Keto for estrogen dominance

(Nikolina Japranin) #1

Hi,
I am a 37 year old struggling with extreme estrogen dominance for few years now. Im on natural progesterone pills since my body decided to not pick up the production again after Mirena IUD. I really want to get off the hormones since it makes me really bloated and puffy, and was wandering do you guys have any science on Keto helping to balance hormones? I changed my diet drastically in the last year or so but im still eating some carbs. My weight started to drop after changing my diet but mostly im looking for relief in hormone imbalance symptoms. I do have 10-15 lbs i would like to loose to be at my pre pregnancy weight but the first thing on my mind is feeling good again. Any help you can give would help. Thanks

#2

I don’t have any specific information for you but wanted to say Hi :raised_hands:

Keto is well known for helping the body rebalance various hormones. Whether it will help with your particular issues is hard to say, especially as N=1 and everyone is different. However it is definitely worth a try.

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #3

Keto helps with PCOS, so perhaps it will help you as well. Just be aware, keto can wreak havoc with your periods at first. Not for everyone but with your situation I’d be surprised if it didn’t. Those who report changes in their periods say that after a few months things either get back to normal or get better than they were before keto.

Hopefully someone with more experience will have something more to say.