Endometriosis And Fertility Clinic

Institute for Optimum Nutrition Ageing Matters Conference
Cost and Venue £140.00 - Practitioner / Professional
... £120.00 - Student (with ID proof) Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) | 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
There is a need for healthy and active ageing as the UK life expectancy continues to increase. The ION Symposium 2016 explores the research associated with ageing and ways in which practitioners might support this. Expect lively and informative discussions from expert speakers on approaches to improve quality of life and health outcomes for this population group as well as supporting integrated patient centred care and prevention of chronic disease.
Speakers Professor Tim Spector Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and author of The Diet Myth
Microbial insights into personalised medicine approaches to ageing There is a major drop in microbiome diversity around 75 years of age and just before signs of frailty. Professor Tim Spector discusses several protective microbe species opening the door for probiotics and diet as ageing therapies.
Nigma Talib, ND Naturopathic doctor with award winning clinics in London, New York and LA
Clinical Care for ageing patients for optimal health from the inside out. Diet, lifestyle and supplement intake can dictate how old the body looks from the inside and out, and can cause premature ageing. Nigma will discuss how food and drink can affect ageing, not just on overall wellness but also on the skin. Dr Natalie Riddell Research Associate - Division of Infection & Immunity, UCL & PhD
The ageing immune system - what do we know and what can we do? Adaptive immunity provides antigen-specific immune protection and supposed life-long immune memory. Dr Natalie Riddell discusses how immune memory deteriorates with age with clinical examples & lifestyle interventions which may lessen the effects of ageing.
Dr Najat Youssef Italian-Lebanese dietician, biologist, lecturer and founder of Io & il Cibo
A personalised anti-ageing approach: theory and clinical practice Dr Najat Youssef will discuss the relationship between genetic/epigenetic, environmental and nutritional aspects influencing the human body composition from birth to older age. Clinical cases will demonstrate a combined approach for health benefits and optimal anti-ageing.
Who should attend? Nutritional therapists, nutritionists, dieticians, naturopaths, health science students, doctors, other health care practitioners or professionals, researchers, academics
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Endometriosis and Heart Disease Preventative diet and lifestyle are the key to protect Endometriosis sufferers According to new research, Endometriosis, a disease that affects 120M women worldwide, is now linked to heart disease. (Circulation, March 27th 2016). Endometriosis is already linked to a higher risk of atopic diseases and gynaecological cancers; the heart disease risk is cited in the study is higher among women given a hysterectomy or ovary removal as treatment. T...
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Pesticides: harmful to fertility? Linked to Endometriosis?
Unnatural Oestrogens
Unnatural oestrogens in foods and man-made, confuse the bodies normal fertility hormone signals. We need to know what the long -term effects will be and whether the increase in reproductive disorders are linked to the wide use of pesticides in our daily foods.
... exogenous-oestrogens or xeno-oestrogens our bodies metabolise from pesticides (these are dangerous) naturally occurring oestrogens in foods (phytoestrogens) e.g. soya, may be okay in small amounts
We all need oestrogen to keep us healthy. In some women oestrogen may be out of balance with the other sex hormones due to dietary influences.
Dioxins: the Environmental Oestrogens
Unfortunately some of the food we eat contains pesticides, which have an oestrogenic effect - so called xenoestrogens.
Dioxins, PCB’s and nonylphenols have an oestrogenic effect in body cells, that is, they produce chemicals, which act exactly as oestrogen does in the body. These are false oestrogens and they are bad news. “Suspect chemicals include pesticides and phthalates (nonylphenols) a group of compounds which migrate from plastic wrappings and leak into the foods we eat, such as cheese, meats, cakes, sandwiches and confectionary”. Research from all around the world has shown that they are having a detrimental effect upon the reproductive systems of both humans and animals. “USA production alone of synthetic organic chemicals (including pesticides) amount to 197.5 billion kilogrammes in 1992, with similar production in other countries. They ignore geographical boundaries and are found in rainwater, lakes, oceans and in the fat cells within our bodies”. “Biologists feel that these xeno-oestrogens can mimic the actions of natural signalling molecules such as oestrogens and also growth factors. i.e. a ‘natural’ signal may be being sent by an ‘unnatural’ signalling molecule, they do not alter genes themselves but may alter the way they (genes) are expressed”.
All this research shows that environmental changes are affecting humankind at a cellular level and this is affecting health quite drastically for some. We are the canaries of the world. It is like a gigantic research experiment where we are all the guinea pigs.
