| I just had my best period in years! Sounds crazy | | | | flattening the cells on the surface. These cells, called |
| doesn't it? But, I can explain. I was diagnosed with | | | | villi, are responsible for the absorption of nutrients. |
| Endometriosis while going through infertility | | | | Once these cells are flattened and damaged, your |
| treatments a few years back. I suffered from | | | | body cannot properly absorb the nutrients in the |
| crippling periods since my early 20s. The pain was so | | | | food you are eating. Therefore, if you have Celiac |
| bad at times it made me nauseous. I also had severe | | | | Disease and your immune system is nutrient deficient |
| pain in my legs for one to two days during my | | | | it may not able to break down the shedding of your |
| period. I never got a good night's sleep either | | | | uterine lining properly. |
| because the pain always intensified when I would lay | | | | Ms. Mills claims 80% of her patients notice their pain |
| down. | | | | subsides and that it increased their chances to |
| I know having a great period doesn't make much | | | | conceive when they went on a gluten-free diet. Even |
| sense. However, if you suffer from Endometriosis | | | | though this is a high percentage of her patients, this |
| then having a less painful period is something to | | | | obviously doesn't work for everyone but I do hope |
| celebrate! This last period must have felt like a | | | | further studies are conducted. |
| "normal" one. I had a little discomfort, but no feeling | | | | I suffered for so many years and not one doctor |
| of nausea and I was able to sleep just fine. | | | | brought up Celiac Disease. It turns out my Dad was |
| I am so excited to share what I learned. There is a | | | | recently diagnosed with this. 1 in 133 people have it |
| link between painful periods and wheat. I took wheat | | | | but only 3% are diagnosed. It is highly genetic too. I |
| (more like gluten) out of my diet and it has made all | | | | changed my diet and now live pain-free! If you have |
| the difference in the world. There may also be a link | | | | Celiac Disease and go on a gluten-free diet, your |
| between wheat triggering Endometriosis and causing | | | | intestine can repair itself and heal. |
| "unexplained" infertility. | | | | I am no doctor, but I am proof that taking gluten |
| Here is what I discovered: | | | | out of your diet may help alleviate pain caused by |
| I never knew a nutrient deficiency can be one of the | | | | Endometriosis (and this may only be the case if you |
| many triggers of Endometriosis. "One of the immune | | | | have Celiac Disease). The diet is not easy to get |
| system's jobs is to break down implants [uterine lining | | | | used to but after a month or two, it is a piece of |
| that has shed] that form after each menstruation. To | | | | gluten-free cake. Just take cooking back to the era |
| function properly the immune system needs a range | | | | of your great-grandmother. My family now eats |
| of nutrients, including selenium, iron, zinc, magnesium | | | | meat, veggies and potatoes / rice. We do not eat |
| and all the vitamins," explains Dian Shepperson Mills, | | | | any processed food at all. We basically eat what |
| Director of The Endometriosis and Fertility Clinic in | | | | Mother Nature intended us to eat. Another great side |
| London. She further notes, "a lack of both vitamins C | | | | effect is that I have lost weight! |
| and E makes the pain more severe - these vitamins | | | | Don't take my word for it, do your own research. I |
| also help reduce inflammation." | | | | just wanted you to be informed and to ask you to |
| Ms. Mills feels the genetically re-engineered wheat can | | | | educate yourself if you have Endometriosis or are |
| cause a lot of damage to the human body. She | | | | struggling with unexplained infertility. In studies, it |
| states, ".. all wheat is a problem... I think [it] may be | | | | appears 4% to 8% of women with unexplained |
| the hormones in the wheat or the phytic acid is | | | | infertility have Celiac Disease. Some women, with this |
| locking up some of the minerals but certainly there | | | | disease, were able to change their diet and finally |
| seems to be some modality with wheat and | | | | conceive. Please note, I said "some." I don't want you |
| Endometriosis. It's almost as though something within | | | | to think this is a cure-all. It is a small percentage, but |
| wheat is exacerbating the implant." I think she is | | | | if you fit into this percentage it is life-changing! |
| definitely onto something here but I wonder if the | | | | You can find out if you have this disease by a simple |
| explanation is Celiac Disease and not just wheat. | | | | blood test. It's worth a shot in looking into. You can |
| Celiac Disease is an allergy to gluten (which is a | | | | learn more about Celiac Disease and the signs |
| protein found in all wheat products and many other | | | | symptoms by visiting |
| products). If you have Celiac Disease and consume | | | | As always, keep an open mind and educate yourself. |
| gluten, you will damage your small intestine by | | | | |