Treating Menstrual Cramps Naturally - Part 3
The second part of my long-term strategy for treating menstrual cramps (and most menstrual irregularities) is to look at how fiber foods impact your hormonal balance.
Why is fiber important in the hormonal balance process? iber foods act as a natural broom for our digestive system and help us to eliminate waste products from our body. Once our estrogen and progesterone have been used by the reproductive system, they are processed by the liver and deposited in our bowels to be removed when we have a bowel movement. If we are not having daily bowel movements, then those hormones can and do get reabsorbed into the body and begin to recirculate and act on our ovaries, uterus and hypothalamus (in the brain). This throws off the ratio or balance that our body is trying to maintain, causing menstrual imbalance.
This is where the fiber comes into play. Eating high-fiber foods, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, beans, nuts and seeds allows the body to eliminate the estrogen and progesterone before it has time be reabsorbed. You can only get fiber from foods that come from plants. Foods that come from animals don’t contain any fiber.
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