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Fibroids
Also known as Uterine Fibroids or leiomyomata are tumours of the uterus. They are a benign tumour, which grow in the muscle layer of the uterus. These vary is size and location and may affect 25% of women during their reproductive lives. The growth of fibroids is associated with high oestrogen levels and as oestrogen levels decline, the fibroids tend to regress. Oestrogen levels decline naturally after menopause and drug treatments used are based on these facts.
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The Baby or the treats (Part 2) Heavy Metals A diet that is rich in calcium, magnesium, selenium, iron and zinc protects us from the bad effects of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. Lead is known to be mutagenic causing abnormalities in the foetus. This being the case contact with these metals should be avoided where possible. Lead is found in paints and petrol. Cadmium comes from cigarettes. Dr. Bryan Hallewell, Advisor to the Environmental Health Agency UK...
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The Baby or the Treats (Part 1)
Some Foods that we eat on a daily basis are not so good for our health. At a time when we are trying to get pregnant they may be detrimental. Many foods contain phyto-chemicals that lock up minerals, making them unavailable to the body. Sugars can have an effect by tying up vital B vitamins in aiding digestion at a time when the ovaries have more need of them. These foods we know as anti-nutrient foods as research shows that they are not helpfu...
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Dian Shepperson Mills

Endometriosis and Oestrogen Dominance
Endometriosis develops in the presence of excessive oestrogen. Research found that 79 per cent of a group of monkeys developed endometriosis after having been exposed to dioxins in their food. The severity of endometriosis found in the monkeys was directly related to the amount of TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin - the most toxic type of dioxin) to which they had been exposed. They showed immune abnormalities similar to those ob...
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Progesterone Resistance with Endometriosis
Progesterone resistance is seen to be common in women with endometriosis. This is when oestrogen and progesterone become out of balance, particularly when oestradiol is not changed properly in the liver into the safer form of oestrone. Women with endometriosis often show low levels of endometrial receptivity, that is resistance of the endometrium to the effects of progesterone at certain times during the menstrual cycle. This is beca...use there are low levels of a certain enzyme.
Progesterone levels are able to rise 30 fold over the space of half an hour, so are difficult to measure accurately. Day 21 is the normal reading for progesterone, taken to show ovulation has occurred. Low progesterone levels do indicate abnormal endometrium is present, and although it does not seem to effect endometrial thickness, it does affect the quality and ability of the endometrium to hold onto the embryo as it tries to implant. Progesterone precursors are magnesium, zinc, vitamin A and D, vitamin B6 and amino acids and essential fatty acids; maybe these nutrients are deficient or poorly absorbed in women with poor levels of progesterone.
Progesterone is produced naturally in the ovary, inside the corpus luteum, (known as the golden body). After the egg has been released from the follicle it seals up and fills with a golden liquid and this produces the progesterone. Progesterone is needed by the body as it causes the endometrium to shed once a month; it acts as an anti-depressant by calming the nervous system and balancing copper and zinc levels; it protects breast tissue and helps prevent breast cancer; it acts as a natural diuretic and aids thyroid action; it helps body fat to be used as energy and normalizes blood sugar control; it stimulates bone growth - and it 's effects are needed for a normal menstrual period.
It may be that with all the oestrogenic chemicals we eat and drink - this fine balance is broken. We need to bring progesterone back into balance again, and that means choosing to eat the best quality fresh foods we can get. Eating much less red meat and dairy foods seems to be important to keep oestrogen levels lower, eating organic when possible, so as to avoid all the oestrogenic pesticides in our foods (dioxins or PCB, Pthalates and Bisphenol A plasticisers). Keep a low intake of oestrogenic foods like soya and wheat, citrus and excess folic acid, Korean ginseng, and avoid herbs like black cohosh, dong quai and red clover.
Vitex Agnus castus is a herb that can help to balance oestrogen and progesterone taken over three to six months, but must be stopped as soon as you know you are pregnant. No hormone influencing herbs should be taken whilst on the OCP or HRT or the GnRH analogues as they have affects which would disrupt each other, as would high levels of vitamin C and E and linseed oil. All supplements should be stopped five days before any operation.
