Kourtney Kardashian ’ s ‘ vaginal health gummies ’: here ’ s what the evidence shows
Author : Ina Schuppe Koistinen , Associate Professor , Karolinska Institutet
This article was published in The Conversation in February 2023 : https :// theconversation . com / kourtney-kardashians-vaginal-health-gummiesheres-what-the-evidence-shows-199620
Global Health Asia-Pacific is republishing it under Creative Commons licence .
Even if I fully agree with Kourtney Kardashian that vaginal health is an important but not sufficiently talked about part of women ’ s wellbeing , we may have a strikingly different view on how to tackle the problem .
The reality TV star recently launched a vitamin sweet called Lemme Purr to boost the health of your vagina . On her Instagram channel , she says these gummies use pineapple , vitamin C and probiotics to target vaginal health and pH levels that “ support freshness and taste ”.
Kourtney continues with the selling words “ Give your vagina the sweet treat it deserves ( and turn it into a sweet treat )”. One of the claims she makes is that the vitamin sweet supports a healthy vaginal microflora . As a researcher specialising in the role of vaginal microflora for women ’ s health , I was curious and wanted to find out which active ingredients this claim
A healthy vaginal microflora is composed of lactobacilli that keep the pH low and protect us from infections .
CREDIT : LEMME
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