This problem suffered by many women, endometriosis, is usually classified as hormonal disease, however there are specialists who are already treating this problem from another perspective and is that it would be an inflammatory disease. This would be linked to the consumption of food we drink every day.
Therefore, in today’s article we are going to do a little review of what this disease is, how it occurs, how to prevent it and how to start reversing it.
Contents
What is endometriosis?
Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by severe pain. Such pain goes beyond what you can feel with menstruation, it is a very important pain that can affect your day to day and leave you cancelled. What happens is that the tissue of the endometrium grows in other areas of the body other than the uterus, for example: in the fallopian tubes, in the ovaries, intestines, etc. All these injuries that occur cause our immune system to attack these injuries and thus end up attacking part of our body. Therefore our body sends more inflammatory cytokines and antibodies to fight what it considers a problem. It is at this time when inflammation begins pain characteristic of endometriosis.
Endometriosis, therefore, would not in itself be a hormonal problem, but certain factors alter hormones and provoke this problem. Considering all of the above, it is no wonder that many specialists are treating endometriosis as an autoimmune diseaseas it could be: hashimoto, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. There are more than 80 autoimmune diseases.
You may be interested in:
- Autoimmune hypothyroidism or Hashimoto
- We talk about vitamin b12: what is it and its importance.
Genetic component
Endometriosis has a large genetic component, that is, it is something that our genetics is predisposed to. However, it is important to remember that even if something is in our genes it does not mean that it will develop. Our lifestyle determines whether or not that genetic aspect is going to wake up in our body.
Now, if we are genetically prone, our mother or sister have had or have endometriosis is not without caution to avoid suffering the disease ourselves.
How to prevent endometriosis?
Endocrine disruptors
We must try to eliminate or avoid endocrine disruptors. Now, what are hormonal disruptors? There are certain components present in everyday products: certain cosmetic products, candles with smells, air fresheners, household products, etc.
We recommend taking a look at these articles to learn a little more about these endocrine disruptors and how to avoid them:
- Avoid toxic, pollutants or irritants in laundry
- A non-toxic home to increase your well-being
- Natural deodorants you should know
Taking care of our intestinal health
All our health is connected to our intestine, where its walls should be well formed and closed so that nothing snaps into our bloodstream. What happens is that with some products we consume (such as gluten, lectins, phytates, and a long etc) our gut is attacked and its walls open creating microbreaks. Our body is forced to attack these substances that invade the bloodstream.
The problem comes in the similarity between these proteins that are sneaked into our body and the proteins that our body have and which are beneficial. This resemblance causes our immune system to attack both equally. This is the big problem of autoimmune diseases and is called intestinal permeability.
To reduce the chances of damaging our intestines we must take care of the products we consume and avoid those ultra-processed and inflammatories such as fiber, gluten, those vegetables with high levels of lectins and phytates, certain dairy, etc.
It is a good idea to incorporate collagen into our diet, either through food or as a supplement as it will help the care and regeneration of our gut.
You may be interested in more information about the care of our intestine, so we recommend the following articles:
- Keeping our gut healthy is to protect the health of our whole body
- The relationship between our intestinal health and Alzheimer
- We talk about constipation and fiber: Does it help to take fiber?
- Why should you include collagen in your daily diet
- Resistant starch What is it and benefits does it have?
Excess estrogen
Any type of hormonal contraceptive affects our body revolutionizing our hormones and therefore favoring certain diseases related to them. All this will not only make estrogen higher but progesterone will also be lower and is responsible for regulating estrogen. This may result in certain diseases or symptoms related to androgens such as:
- We talk about hair loss in women or androgenetic alopecia
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and nutrition
In connection with the creation of an excess of estrogen, sugar, alcohol and obesity should be avoided (the greater amount of adipose tissue the greater the amount of estrogen in our body)
To treat endometriosis, many women prescribe the pill, however its consumption masks the symptoms of endometriosis does not solve them. If you want to know more about the pill and how it affects our body we recommend you read the previous article about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
You may be interested in:
- Artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners and sugar substitutes in general What to take?
- Anxiety about eating: how to eliminate it to get a good diet
- Know the nutritional needs of women
As we can see, with a healthy lifestyle we can prevent a large number of diseases that affect society today or at least fight them more appropriately so that they affect us as little as possible. That is why we encourage you to analyze the lifestyle you lead, take care of your diet, move every day a little and also take care of our mental health. All this will help us to be in a state of well-being that will bring us great benefits in life.