6 Vitamins To STOP Your HEAVY PERIODS
Menorrhagia is a condition where you are bleeding more heavily than you should be during your
monthly period (women).
Heavy menstrual bleeding may cause you to use more tampons/sanitary pads, trigger more
painful cramps or bleeding for longer than a week.
So what's really happening here
As you can see on this image, the uterus is a pear-shaped organ in the female pelvis that
sits between the bladder and the rectum.
Each month after you have your period of bleeding, your body starts building up the lining of
your uterus, making it thicker and more enriched with blood vessels,
To prepare you to become pregnant when an egg is released from your ovaries.
If you don’t get pregnant, the lining of the uterus is shed and released through the
blood and out of the vagina during your period before the cycle starts again.
The problem is that in many women, the lining of uterus becomes a little too thick and has
more cells than are needed.
Symptoms
Heavy Flow (2 pics one for severe cramps) This causes a heavier flow of blood, and the
period may last longer than 7 days giving you painful and severe cramps in your stomach.
Large Clots You may notice that you are passing large
blood clots that are bigger than a quarter in size.
Soaking Pads And your blood may be soaking through one
more tampons or sanitary pads in less than 2 hours, making it difficult to live normally
and comfortably.
Studies show that heavy periods are usually caused by having too much of a hormone called
estrogen in the body and not enough progesterone.
In left untreated, passing too much blood each month can lead to iron-deficiency anemia,
leaving you feeling tired, pale skinned and short of breath,
And eventually it can develop into muscle weakness, more severe period pain, nerve damage
and infertility.
In today's video we're going to explore 6 vitamins that can be used to stop your heavy
periods and restore the normal hormone balance.
You'll also learn about some simple lifestyle changes that you can make to fix the root
causes of heavy periods.
I use the word "Vitamins" broadly to include herbal remedies and nutritional supplements
that you can use to normalise your menstrual cycle.
Just a quick reminder this video is for educational purposes only, so do speak to your doctor
if you have any medical concerns.
1.
Calcium D-Glucarate (CDG)
Calcium-D-Glucarate is one of the most powerful supplements to reduce heavy periods and to
balance estrogen levels.
When you have heavy periods, painful breasts, or PMS, your body usually has too much estrogen
which is causing swelling and a hormonal imbalance.
Calcium-D-Glucarate helps to make your periods lighter by helping your liver to safely remove
excess hormones (estrogen) and toxins from the body, by preventing them from being reabsorbed
in your gut.
If you wish you can start taking daily supplement of 500mg of Calcium-D-Glucarate 2x per day.
(to help normalise your periods)
Or you can consume more natural glucaric acid by eating grapefruits, cherries, tomatoes,
bean sprouts, kombucha tea and brussels sprouts.
2.
Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) Over 1 billion people worldwide are deficient
in Vitamin D, a hormone that your body makes when your skin is exposed to sunlight.
Not having enough Vitamin D can trigger a hormonal imbalance in women, where their bodies
do not have enough progesterone and have too much estrogen,
Causing the lining of the womb (uterus) to get thicker, heavy periods, PMS, mood swings
and a weakened immune system.
To get more Vitamin D, spend at least 20 minutes a day exposing your skin to the sunlight,
and consume more oily fish like salmon, cod, anchovies, sardines and mackerel.
Alternatively can take a daily supplement of 10,000iu of Vitamin D3 (250mcg) along with
100mcg of Vitamin K2 (Mk-7)
Vitamin D is also a natural pain killer that helps ease period pain, cramps and painful
breasts that often occurs during heavy menstrual cycles.
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3.
DIM (Diindolylmethane) There are all kinds of toxins from our environment
can trigger estrogen dominance, a situation here you have too much estrogen.
For example plastics are estrogenic, along with pesticides, alcohol, soy milk, chemicals
in make-up, cleaning products and even tap water.
This often causes heavy periods, fibroids, adenomyosis, ovarian cysts, fibrocystic breasts
and many other issues in the female body.
The best way to overcome this problem is by helping your liver to clear out the excess
estrogen.
Consider taking a daily supplement called DIM (Diindolylmethane) at a dosage of 200mg
per day to help balance out your hormones and remove toxins from the body.
You can get this naturally by eating lots of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli sprouts,
radishes, kale, brussels sprouts, arugula, cauliflower etc…
4.
Sea Kelp (Iodine)
Iodine is an essential trace mineral that human bodies use to help balance estrogen
and support the thyroid gland.
Unfortunately many of our soils and foods have been depleted of iodine because of over
farming and the use of pesticides, making many people deficient.
Iodine is added to table salt to prevent this problem, however the type of iodine in table
salt is called 'iodide', which helps the thyroid but it does not help balance estrogen levels.
For this reason it's very important to boost your natural iodine intake if you have heavy
periods by eating sea foods like sea kelp, nori, wakame, kombu,
Or you can simply take a daily supplement of dried sea kelp (150mcg).
