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advice on diet, herbs, etcFrom: Compassion (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Aug 20 12:22:31 2003
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians for Responsible Medicine. While it's not specifically for endo, it talks about PMS. It's wierd that I just read this this morning and then read your post. I am vegan, so if you need help with recipes, or you need support, please feel free to email me directly. Good luck!!!!: We conducted a research study three years ago that led to some fascinating findings. Our participants were women with severe cramps and PMS. We asked them to begin a low-fat vegan diet, because when one dramatically reduces fat intake and increases fiber intake estrogen levels tend to fall. Estrogen is the group of female sex hormones responsible for many aspects of reproduction. And the amount of estrogen in the blood is much higher when a woman is on a fatty diet. We believe that that high level of estrogen leads to an excessive thickening of the uterine lining (endometrium) and that as a woman’s period approaches the amount of estrogen in her blood falls precipitously, triggering cravings and symptoms of PMS. As the endometrium is disrupted with the beginning of menses the cramps are exaggerated and many women take heroic amounts of Ibuprofen to try to cope. With a very low-fat vegan diet, there is no animal fat at all, and very little oil on the menu. So while there is sufficient estrogen in the blood for fertility, the excesses are apparently avoided. We found that on this diet women reported that cramping was greatly reduced in both duration and intensity, PMS diminished, and for some women cravings were gone. The full details, as well as the scientific references, are listed in “Breaking the Food Seduction”. _____________________________________________________________ Conserve wilderness with a click (free!) and get your own EcologyFund.net email (free!) at http://www.ecologyfund.com. -- _____________________________________________________________
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