Small fibroids often disappear spontaneously. Larger fibroids
are more difficult to resolve, but not impossible to control
with natural measures.
• Avoid weight gain after age 18.
Try to maintain a normal body weight compared to
your height. Being overweight can cause increased
estrogen levels which stimulates fibroid growth.
In addition, exercise helps insure regular ovulation,
and irregular ovulation seems to worsen fibroids.
• Exercise regularly. Exercise helps to control your
weight and aids in the decreasing of estrogen.
• Eat a low fat, high fiber diet.
• Eat whole foods, fresh fruits and vegetables. Consuming
three or more servings of whole grains or beans reduces
the size of fibroids. Also, try to eat organic when and where possible.
Herbicides and pesticides used on food crops can mimic estrogen.
• Eat more cold water fish like salmon, herring, mackerel
anchovies and tuna. In addition, take fish oil supplements
daily.
• Avoid dairy, red meat, refined sugar, fried foods,
saturated/hydrogenated oils, trans-fatty acids (in margarine
and hydrogenated oils)
• Drink lots of water. In fact, drink half your body
weight in pounds in ounces of water. For instance,
if you weigh 180 lbs, drink 90 ounces of water per day. Keeping your
body hydrated is important to maintaining good weight.
• Avoid caffeine as it has a dehydrating effect on the
body
• Strengthening the liver with herbs such as dandelion,
milk thistle seed, or yellow dock root helps
it metabolize estrogen out of the body, thus reducing fibroids
• Warm castor oil packs on the belly, or ginger compresses
(soak a towel in hot ginger water)
relieve pain and help shrink the fibroids
• Avoid estrogen containing birth control pills and
tampons that are bleached with chlorine
which may mimic the bad effects of estrogen, too.
• Include Ginger tea and other natural anti-inflammatory
substances in your diet daily
• Avoid stress. Research studies have confirmed the
negative effects of stress on many different
diseases. In women with fibroids, stress may negatively affect hormonal
balance, upsetting the estrogen levels. This means that fibroids
tend to grow
during
the times of stress.
