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D-I-Y Emotional Eating Freedom:Brisbane Workshop 17
August (Part 1)!
Imagine being free to eat exactly what you want, when
you want it, without any guilt attached. Now imagine
living like this every day and discovering yourself
losing weight naturally as a long-term side-effect of
changing your thinking. Does this sound too good to
be true?
This is the immensely pleasurable reality when you learn
to eat intuitively - that means creating lots more mind-full-ness
about your thoughts and working with your body, instead
of waging war against it. You'll be "feeding" your self-esteem
instead of your 'food addiction'. You may even create
a new addiction - self-nurturing!
Years of dieting - or more accurately failing diets
- teaches us to disconnect from our intuition and what
our body is trying to tell us, we stop trusting ourselves.
Our diet culture creates anxiety as well as food and
weight obsession. If you're like me and most women,
you will have dieted your way up to a much higher weight
than when you started.
And what would I know about this issue? I spent thirteen
years of my life either on a diet and depriving myself
- or off the diet and beating myself up with guilt every
time I had another emotional eating session. For thirteen
years, my moods and my weight swung from two extremes.
Then I accidentally stumbled upon my own non-diet approach
with intuitive eating while pregnant with my first child.
Within two years and two babies, I dropped from a size
14 down to size 8 and I've been this size for eleven
years now. How's that for long-term and real results?
I found a way out of my emotional eating pain and I
will show you the way out of yours too.
Karla's next Emotional Eating Freedom workshop will
be run on Sunday 17th August from 10am to 5pm at the
Relaxation Centre 15 South Pine Rd, Alderley. Cost $65
inc 50 page guide. Phone 3856 3733 to book
(See part 2 of this article next issue)
Karla
Cameron Founder Life After Diets P: 3856 4989 and F:
3856 6989 M: 0411 224 609 E: [email protected]
www.lifeafterdiets.com.au
Why
Am I So Angry - Understanding Premenstrual Syndrome(PMS):
By Nirala Jacobi ND ( USA)
When it comes to PMS and other menstrual disorders,
women are often frustrated with the lack of understanding
and proper care they receive from conventional sources.
"One week before my period, I'm so irritable I could
rip my husband's head off" is a frequent statement.
Oral contraceptives seem to be the one-stop treatment
of choice for many of these complaints and although
artificial stabilization of hormones can bring relief
for the issues of PMS, it does not help to find the
cause of the problem.
Natural medicine has much to offer for PMS sufferers
as it targets the root of the problem. In my practice
in Brisbane, I help women unravel the cause of their
particular PMS symptom picture
Let's take a look at what's going on.
PMS is defined as the well known myriad of symptoms
which start 1-2 weeks before the period. These include
- breast pain
- mood changes such as anger or depression
- headaches
- acne
- digestive complaints such as bloating, constipation,
or diarrhea
- weight gain and water retention
- sugar cravings
- fatigue often 1-2 weeks before the period.
All symptoms MUST resolve with the onset of the period
to be classified as PMS or something else is going on.
Hormonal Balance
From the first day of the period to ovulation (typically
around day 14), oestrogen rises slowly and declines
after the egg is released from the ovary. In a normal
menstrual cycle, progesterone is the main hormone after
ovulation-it helps to offset some of the strong effects
of oestrogen.
A common finding in PMS sufferers is an elevated oestrogen/progesterone
ratio in which oestrogen is abnormally elevated compared
to the level of progesterone. This can be due to an
inefficient liver clearance of oestrogen or mild progesterone
deficiency.
Another reason why progesterone is low in the 2nd half
of the cycle is stress. Stress raises a hormone called
cortisol. When stress is continuous, progesterone is
taken from the menstrual cycle to convert to cortisol.
This is a protective mechanism --as the body thinks
it is running from a tiger it considers cortisol more
important than the reproductive hormone progesterone.
Irritability and Depression
Not only can high oestrogen cause all of the symptoms
of PMS, but an elevated oestrogen/progesterone ratio
has also been shown to impair proper neurotransmitter
synthesis such as the "feel-good" serotonin. This may
be due to oestrogen depleting B6 levels which is a necessary
vitamin to produce proper serotonin levels.