This works alongside the other nutrients we have talked about to help balance out estrogen
ratios, raise progesterone and bring your periods back to a normal state of flow.
5.
Cod Liver Oil (Omega-3s)
Another excellent way to reduce heavy periods is by naturally boosting progesterone, the
hormone that prevents the lining of your uterus from becoming too thick.
Although some people choose to take this as a medication, it can have many side effects.
A more natural approach is to consume more natural omega-3 fatty acids, which have been
shown in studies to raise progesterone in order to regulate your periods.
The best natural sources of Omega-3 are canned cod liver, wild salmon, sardines, mackerel,
herring and shellfish.
Or you can take 1-2 tsp of virgin cod liver oil (Icelandic).
6.
Liver capsules (Iron)
When you have a heavy period, your body loses more blood than normal because of the extra
tissue in your uterus that has to be flushed away.
Most of the iron in your body is stored in hemoglobin in your blood, so the excessive
bleeding can leave you iron deficient and anemic.
To replenish your heme-iron stores, avoid elemental iron supplements which are poorly
absorbed and choose a natural iron bound to protein (heme-iron).
I recommend eating beef liver once per week, or a grass fed beef steak 2-3 times per week
to replenish your iron stores.
There are also liver capsules available which contain desiccated beef liver, which help
to replenish your iron and Vitamin B12 stores after a heavy flow.
I'll put some links to all of these supplements in the video description, so that you can
do your own research, read some reviews and find out what is best for your body.
Later in the video I'm going to share with you 6 action steps to help stop your heavy
periods permanently.
8 Causes Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia)
The first and most common cause of heavy periods eating too many dairy foods like milk, cheese,
and ice cream.
This milk comes from cows that contain lots of natural growth hormones which can interfere
with you hormone balance.
Another cause of heavy periods is sustained high levels of emotional stress.
Stress raises a hormone called cortisol which lowers progesterone making the walls of your
uterus thicker.
Birth control pills and hormone replacement therapies also contain synthetic hormones
that affect the normal balance, causing an interrupted or heavier flow.
Drinking too much alcohol can cause a heavier periods because it weakens the liver, causing
estrogen to build-up in the body.
Refined vegetable oils like margarine, cottonseed, corn, canola, rapeseed that are always used
in fast foods can also damage the liver causing periods to become heavier
Soy foods and soy milk mimic estrogen in the body which interrupts hormone balance and
affects your cycle.
Environmental estrogen can also affect your periods, like those found in tap water, soy
foods, plastics, cleaning chemicals and pesticides on none-organic foods.
And f cells also produce estrogen, so if you are overweight this can directly affect your
monthly cycle.
How To Stop Heavy Periods
Now that you have a deeper understanding of the root causes of heavy periods, let's explore
6 lifestyle changes you can make to balance hormones and normalise your periods.
1.
Stop consuming foods which contain dairy for at least 2 months, including milk, cheese,
cream, ice cream and yoghurt,
whilst taking a supplement that contains DIM and CDG.
This will help your liver to clean out environmental hormones that may be causing your heavy flow.
2.
Start consuming a salad every single day containing organic cruciferous vegetables such as radish,
broccoli, arugula, kale, collard greens, brussels sprouts or cabbage.
Also consider adding pumpkin seeds, extra virgin olive oil, garlic and mung bean sprouts.
These foods are rich in phytosterols and other nutrients that help your liver to clean out
excess hormones, balance out estrogen and brings you periods back to normal.
3.
Eat sea food 2-3 times per week including mussels, clams, cod, sea kelp, seaweed, shrimp,
oysters, wild salmon and scallops.
These will provided iodine and omega 3 fats that support estrogen/progesterone balance.
4.
Speak to your doctor about coming off contraceptive pills and choose an alternative method of
birth control.
Interfering with hormones using a pill comes at a price, including long term higher cancer
risk and irregular/heavy periods.
5.
Cut out all inflammatory omega-6 vegetable oils like margarine, soy, canola, cottonseed
or corn oils from your diet entirely, and cook your food with EVOO or avocado oil instead.
Make sure to also avoid all forms of unfermented soy.
Beware it is hidden in protein bars and meal replacement snacks as "soy protein isolates"
which is very damaging to the liver and disrupts female hormones.
Organic tofu, miso, tempeh, natto and soy sauce are fine however, as these are fermented
which removes the estrogenic effect.
6.
If you are stressed frequently, find ways to manage your stress.
Start taking long solitary walks outside in nature for at least 1 hour per day (low stress
exercise), with lots of fresh air to bring in more oxygen into your blood stream.
Trees and plants also release essential oils into the air (phytoncides) which reduce stress
and cortisol and help to reset the endocrine system for hormone balance.
Try to get more sleep, and take life one step at a time instead of focusing on 15 tasks
at once.
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