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Re: Diet & Endo linkFrom: angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Feb 27 06:15:23 2006
At Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Sami wrote: > >At Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Elaine wrote: >> >>Thanks for your post Sami down under! Which brings me to my recent >>experience. I have suffered with chronic nausea and IBS in addition to >>the endometriosis for years. I had a complete hysterectomy last August >>and hoped that this would take care of those problems. But they still >>continue, and the abdominal pain from the endo continues. The nausea, >>fatigue, low grade fevers, and dizziness got so bad that I started >>having some tests done. I see a naturopathic doctor and she tested my >>stool for bacterial levels. The results came back that I have very high >>levels of candida albicans in my intestines as well as other harmful >>bacteria. I have what is called "fungal yeast overgrowth" in my body. I >>wasn't aware that this even existed. I had heard of vaginal yeast >>infections. Anyway, she started me on a yeast free/sugar free diet to >>starve out the yeast overgrowth. I also have to take supplements like >>acidolphilus to increase the good bacteria and other supplements to >>fight off the yeast. My diet consists of cutting out all refined >>sugar/carbohydrates and yeast. I can not eat any breads, pastas, >>packaged and processed soups, vegetables, or other foods, no fruit juice >>or pop, no dairy products (with the exception of plain yogurt with live >>cultures, plain unsalted butter, and plain soy milk), no condiments, >>salad dressings, vinegar, or vegetable oil (I can use unrefined olive, >>safflower, lemon juice for dressing,and coconut oils), no peanuts, >>honey, packaged or smoked or pickled meats, no potatoes or corn, very >>limited fruits as these have sugar also, no caffeine or coffee, limited >>herbal tea as this has some mold in it that can encourage yeast >>production. I can eat fresh vegetables, fresh organic meats like fish, >>chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, etc..., raw unprocessed nuts and >>seeds(pine, sunflower, almonds,sesame, macadamia, flaxseed), whole >>grains like millet, oatmeal, barley, eggs, wild and brown rice, a few >>spices like stevia, chicory root, garlic, parsley, plain yogurt, plain >>soy milk, plain unsalted butter, fruits like lemon, lime, avocado, >>water, limited herbal tea. I am buying my foods from an organic, whole >>foods coop. I also have to watch for the ingrediants in the vitamins I >>take because some contain yeast and suger. It is a difficult diet to >>stick with but so far the nausea, abdominal pain, and fever have gone >>down considerably in the 11 days I have been doing this. I also feel it >>is overall a healthier diet to live by. I also did some research and >>started reading a book called "The Yeast Connecion and Women's Health" >>by Dr. William G. Crook. There is a whole chapter that discusses the >>connection between yeast and endometriosis. Factors that are known to >>increase problems with yeast and yeast allergies are birth control >>pills, hormone imbalance, and use of antibiotics. Appearently, many >>women with endometriosis have had sucess with pain control by changing >>their diet to eliminate yeast and refined sugar. Here are some links >>that talk more about this: >> http://www.beinghealthynaturally.com/womenshealth/index.htm >>http://www.yeastconnection.com/about_story.html >>http://www.yeastconnection.com/ >>http://www.wholeapproach.com/ >> >>The Endometriosis Association has also worked closely with Dr. William >>Crook in researching the connection between food allergies, yeast, and >>endometriosis. While all this is still not a cure for endometriosis and >>not every woman who has endometriosis will have a yeast problem, it is >>interesting to read about. It is just another example of how diet can >>have an impact on problems like endometriosis. Just thought it was >>worth mentioning, especially for those who have exhausted all the >>mainstream treatments and still suffer constantly. Thanks for bringing >>up this topic! >>Elaine >> >>At Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Sami wrote: >>> >>>Hello everyone, i do not wish to become knows as the one who constantly >>>puts links up, but this is a new research paper that came out in >>>Australia this week; it was done in Italy. Thought i'd share it with >>>you. >>> >>>Sourced from http://www.healthwise.com.au >>> >>>15/07/2004 - Women may be able to lower their risk of endometriosis by >>>eating more fresh fruit and green vegetables. But, eating red meat and >>>ham appears to increase their risk, according to a study published >>>today. >>> >>>Epidemiological data on the relationship between endometriosis and diet >>>have until now been scanty, said the Italian researchers, but their new >>>results call for a prospective study to investigate further the possible >>>links between diet and the condition. >>> >>>Women with the highest fruit and veg intake were 40 per cent less likely >>>to develop endometriosis, they report in today’s issue of Human >>>Reproduction (vol 19, no 8, pp1755-1759). >>> >>>Endometriosis is a painful and distressing condition whereby endometrial >>>tissue, which under normal circumstances is found only in the lining of >>>the womb, develops outside the uterus and