Natural Remedies For Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths that can occur in or on the uterus. They can develop in women during their childbearing years. Fibroids are also called leiomyomas or myomas. They can create some health problems, but the good news is they rarely develop into cancer.

Fibroids can grow on the outside of the uterus, or inwards into the uterine cavity. Some can even develop a stalk and be called pedunculated fibroids. They are very common, especially in women over 35 where it is reported that between 20 to 40 percent have uterine fibroids of significant size. Fibroids are sensitive to the effects of estrogen and will generally continue to slowly grow up until the time of the menopause, following which fibroids will normally shrink.

Symptoms of fibroids

Often, fibroids don’t cause any symptoms at all. Typical symptoms include heavy and prolonged menstrual bleeding, and sometimes lower abdominal pain, a sensation of fullness, or dragging feeling in the pelvis. If fibroids exert pressure on the bladder then painful and frequent urination may develop, while pressure on the bowel can cause backache and constipation. An ultrasound scan of the uterus is the normal way to diagnose fibroids.

What causes uterine fibroids to grow?

The following are risk factors:

• Obesity
• Early age of the start of menstruation
• Late age of menopause
• High alcohol intake
• High intake of dairy products and sugar
• Vitamin D deficiency
• Poor liver health, resulting in poor breakdown and excretion of estrogen
• Constipation, leading to recirculation of estrogen
• Progesterone deficiency

Natural ways to help shrink fibroids

• Reduce foods and drinks in your diet that raise inflammation. That’s mainly sugar, high carbohydrate foods, alcohol, dairy products and artificial food additives. It’s best to base your diet on animal protein such as poultry, seafood, eggs and meat, along with lots of vegetables. Nuts, seeds and spices contain small amounts of phyto-estrogens, which help reduce the growth-promoting effects of you body’s own estrogen. You can get a higher therapeutic dose of beneficial phyto-estrogens in FemmePhase capsules.
• Try to keep your weight in the healthy range, especially try not to be overweight around your torso. This places a strain on your liver and increases the changes it will become fatty and a poor detoxifier. Follow the easy guidelines in the book I Can’t Lose Weight and I Don’t Know Why. Livatone Plus helps clear fat from the liver.
• Insufficient progesterone production is a major problem in modern society. Women over the age of 35 natural don’t produce as much progesterone anymore and this is why their fertility declines. If you have stress in your life, your progesterone will be converted into the stress hormone cortisol. Progesterone helps to balance the growth-stimulating effects of estrogen. Natural progesterone cream is very helpful for fibroids.
• Being low in vitamin D worsens lumps and bumps in the body such as fibroids, polyps and cysts. For many people it’s not possible or safe to be outside in the sun often enough to produce sufficient vitamin D. That’s when a vitamin D supplement may be critical.

The above statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease.