Have you been hearing of superfoods lately? If you are on the pill for symptoms like acne, moodiness or irregular periods, you might find that these superfoods can actually help you find relief.
Holistic health care techniques like changing your diet can be surprisingly effective for balancing hormones. Alissa Viti, featured on the Dr. Oz blog, also points out that nutrition is a powerful tool for hormone balance. Many of the symptoms that women take the pill for are actually caused by hormone imbalance.
The hormone estrogen, especially can build up in the body and lead to many of the symptoms that women end up taking the pill for. Try some of these superfoods to help your body process excess estrogen:
- Brassicas: broccoli, kale, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, turnip greens. These vegetables are especially high in DIM (diindolylmethane) which is used as a supplement to effectively treat many hormone issues.
- Fermented foods like miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, and kombucha.
- Sprouted foods like alflafa sprouts, bean sprouts, even sprouted nuts and seeds.
- Fresh, raw foods contain gluthionone that helps the liver process estrogen.
- Foods rich in vitamin A like carrots and yams also help process estrogen.
These foods contain fiber that helps the body remove excesses of estrogen, as well as unique nutrients that help the liver break estrogen down.
Dr. Marina Rose has helped women find holistic health care alternatives to the pill in and around the city of San Jose, CA.
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