How nutrition can relieve endometriosis symptoms

Today, thanks to greater scientific knowledge, to the media that are interested in it and to celebs like Giorgia Soleri but not only that, who make the fight against their disease a public battle, of female hormonal pathologies we talk a lot more than once.

However, the silence that for many years made these clinical conditions remain unknown led the same patients and doctors to not to identify them and not to intervene promptlywith therapies which more often than not they have to be multidisciplinaryand also provide for monitoring on thePower supply.

This also applies to endometriosis, as the nutritionist explains Laura Coluccioauthor of the book Female nutrition – how nutrition can help us alleviate hormonal disorders and pathologies.

«Endometriosis is a benign chronic hormonal-metabolic disease with an aggressive trend that often works for years before being diagnosed. Unfortunately, as people who suffer from it know very well, there is no definitive cure but it is possible to combine the therapeutic or surgical measures that each specific case needs with some lateral precautions that contribute to alleviating the symptoms ».

How does nutrition affect it?

«Talking about food therapy is obviously wrong because diet is not a cure. However eating incorrectly can increase inflammatory levels that worsen and speed up the course of the disease. This happens because the adhesions at the endometric level that cause it often extend along the entire peritoneal cavity, also affecting the intestine and the uterus-sacral ligaments and causing pain in the area and during the act of defecation. On the contrary, an anti-inflammatory regimen dampens the symptoms and lessen the pain which in many cases becomes disabling ».

What foods can increase or decrease endometriosis symptoms?

«Although we often talk about it, there is currently no precise and scientifically recognized food protocol to reduce inflammation because everything depends on the starting point, that is, on the subject’s conditions and lifestyle.
Following for example a unbalanced diet at the level of simple sugarswith significant glycemic peaks, the inflammatory level worsens and sharpens the symptoms of the disease.
The only thing that at the moment seems to be confirmed as a diet with a reduced nickel content is beneficial, even if it is very difficult to carry on because it is an element present almost everywhere, starting from the water that irrigates the fields, but it is also found in cocoa, canned foods, wholemeal foods, legumes, some vegetables such as spinach and tomatoes, oats, corn and tree nuts such as almonds and peanuts. Not even pans, pots and cutlery are nickel free.

They can give a small helpand therefore on the table of a person with endometriosis should never be missing, even fruit rich in antioxidants such as blueberries, strawberries, tangerines, kiwis, oranges, small fish such as anchovies, anchovies, sardines and cod and foods rich in vitamin D».

Is red meat totally out of the question?

«In this case, the studies are there, and they show that by reducing its consumption to once a week or every ten days the symptoms improve. But be careful, that one time includes not only steaks but also cold cuts, frankfurters, meatballs and minced meat that can be used as a condiment or filling for first courses, pizzas and much more.

The ideal would be to prefer lean cuts that are not overcooked, even better if consumed between the menstrual period, especially if the flow is very abundant, so as to replenish even a little lost iron.

Not even i dairy products they should be eaten more than once a week, preferring those derived from goat’s milk or from cows raised on hay».

Even soy and gluten are often put in the dock…

“The role of soy in the hormonal structure has not yet been clarified. However, it seems that an important daily consumption of isoflavone derivatives present in it worsens some symptoms such as pelvic pain and abnormal bleeding. Better then do not overdo it but if you don’t use it every day there’s no reason to get rid of it completely.
Not even the link between gluten and endometriosis is certain. Gluten-based foods are implicated because they are high in fiber, which can cause bowel problems or irritable bowel disease, such as many people with endometriosis. hold alow fiber diet it can therefore lead to an improvement in symptoms but it is not necessary to eliminate them completely ».

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