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The BEST Fibroid Shrinking Vitamin (based on science)

Oct 13, 2024

11:13

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Discover why 80% of women develop fibroids and the surprising factors that contribute to their growth, including pregnancy, HRT, and obesity. Explore the critical role of estrogen in fibroid sensitivity and learn how low vitamin D levels may increase risk. Anecdotal evidence suggests that vitamin D could shrink fibroids when combined with magnesium and vitamin K2. Black women face a significantly higher risk, making this conversation essential for awareness and health.

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Fibroids are primarily driven by estrogen, and their growth can be influenced by factors such as obesity and diabetes, significantly affecting women's health.

Vitamin D plays a crucial role in potentially reducing fibroid size by acting as an aromatase inhibitor, highlighting its importance in women's preventive health strategies.

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Understanding Fibroids and Their Drivers

Fibroids are growths that develop from the uterine tissue and are significantly influenced by estrogen. Up to 80% of women will experience some type of fibroid by age 40, with certain factors such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure heightening this risk. The particular vulnerability of Black women, who are three to nine times more likely to develop fibroids, stems from a combination of genetic predisposition and lower vitamin D levels that exacerbate estrogen spikes. Insights into the composition of fibroids reveal they are less elastic and more sensitive to estrogen than normal uterine tissue, indicating that managing estrogen levels is essential in controlling fibroid growth.

Understanding Fibroids: The Role of Estrogen and Vitamin D

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Fibroids decrease in size after menopause, yet pregnancy, exposure to HRT, and birth control pills can cause fibroids to enlarge. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and PCOS also increase the risk of fibroids. Black women have a 3 to 9 times higher risk of developing fibroids.

Estrogen is the primary driver of fibroids and endometriosis. A fibroid is a growth in the uterus, but it differs from uterine tissue in several ways. Fibroids are very sensitive to estrogen and have increased estrogen receptors, more of the enzyme aromatase, less oxygen than the uterus, and more inflammation.

Many health problems and risk factors associated with fibroids are related to low vitamin D. Vitamin D has incredible properties that may help inhibit the growth of fibroids.

There is also a vast amount of anecdotal evidence in support of using vitamin D to shrink fibroids.

Be sure to take vitamin D with the cofactors magnesium and vitamin K2.

DATA:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209245/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18423458/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23467803/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22302692/

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