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Approaching your GP with Endometriosis
Take a list of the main symptoms with you to show the doctor exactly what happens to you every month. Explaining what the pain is like is another factor. "It hurts here" is not really telling them anything useful. You need to explain what the pain is like, describe it in words such as - pinching, stabbing, wringing, dragging, searing, deep aches, burning, tearing, twinges, backache, left ovary or right ovary pains. Does this pain corresp...ond to the time of the period or when you ovulate mid-cycle? Do your bowel habits change at periods and when you ovulate? Do you become constipated or have diarrhoea before, during or after the period? Is intercourse painful at these times? Do you have blood on the stools at a period, do you get cystitis like pains only at periods or ovulation? Explain it all, write it down and go through exactly what happens when, and how many days the pain lasts. Score the pain on a 0-10 scale. Keep a record on the symptom sheet we have provided as a diary. The doctor is more likely to take it seriously if you can show pain is happening with the period and at ovulation. Some women get pain every day, as I did. We are all different because the endometriosis implants choose to grow in different areas of our bodies. Mine were all around my left ovary and colon. Yours may be at the right hand side or on the diaphragm.
Tell them which painkillers you take and how many are needed to stop the pain, or do they not even touch the pain? Sometimes painkillers dull us but leave the pain alone and you just feel fuzzy but still in pain. Ask to be referred to a gynaecologist with specialist interest in endometriosis, be assertive but not aggressive. Then tell the specialist all the same points. If you are taking the oral contraceptive pill and painkillers at periods and that does not stop period pain then you must see a specialist. Having an ultra-sound scan may show cysts and if organs are misaligned, by being pulled by adhesions, However, scans do not show small spots of endometrioisis, only large lumps. The adhesions are formed from strands of sticky blood which is trapped inside the tummy. Some women have "kissing" ovaries which are pulled and stuck together by these adhesions. The ovarian cysts may get stuck to the bowel or bladder. It is no fun and we need a diagnosis. Getting a diagnosis is a great relief to know what is causing the pain and that it is not cancer.
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What causes endometriosis?
The endometrium, (the inside lining of the womb which rebuilds itself each month), sheds as a menstrual period in a cycle every 28 days. From day 1 to day 14 it is rebuilding itself ready for conception around day 15 when most women ovulate. The endometrium builds up each month in response to oestrogen. This womb-lining layer becomes nutrient rich ready to receive the embryo. As the period sheds, some of this blood may drip inside the abdomen via th...e Fallopian tubes. This womb lining may begin seeding itself into 'healthy' tissue inside the tummy over 4 hours, onto the bowel, bladder and ovaries - the reasons why are little understood. It should not be growing there, only inside the womb itself. As this tissue bleeds the blood gets trapped inside the tummy's fluids, setting up inflammation, pain and sub-fertility as it now contains chemicals which should not be there. Research reports that as that many as half of all menstruating women are affected by period pain, 10% have severe pain, which limits activities for three or four days each month (4).
Endometriosis is commonly found on the outside of the womb, ovaries, ligaments, bladder and bowel; large blood filled cysts may form on ovaries; adhesions stick organs together. Rarely it may grow on other organs, such as the lung, gums, kidneys, diaphragm, stomach, and liver.
The Four Key Symptoms of Endometriosis
chronic/acute period pains ovulation pain pain on intercourse sub-fertility
Other reported symptoms abdominal bloating, IBS bladder pressure, urgency, interstitial cystitis extreme fatigue ovary pains, lower back pains chronic bowel symptoms, rectal bleeding, IBS low body temperature recurrent infections, sore throats immune system failure hormone imbalances pains at all times low moods, anxiety
Small specks of endometriosis may cause enormous pain, yet huge lumps may give no pain, it is a conundrum.
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What is endometriosis doing to me?
How to survive diagnosis and treatments and help the body to heal itself.
Endometriosis affects over one hundred and seventy-six million women worldwide and is more common than breast cancer and diabetes. Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like-tissue (the normal womb lining tissue), but it is found outside of the uterus, literally inside the abdominal cavity. When this tissue bleeds with the menstrual cycle, this blood ...is trapped inside the tummy and it may trigger a chronic, inflammatory pain, as well as sub-fertility and reduced quality of life. Endometriosis is found mainly in women of reproductive age, from all ethnic and social groups (1). The profound loss of the ability to live a normal life can have a devastating effect on confidence and sense of self. The distress of sub-fertility can be exhausting month after month. The causes of endometriosis are as yet unknown, so the cure is elusive.
Between "8- 10 % of women in their reproductive years, and 20-50% of women with infertility have been diagnosed with endometriosis" (2). Approximately one fifth of the patients with sub-fertility problems may have endometriosis; it doubles the risk of premature birth.
