Do you have heavy periods? Have you considered taking the pill, but are worried about side effects? Have you explored the holistic health care alternatives? Holisitic health care can help you with the underlying hormonal imbalance that may be causing your heavy periods.
Heavy periods may be caused by fibroids, lack of ovulation, or more estrogen relative to progesterone levels. Another condition called adenomyosis may be an underlying cause, which is also related to excessive estrogen levels relative to progesterone. The pill introduces synthetic hormones to your body to suppress your cycle by mimicking the hormones of pregnancy.
Dr. Marina Rose, DC has helped women with hormone imbalance symptoms and other challenging, chronic health conditions in and around the city of San Francisco, CA.
Holistic health care offers alternatives that can help with heavy periods. While there are many factors that influence hormone balance, dietary changes that support hormone balance can be a great place to start. Dr. Christiane Northrup agrees that natural approaches can help with menstrual well being.
You can try including sources of these nutrients before taking the pill:
– B vitamins found in leafy greens, liver, and nutritional yeast
– Vitamin E found in sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and olive oil
– Vitamin C found in leafy greens, citrus, berries
– Vitamin A found in carrots, and orange vegetables like squash and yams
– Iron found liver, red meat, and dried fruits (Some women may also benefit from additional iron supplementation).
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