The Proper Diet for Women With Endometriosis

Many medical experts will say that to eat right is a logical step to maintaining better health. For women with endometriosis, what does this mean exactly? What food should be avoided, and what should be added?

Endometriosis is a serious condition that afflicts only women. It happens to a woman when she reaches child-bearing age all the way to when she gets to menopause. When pregnant, the symptoms will cease, but it will likely start up again after giving birth.

This condition happens when the lining of the uterus is also found outside the uterus. The lining is cause by mainly by a female hormone that when the time comes, this lining will be eliminated, if no fertilization occurs, during the monthly menstruation period.

If similar linings are found outside of the uterus, it could cause blockage or have nowhere to go which will result in pain for a woman. This pain be very hard to deal with, or it could be barely noticeable.

A diet that is focused on dealing with the symptoms of endometriosis should be the target, and this is what it would entail:

1. Absolutely no alcohol, smoking, and caffeine. These are trigger factors that can not only cause you additional pain, but also stress that can aggravate the pain.

2. Avoid too much protein or red meat, gluten and dairy products, as well as food with too much sugar content. Your goal with your diet is to control your cramps, keep your hormones in balance, decrease your estrogen level, and maintain enough energy to do whatever it is you need to do. With red meat, you will encourage hormone production and this will cause inflammation and more pain. On the other hand, gluten is known to be high in toxins which will irritate growth of the endometrial tissue.

If you decrease your dairy product intake, you will need to find a calcium replacement which you can do through supplements, nuts, broccoli, or figs.

3. Look for organic food, fresh vegetables and fruits, and the occasional white meat which do not have the same amount of toxins as non-organic food. You can also use sugar, cheese, milk, and butter substitutes.

4. You should try to increase your fiber intake through brown rice, oatmeal and whole grain. Eating more omega-3 fatty acids will also help. You can find omega 3 in
fish, herbal supplements like evening primrose oil, pumpkin seeds, walnut or sunflower oil.

When buying any new product on the shelves, just make sure to read the labels. You know what to avoid, so now you are more informed about what not to take. Also, if you are traveling to a place where you are unsure of the water supply, then buy your water instead of drinking tap.