Jen Gunter Instagram – Pleasantly surprised to find out that Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation is one of the most popular nonfiction books on @goodreads so far for 2024. I was surprised because my books always get some purposely awful reviews from the unregulated, unstudied pharmaceutical industry, a.k.a. those who support naturopaths, functional providers or all kinds, and the wellness industrial complex. To be clear, I review the evidence, such as it is, for many “natural” products in this book and it is patriarchal to say women should follow practices and therapies with essentially zero quality research! Don’t women deserve research? 🧐 it’s not my fault the studies are crap and the unscrupulous have no issue with that! I discuss a variety of different supplements in the book and present the research such as it is so people can make informed choices. I get questions in my DMs constantly, and almost always you can find the answer in Blood, one of my other books, or on The Vajenda! For example, this week I was asked about CBD tampons (info is in Blood), what to do when you are in your 20s and have not had a period in 4 months (answer in Blood), and what do I think of supplements for PMS (also in Blood!). Thank you to everyone who read Blood and reviewed it. It means a lot of me.