Endometriosis

Originally published: Jan 14, 2025

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"these investigators observed that more active women (≥42 MET hours/week) had an 11% reduction of the risk for endometriosis. Considering the physical activity performed 4 years before the diagnosis of endometriosis, there was a 90% reduction of the risk for the disease among patients who exercised 42 MET hours/week compared to those who exercised only 3 MET hours/week.

 

Practice 2 to 4 hours per week of regular exercise decreases 65% chance of endometriosis

 

Avoidance of strenuous exercise during the menstruation is a preventive factor for endometriosis"

https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-12-4

 

Yoga reduced pain by 47%, infertility by 35% (however 15% reduction in the non-yoga group)

https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2015.0343

 

"The pooled relative risk of endometriosis was 0.67 (95% CI: 0.53, 0.84) for each 5 kg/m² increase in current body mass index"

"Compared with normal weight women, the pooled relative risk for obese women was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.83, 0.96), which was lower than that for overweight women (relative risk =0.97; 95% CI: 0.91, 1.05)." (Higher BMI is associated with lower risk of endometriosis)

https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14916 

"BMI was significantly lower in women with endometriosis than in controls (p < 0.001); this difference was confirmed when the analysis was restricted to subjects with normal BMI (18.50–24.99 kg/m²) (p = 0.002). 4.8% of control subjects and no woman with endometriosis were obese."

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.11.019

 

"those women in the highest fifth of long-chain omega-3 fatty acid consumption were 22% less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis compared with those with the lowest fifth of intake [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.62–0.99; P-value, test for linear trend (Pt) = 0.03]. In addition, those in the highest quintile of trans-unsaturated fat intake were 48% more likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis (95% CI = 1.17–1.88; Pt = 0.001)." 

"the study shows that women who ate more than two servings of red meat per day had a 56% higher risk of developing endometriosis compared with those who consumed less than one serving per week."

 

"50,000 international units of vitamin D every two weeks for 12 weeks significantly reduced self-reported pelvic pain."

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/endometriosis-symptoms-causes-treatments-and-natural-approaches-5720724

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/small-lifestyle-changes-may-relieve-a-debilitating-painful-condition-5722220