Uterine fibroids are solid muscle tissue growths in the uterus and occur during the reproductive years when oestrogen and progesterone are at their highest. Symptoms include: pelvic discomfort, lower back pain, infertility, heavy menstrual bleeding, discomfort during sex or bladder/rectal discomfort.

Dietary recommendations:

* Eat organic.
* Limit meat. Meat and dairy contain high oestrogen. Buy organic meat and fish to avoid added hormones. Vegetable protein contain good complex carbohydrates and are less acidic than meat.
* Filter drinking water.
* Avoid synthetic, hormone-disrupting chemicals e.g. pesticides, plastic compounds and pharmaceutical drugs. Avoid eating/heating foods in plastic.
* Whole grains are anti-oestrogenic in their effect on the body. Eat rye, millet, soy products e.g. miso and tempeh, oats, buckwheat, barley, corn and brown rice.
* Reduce animal fat intake.
* Minimize caffeine, dairy, sugar and saturated fats.
* Eat plenty of green, leafy and cruciferous vegetables.
* Ensure a high fibre diet.
* Eat quality protein foods for amino acid balance e.g. eggs, quinoa, seed veg e.g. runner beans, peas, corn, broccoli, cottage cheese, nuts and seeds, soya (tofu), lean meat, fish, beans and lentils.

Supplement recommendations:

* Flaxseed oil capsules
* Vitamin B complex
* BioCare Femforte II

When you are stressed, the body produces the adrenal hormone cortisol. This competes with progesterone (which balances out oestrogen). The effect of being permanently stressed is less active progesterone. Cortisol also increases production of oestrogen, so prolonged stress can contribute to oestrogen dominance. Normally the liver can easily deal with slight excesses of oestrogen, but if your diet is poor, your liver’s ability to detoxify and eliminate oestrogen can be impaired. Strengthen the liver with herbs such as dandelion root or milk thistle.

Hello Friends.........

Managing fibroid pain naturally is entirely possible, yet my doctor initially advised me to do nothing about my fibroids as they would miraculously "disappear" when I hit the menopause.

One of my favorite methods of pain relief for my fibroids was using heat therapy-in various forms. A good soak in a hot bath could really help and at certain times of the month when the pain was particularly bad, I would take a hot water bottle or heat pad to bed to lay on my abdomen.

Thanks