Endometriosis is associated with severe dysmenorrhea (period pains), deep dysparunia (painful intercourse), chronic pelvic pain, ovulation pain, cyclical bowel or bladder associated symptoms with or without abnormal bleeding, subfertility, and chronic fatigue.
The pain level can be extreme if ovarian cysts burst. Some affected women however, remain asymptomatic - they may have the disease but they never have any pains (3). It is a conundrum!
In 2005 the All Party Parliamentary Group at the House of Commons (APPG) organized an on-line questionnaire, which was answered by 7500 women, all diagnosed with endometriosis, and showed that it took 5.11 years before a doctor would refer a woman complaining of period pain to a specialist gynaecologist. Overall it took an average of 9.11 years to get a complete diagnosis!. Altogether 82 per cent of the 7,500 women reported having to take 3-4 days off work each month, because of severe period pain. Twenty-five per cent of all sick-leave in the UK is due to women with period pain, yet still no-one takes it seriously. Luckily we do not have a disease which kills, just one which disables us at certain times during the month. So that is alright then?
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How Endometriosis Affects your Body
1. The menstrual cycle of women is a complex mixture of interactions between the pituitary, the ovaries and the uterus. 2. The Pituitary secretes hormones (FSH & LH) which stimulate the ovary to produce mature eggs and steroids (oestrogen and progesterone). The ovarian steroids, in turn, prepare the uterus for a possible pregnancy by stimulating the uterine endometrium to become a lush tissue that secretes the nutrients that are required by... a developing embryo. 3. Endometriosis is a disease that is characterised by the presence of uterine endometrium in areas outside of the uterus, primarily within the abdomen. These rogue patches of endometriosis are known as endometriotic implants. 4. Endometriotic implants interfer with the menstrual cycle in a subtle fashion that is not fully understood. But it is known to lead to pain and infertility for some women. The hormonal messages get mixed up in endometriosis. 5. Weakened cell membranes due may make it easier for endometriotic implants to take hold. 6. Magnesium and natural cis-vegetable and fish oils are known to improve the integrity of cell membranes. 7. By reducing free radical damage the cell membrane may have less injury. Antioxidants such as selenium and vitamins A, C and E help to disarm free radicals. 8. Optimum nutrition with a healthy digestive system helps to ensure that all cells work efficiently. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables daily.
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Gluten Free - Quick Crab “Rissotto” Serves two. Ingedients 1. 1 medium onion chopped finely 2. 1 tablespoon olive oil... 3. 1/2 cup peas, fresh or frozen 4. salt and pepper to taste 5. 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, fresh or frozen 6. 1 tablespoon chopped sweet basil, fresh or frozen 7. 130ml cream 8. 1 tablespoon brandy 9. 1 small pot fresh white crab 10. 2 tsp grated parmigiano reggiano cheese 11. 2 tsp grated gruyere cheese 12. 1 bowl left over rice Method • Gently fry the onion in a little olive oil for two or three minutes. • Add the peas and fry for a further two or three minutes • Add the salt and pepper • Add the cream and brandy and bring back to heat and stir • Add the cheese and crab and heat through thoroughly while stirring • Add the rice and heat through for five minutes • Server with a little more parmigiano reggiano You can use soya cream and ewes milk cheeses if you have a problem with cows milk
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The Wellbeing Walk for the Endometriosis SHE Trust (UK) On 27th June 2015, from The Hale Clinic to St. James Park 1.00pm to 3.00pm To Highlight Awareness of Women with Endometriosis Endometriosis SHE Trust (UK) is a national charity offering support information and education on all aspects of endometriosis and it’s treatments. Endometriosis is complex and debilitating genetic disease of the reproductive system, affecting 2 million women in the UK, from the onset of period...s through to the menopause and beyond. Your support will help us achieve our goals. Please sponsor us generously. https://www.justgiving.com/Dian-Shepperso n-Mills2
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The Endometriosis Diet 96% Food allergies and intolerances in women with endo One man’s meat is another man’s poison Archibald Garrod 1904 • Try a 1 month exclusion diet • Avoid wheat - eat WFGF oats, corn, rice, buckwheat, millet, tapioca, arrowroot... • Avoid bovine diary - eat goat, sheep, buffalo, soya, rice milk, oat milk, almond and hazelnut milk • Avoid coffee and citrus as major gut irritants • Avoid aspartame, mono-sodium glutamate