B6 levels are frequently low in depressed patients,
especially those taking oestrogens such as the birth
control pill or menopausal medication such as Premarin.
Anger is also often experienced by women with PMS. Energetically,
anger can be a frequent sign of liver congestion and
oestrogen overload.
Oestrogen Dominance
The total amount of oestrogen in your body is determined
by
- how much you make yourself (technically, all oestrogen
starts as testosterone and is converted in the ovaries
or fat tissues-known as endogenous oestrogen)
- how much comes from the outside (from hormones in
animal products, chemicals in cosmetics etc-known as
exogenous oestrogen)
and how well you detoxify both.
Too high oestrogen is known as oestrogen dominance,
a condition associated with PMS, breast cancer, uterine
fibroids, and endometriosis.
Other hormonal influences
In addition to the above mentioned effects, excess oestrogen
has also been implicated in a rise in aldosterone secretion
from 2-8 days prior to menses, causing fluid retention,
a common complaint in PMS. Endogenous and exogenous
oestrogen can also increase prolactin secretion by the
pituitary gland. Elevated prolactin has been linked
to progesterone deficiency, breast pain, fibrocystic
breast disease, and hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism affects
a large percentage of women with PMS, and should therefore
not be underestimated. If symptoms persist, a simple
blood test can identify blatant thyroid dysfunction.
Natural Approaches to PMS
It is always important to know what type of PMS you
are experiencing before embarking on a treatment plan.
The suggestions below are just examples of a wide variety
of professional treatments.
Diet: In my practice, diet and lifestyle recommendations
are always the foundation on which I build my treatment
plan. I often start the treatment with a cleansing diet
for 2-4 weeks, after which I focus on specific diet
changes. Depending on the symptom picture, a typical
dietary recommendation for a patient with PMS may be
to reduce all animal products to decrease exogenous
oestrogens as well as saturated fats. To put this into
context: vegetarian women excrete two to three times
more oestrogens in their faeces and have 50% lower free
oestrogens than their omnivore counterparts. Overall
reduction of fat, sugar, and salt all has been shown
to significantly improve PMS symptoms in some women.
Liver Detox: the liver is a very important organ of
detoxification. Oestrogens are detoxified through the
2 main detox pathways of the liver. Abstaining from
alcohol, caffeine, chemicals and processed foods can
lower the total detox burden of the liver. Cruciferous
vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts,
cabbage) contain Indole-3-carbinol-a potent compound
that aids in the liver detoxification of oestrogen.
This is also available in pill form.
The Gut: Another important aspect of PMS treatment is
to establish proper bowel flora. To detoxify oestrogens,
the liver binds it to glucuronic acid which prevents
the reabsorption of oestrogens from the bowel. Certain
undesirable gut bacteria produce the enzyme beta-glucuronidase
which cleaves this bond and allows these oestrogens
to re-enter the circulation, adding to the total oestrogen
pool. Increasing fibre and adding probiotics to the
treatment protocol can be very beneficial.
Exercise and stress reduction have been clearly documented
in the literature for reducing symptoms of premenstrual
syndrome.
Specific Herbs and Nutrients
These will be prescribed on an individualized basis.
Just a few examples:
By far the most commonly used herb in PMS is Vitex agnus-castus
(Chaste tree berry). It is so effective in regulating
menses and lowering prolactin it has been written up
in Europe's prestigious "German Commission E" - a scientific
database on herbal substances
B6 and Magnesium are important for proper serotonin
production especially in cases of oestrogen dominance.
It also seems to help with sugar cravings before the
period.
(c)
Nirala Jacobi 2008
(07)
3368 1740 Address: 113 Enoggera Terrace Paddington Queensland
http://www.niralajacobi.com/
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Simply
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What
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What
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What
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What
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Quote
of the week!
Love - a wildly misunderstood although
highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens
the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood
pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.
Anonymous
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