attaches itself to ligaments >>>and organs in the abdominal cavity. This tissue responds to the >>>menstrual cycle as though it were still inside the uterus. The repeated >>>growth and disintegration of endometrial tissue in the abdomen can cause >>>bleeding, pain, inflammation, adhesions and infertility. >>> >>>The condition, estimated to affect up to five in every 100 women in >>>Italy and probably in the rest of Europe, is therefore hormone-related >>>and scientists are increasingly investigating diet's role in >>>hormone-related disease. Diet has been shown to have a potential impact >>>on ovarian and endometrial cancer. >>> >>>The researchers used interviews and structured questionnaires to compare >>>the medical and reproductive history, lifestyle and diet of over 500 >>>women under the age of 65 with clinically confirmed endometriosis with a >>>group of over 500 matched controls with no history of the disease. >>> >>>Diet was assessed in the year leading up to the interview, based on how >>>many times a week the women ate portions of selected dietary items, >>>including the major sources of retinoids and carotenoids in the Italian >>>diet, alcohol and coffee consumption. Then the researchers divided the >>>intake into portions approximating to low, intermediate and high intake >>>of the various dietary factors. >>> >>>“What we found was that there was a 40 per cent relative reduction in >>>risk of endometriosis in women with higher consumption of green >>>vegetables and fresh fruit. But, for those with a high intake of beef, >>>other red meat and ham, there was an increase of about 80-100 per cent >>>in relative risk,” said lead researcher Dr Fabio Parazzini from the >>>Gynaecologic Clinic of the University of Milan. >>> >>>With a prevalence of 5 per cent in Italy, the findings suggest that the >>>occurrence of endometriosis could be cut to around 3-4 per cent, or >>>about 200,000 fewer cases in Italy and probably 800,000 fewer prevalent >>>cases in Europe, he added. >>> >>>Hormonal factors are a potential link between diet and endometriosis, >>>since the risk may be increased by exposure to unopposed oestrogens, and >>>a diet rich in fat increases circulating unopposed oestrogens, suggested >>>the researchers. The protective effect of a diet rich in green >>>vegetables and fruits is more difficult to explain, they noted, but >>>similar findings have been seen for the risk of breast and endometrial >>>cancer, two hormone-related diseases. >>> >>>There was no significant link between endometriosis and consumption of >>>milk, liver, carrots, cheese, fish, wholegrain foods, coffee or alcohol >>>and no association with butter, margarine or oil. >>> >>>Dr Parazzini said there were some limitations in the study: the diet >>>section was restricted to a few selected indicator foods and there was >>>no estimate of portion size (therefore no estimate of the total intake >>>in calories). However, since the possible relationship between diet and >>>endometriosis was probably not known to the interviewers or the majority >>>of women interviewed this was unlikely to have biased the results. >>> >>>The association between vegetables, fruit and meat was unlikely to be >>>due to chance because the researchers analysed several dietary items. >>>However, it was possible there was a ‘healthy woman’ effect as a high >>>intake of green vegetables, fruit and fish may be generally indicators >>>of more health-conscious attitudes. Also, women who paid closer >>>attention to their health may be more likely to have endometriosis >>>diagnosed. >>> >>>"However, despite these limitations, our study does suggest that there >>>is some link between diet and risk of endometriosis and indicates that >>>we now need a proper prospective interventional investigation to study >>>these factors," concluded the researchers. > >DEAR ELAINE, > >thank you for that info!! was so good to hear about that & i def will >try it. I have tried almost everything else, and currently am doing the >traditional Chinese Medicine, herbs, acupuncture etc (I feel it does >help). > >Much appreciated links to further details, thanks again Sami Koala
-- hi im angela 32 i read somewhere that eating meat and dairy products doubles the endos rate of growth . i too suffer from bascically thrush overgrown about my body. apparently it starts in your stomach , a herbal lady told me as i have candida (really swollen tummy forever) and endo i should cut out meat and dairy so that confirmed it to me as i had read it before. for candida but DIDIA tablets they are herbal its full of herbs u need to kill candida, aviod wheat and refined sugar, sugar is the worst for breadind thrush,i now have rice crispies for breakfast sugar free organic ones found at tesco with unsweatened soya milk and honey. DIDA COSTS AROUND £ 20 it lasts up tp 3 months , u take 2 a day for the first month after food, then one a day thereafter. this kills the candida not eating sugar will slow its growth, u can drink green tea which is detoxifying and start off with it weak and u will get used to it. probiotic drinks contain 2 spoons of sugar and have too little digestifus to make a difference. u can buy tablet form with vitamins combind at tesco also. i bought a wheat free flour , rice cakes for a snack , tesco. i got organic porradge oats from co op .can get soya butter sread at co op.
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