DIM Diet for Hormonal Imbalance
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The DIM diet for hormonal balance is one of the healthiest choices you can make if you are suffering from perimenopause, menopause, primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, or if you’re trans and going through transition.
Unbalanced hormones can wreak havoc on a person’s physical and mental health. It’s often difficult to convince doctors to prescribe hormone therapy, including bioidentical hormone therapy. Even then, it doesn’t always solve the issue, and can come with a host of side effects.
Many medicines are derived from nature, including aspirin, digoxin, morphine, and just about all of the others. The drugs that do not directly come from nature are often synthesized based on natural ingredients in order to obtain a patent so they can be sold by pharmaceutical companies.
Everything in nature contains chemicals, including food, and some of those chemicals can be used as medicine by directly ingesting significant quantities of the food item.
Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds are widely known for their medicinal properties but most people don’t get enough of them in their diets; so they turn to vitamins and supplements. While taking vitamins can be healthy when suggested by a doctor, the use of supplements can interfere with minerals absorbed during digestion.
Unless otherwise indicated by a doctor, it’s always best to ingest vitamins directly from a food source.
DIM is short for diindolylmethane, which is a compound found naturally in cruciferous vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussel’s sprouts.
Research has suggested that DIM can balance estrogen hormones in the body. What’s more, DIM has been found to produce a more beneficial form of estrogen known as 2-hydroxyestrone.
Studies have shown that DIM not only helps to balance hormones, but that it reduces the effects of of a stronger form of estrogen called 16 alpha-hydroxyestrone which is linked to cancers such as breast and uterine, as well as weight gain and thyroid disease.
Another added benefit of including DIM foods in a diet is that it has been shown to inhibit aromatase which converts testosterone to estrogen; this would be helpful to a person who is experiencing high levels of testosterone or adrenal fatigue due to perimenopause.
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So, what’s the best way to get DIM into your diet? Start by adding cruciferous food recipes to your menu. Because some people do not care for cruciferous vegetables due to bitterness or plain cooking, I have been working on creating mouthwatering recipes that rely on cruciferous ingredients.
DIM supplements could be used instead, but supplement companies often add fillers, non-vegan materials, gluten compounds, and so many unnecessary and potentially toxic ingredients. It’s better to add DIM foods to your diet rather than rely on supplements.
The recipes I am creating will defy what you remember about the flavor of Brussel’s sprouts and cauliflower. I used to despise cauliflower. But now I can eat it because I’ve taken the time to learn how to cook and flavor it properly.
I’ve also taught myself how to transform Brussel’s sprouts into stuffed, savory flavor blitz you’ll want to eat several times per week.
The good news is that cruciferous vegetables are already an allowed food on the Low Histamine diet.
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