PMS Help

03/06/04

PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) is identified by problems such as: mood irritablity, food cravings, usually for sweets or chocolate or diary products including cheese, headache, breast tenderness, abdominal bloating, weight gain and unpredictable periods.

It is generally believed that PMS irritability, food cravings, usually for sweets or chocolate or diary products including cheese, headache, breast tenderness, abdominal bloating and weight gain stem from neurochemical changes within the brain. Hormonal factors, such as estrogen levels, had not been appreciated until recent studies.

The female hormone estrogen starts to rise after menstruation and peaks around mid-cycle (ovulation). It then rapidly drops only to slowly rise and then fall again in the time before menstruation. Estrogen hold fluid and with increasing estrogen comes fluid retention: many women report weight gains of five pounds premenstrually. Estrogen has a central neurologic effect: it can contribute to increase brain activity. Estrogen can also contribute to retention of salt and a drop in blood sugar. PMS patients and migraineurs can benefit from both salt and sugar restriction.

Hormonal imbalance, whatever the reason, is largely responsible for most of the dysfunctions of menstruating women, from premenstrual syndrome (PMS), fibrocystic breast disease (FCBD), uterine fibroids and endometriosis to infertility, ovarian cysts and cancer. PMS is one of the most common disorders of women of reproductive age.

PMS symptoms are mostly a manifestation of estrogen dominance and its consequences.
One insidious and dangerous threat to the delicate estrogen-progesterone imbalance is the estrogens routinely fed to our livestock. Our cattle are plied with synthetic growth hormones to increase lactation and with estrogen to make them heavier at a quicker rate. When we consume the meat, the milk and its byproducts - cheese, ice cream and even yogurt - we also ingest large quantities of exogenous estrogens.

The worst of all exogenous estrogens are xenoestrogens (toxic exogenous estrogens) - xenobiotics that exhibit estrogen-like activity. The worst xenoestrogens are those that come from petrochemical sources. These insidious toxic estrogens come from environmental pollutants, pesticides, toxic fumes and plastic-coated cans. The lacquer coating, used on the inside of many canned foods, contains bisphenol-A. This plastic is a potent xenoestrogen, which can leach into the contents of the can. Whatever their source, xenoestrogens are metabolized by the body into carcinogenic forms of estrogen, which compete with our own estrogen to bind to our receptor sites.

This overload of estrogen creates a negative feedback with the hypothalamus, which, in turn, impairs ovulation and the subsequent production of progesterone. Many girls and young women who have severe PMS menstruate without ovulating (anovulatory cycles). With very little or inadequate progesterone, they are even more vulnerable to stress. Stress, in turn, increases the excretion of important nutrients, such as zinc, magnesium, potassium and vitamin B6 - necessary for hormonal balance and the metabolism of essential fatty acids (EFA's).

PMS is probably triggered and made worse by a fast food diet loaded with exogenous estrogens. In addition, these foods are low in vital nutrients and high in saturated fats - the precursor of the pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid series 2 hormone-like prostaglandins (PG2s). Researchers have documented that a predominance of PG2s can stimulate PMS, particularly the symptom of painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea).
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Common PMS Symptoms

Tension and mood swings

Depression

Bloating and water retention

Carbohydrate and chocolate cravings

Breast tenderness

Irregular periods Fatigue

Headaches (premenstrual migraines)

Sleep disturbances

Skin eruptions

Bowel changes

From The Ageless Woman, by Dr. Serafina Corsello, M.D.

The benefits of taking MACA750™ for PMS are numerous. This herb targets the hormonal imbalance that is the likely cause of most PMS problems. The effects of the herb accumulate and while most users notice a marked change for the better during their first period after beginning MACA750™, the overall benefits continue with each period with a decrease in cramping, bloating, fatigue, irritability, food cravings and headaches.

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