Normal Menu • Breakfast - Cereal, milk, toast and jam, tea • Mid Morn - Chocolate bar and coffee • Lunch - Cheese sandwich, cake • Mid Day - Tea and biscuits • Dinner - Pizza and Coke, Ice-cream • Supper - Crisps
New Food Choice • Breakfast - Fresh fruit smoothie, herb tea • Mid Morn - Nuts and water • Lunch - Salmon salad, fruits, tea with lemon • Mid Day - HM Flapjack and water • Dinner - Chicken in lemon sauce, broccoli, grilled tomato, new potatoes, berries and crème fraiche • Supper - Seeds and elderflower cordial
Foods to Enjoy • Vegetables of all kinds: dark green leafy, legumes (peas, beans, lentils), red coloured vegetables, roots and tubers • Raw fresh fruits in moderation, berries • White and oily deep sea fish, and organic lean meat and eggs • Vary dairy foods - goats, sheep, buffalo, soy, rice, oat, almond • Vary carbs - rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, buckwheat, quinoa, millet, tapioca, arrowroot • Snack on nuts, seeds, sugar-free bars, corn tacos, popadoms, fruits, crudites and dips
Foods to Reduce or Avoid • Milk chocolate, sweets, candies, ice-cream • Wheat foods - bread, cakes, cookies, pasta • Bovine dairy foods - cheese, cream, milk • Coffee, alcohol, fizzy drinks, aspartame • Red meat, pork, lamb, beef - eat organic only • Hidden trans-fats in refined foods • “Edible-food-like substances” designed in labs • Try a 1 month exclusion diet if a food upsets you Why eat something if it makes you ill?
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Coeliac Disease • Gluten is the protein in wheat • Gluten is the stretchy material which allows bread dough to rise and surrounds the gas bubbles • Gluten is responsible for Coeliac disease diagnosis • 1% of the US population (1:100 adults, 1:60 children; 1:23 familial are coeliac)
... Gluten • Gluten damages the small intestine villi • It eats them away, stunts them • Villi are tiny finger-like projections inside the small intestine • Villi increase the surface area for absorption of nutrients • Less villi means malabsorption of nutrients • Then the body starts to fall ill, weight loss or bloating may occur
Coeliac Disease Symptoms • The most common under-diagnosed hereditary autoimmune condition • Coeliac disease is a medical condition that can trigger many different illnesses in the body • Burps, extreme gas, irritable bowel syndrome, abdominal discomfort, bowel cancers, heartburn, diarrhoea, constipation, weight loss, poor growth, foul-smelling stools, malaise, weakness, lactose intolerance are all possible manifestations of the condition Wheat Farming • Humankind has only farmed wheat for 10,000 years • It is a relatively new food • In the UK wheat only started to be used widely from the Middle Ages • Before that Britains ate acorn flour, bullrush flour, lupin flour regularly • ‘It is suggested that blood type ‘O’ people have more difficulty digesting wheat, we may have a slower adaption to the protein digestion of the wheat’ • ‘The gluten in wheat germ interferes with Type ‘O’ metabolic processes’ states Peter D’Adamo • First peak: Symptoms begin in the first three years of life after cereals are introduced into the diet, bloating, foul stools, stunted growth, ??? • Second peak: begins during the third decade • Third peak : begins in fifth decade
Bread Making • Has changed over the last 50 years • Introduction of Canadian wheat, with higher gluten content • Factory processing or the Chorley Wood method of baking o Quicker process, less time for the yeasts to break down the gluten o Traditional processes took many hours as dough was left to rise twice, for several hours each time, now only one short rising period. • Higher gluten content in the bread we eat.
Gluten Grains • Grasses - family Gramineae • Festucoideae sub-family • Triticeae -Wheat • Horedins - Barley • Rye - Secalins • Aveneae - Oats • Oryzeae - Rice
Grasses • Sub-Family - Panicoideae - Maize - Millet - Sugar • Tripsaceae - Maize (corn) • Paniceae - Millet - Prolamines • Andropogoneae - Cane sugar • NON- Grasses • Buckwheat - Rhubarb family - prolamines • Prolamines have similar antigenic activity to the alpha-gliadin of wheat • If you are very sensitive then avoid millet and buckwheat
Good News • It is now much easier to be gluten free • Restaurants are marking their menu’s gluten free and able to adapt dishes to suit. • More edible products available in the market place
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