be made up from the Lactobacillus genera of bacteria.

Which is why we’ve included a blend of beneficial probiotics of the Lactobacillus strain — including L.Reuteri, which is studied to be extremely beneficial to vaginal health— into our supplement for better intimate health, Radiancy:

Introducing Radiancy!

With probiotics that replenishes vaginal flora, improving intimate health, along with natural ingredients like cherry blossom extract packed full of antioxidants that reduces vaginal inflammation caused by Bacterial Vaginosis...

Radiancy has helped thousands of women worldwide:

• Maintain Vaginal Health
• “Reverse” Vaginal Atrophy
• Repair Vaginal Tissue
• Reduce Vaginal Itching & Dryness

Just by taking 4 capsules a day, you too, can experience these benefits:

1. “Reverse” vaginal atrophy
2. Ensure vaginal flora stays healthy
3. Repairs damaged vaginal tissue
4. Improve vaginal elasticity 
5. Reduce vaginal itching
6. Reduce vaginal dryness
7. Reduce vaginal inflammation