Uterine Fibroid Tumors

The majority of my clients who see me for fibroid problems are either Black British, Caribbean, African or Asian.

Why is that? Hopefully, this video can shed light on this puzzle:

Please let me know what you think… would you like me to create more videos on this subject, or something else relating to fibroids?

Shola x

If you’re looking for a fibroids treatment that is 100% natural, with zero side effects, you might want to try this natural herbal remedy for fibroids.  It’s called FibroidClear and it contains organic, non-sprayed herbs in a blend specifically designed to shrink fibroids.

I use FibroidClear with my own personal clients in my kinesiology practise.

What if your fibroids are very big, or your symptoms are severe?

For extra-large fibroids, I recommend the Fibroid Shrinking Kit.

The kit consists of a body cleanse, and a food-based supplement to support detoxification, and give the body nutrients required to heal itself naturally.  It helps to give fast relief from fibroids and their symptoms, and it even works on large fibroids.

Which herbs are best for shrinking uterine fibroids? Herbal remedies can pro

Here are the herbs for fibroids I personally use in my kinesiology clinic:

• Chaste Tree - helps reduce the over-production of estrogen (estrogen makes fibroids grow), balances hormones and reduces PMS and inflammation

• Red Raspberry - controls excessive menstrual bleeding, and supplies the body with vitamins and minerals lost during heavy periods

• Motherwort - relaxes the uterine muscles, and prevents cramps, spasms and menstrual pain, and balances the hormones

• Siberian Ginseng - increases energy levels, helps the body deal with excess stress, and prevents heavy bleeding

• Red Clover - supports the liver in getting rid of excess estrogen and provides a range of nutrients to prevent anemia. It also has anti-tumor properties

• Licorice Root - reduces bloating, water retention and blood pressure, while helping the liver detox excess estrogen

• Burdock Root - cleanses the blood and helps the liver get rid of toxins and contains plant compounds that prevent tumor growth

• Goldenseal - strengthens the immune system, helps reduce inflammation of the uterus, and keeps uterine tissues healthy

• Echinacea - helps to heal wounds, control benign tumors such as fibroids and reduces inflammation

How To Prepare The Herbs

Well, there’s the easy way, and the hard way. The hard way would be to find the herbs in loose form, take a bit of each, boil them up each morning and drink them as a tea 3 times a day. Some of them don’t taste great, BUT they work so well in shrinking fibroids that it’s worth the effort.

Unfortunately, many of my clients would "forget" to take their herbs - either they tasted so gross, or it was impossible to boil them up every day with their busy lifestyles.

This led me to find an easier way for my clients to take their herbs. A herbalist prepares these herbs in capsule form (it’s called FibroidClear), so my clients would take their herbs regularly. It worked like gangbusters!

Suddenly, everyone was seeing improvements in their fibroids. My favorite story was the woman who had 2 large fibroids - one was 12cm and the other was 8cm. She also had multiple smaller fibroids, but was most concerned about the large two.

She took the herbs for 4 months, and did a complete body cleanse, ate a healthy diet and her last ultrasound showed that all the small fibroids had gone, and the larger ones had shrunk by approximately one third!

The herbal remedies for fibroids I told you about are here.

There is even a complete Fibroid Shrinking Kit, which gets faster results and is more suitable for women with large fibroids, but it costs more.

Other environmental pollutants that can cause fibroids to grow include dioxins. Dioxins are a group of 75 related compounds and the most toxic of the dioxins is TCDD .

TCDD (this is short for 2,3,7,9, Tetracholorodibenso-p-dioxin) and its another group of chemicals that pollute the environment. These dioxins come from industrial waste, and the byproducts from the chemical industry.

This dioxin can mimic estrogen in the body (as it fits into the estrogen receptor sites) and even a minute amount of this chemical in the blood can suppress the immune system, increase the risk of developing cancer and increase the risk of birth defects in the developing fetus.

You can also find dioxins in paper products bleached with chlorine, such as:

• tampons and sanitary towels
• toilet paper
• tissues
• disposable diapers
• coffee filters
• paper plates
• paper napkins
• paper towels (such as kitchen roll) 
• and cigarette paper.

If you want to shrink your fibroids naturally, or stop fibroids from growing, you need to cut out all the substances that cause fibroids to grow in the first place.  Xenoestrogens cause fibroids to grow out of control, and you can find these harmful substances in contaminated water and food.

You’ll also find xenoestrogens in cosmetics, such as moisturisers, sunscreen lotions, make up, body creams, perfumes, deodorants, shampoos, toothpaste… just about anything.  The things to look out for are parabens. 

These are chemicals used by in the cosmetic industry to preserve products, so they will have a longer shelf life. When you’ve finished reading this, just look at all the labels of your cosmetics and look out for the following words:

• paraben
• methyl
• ethyl
• propy
• butyl.  

All of these are parabens.

Next, look at any medication you might be taking, or over the counter drugs to see if any of these chemicals are in the tables you might be taking.

Household products, such as insecticides, paints, oils, weed killers, dyes, glues and adhesives will contain a high number of xenoestrogen chemicals.   If your fibroids have suddenly become worse, you need to think about what you’ve been exposed to that have caused them to grow. 

There are specific foods that cause fibroids to grow, and if you would like to shrink your fibroids naturally, you will need to avoid eating these.  In a previous articles, I explained the link between fibroids and estrogen, and xenoestrogens and fibroids.  I’m going to continue this theme by telling you which types of foods will make fibroids worse.

Meat, Fish & Dairy Products

Eating animals that are high in the food chain can increase your exposure to xenoestrogens.  For example, eating large fish that survive by eating smaller fish.  This is because microscopic creatures eat algae already been contaminated with the chemicals, so they accumulate the chemicals in their bodies.  Because these chemicals are artificially created, animals are not able to break them down and neutralize them, so instead accumulate them in their bodies. 

These microscopic creatures are eaten by the smallest of fish, which then accumulate even more of the chemicals, and they’re eaten by larger fish, which accumulate even more of the chemicals.  Xenoestrogens accumulate in fatty tissue, which means that each animal in the food chain substantially increases its xenoestrogen levels by eating smaller animals.  Since we’re at the top of the food chain, we are most likely to be affected.

This is one of the reasons why women who eat less animal products are less likely to have fibroids, and if they do have fibroids, they’re less likely to suffer from the symptoms of fibroids.

I talked a lot about fish, but red meat and dairy products, especially when they come from non-organic sources, can make fibroids grow, and aggravate the symptoms of fibroids.  This is because commercial farmers add synthetic hormones, antibiotics and drugs to the feed given to livestock, so they can grow fast, gain weight and be sold for a high price.

The chemicals fed and injected into livestock are transferred to you whenever you eat meat from non-organic sources, or consume dairy products that come from non-organic sources, or consume dairy products that come from non-organic milk.

Many of these chemicals are xenoestrogens and others are growth hormones.   You’d never take a supplement containing artificial estrogens and growth hormones, but whenever you eat commercial meat and dairy, you’re consuming these substances indirectly. 

Fruits & Vegetables

Non-organic vegetables and fruit, especially those imported from overseas, where regulations are not as strict, are a common source of xenoestrogens.  Commercial produce, is typically sprayed several times in its lifecycle with chemical herbicides and pesticides in order to protect the crops from disease and being eaten by insects. 

The most dangerous of these chemicals are no longer used in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, but they’re still used in other countries around the world.  At the moment, it is possible for supermarkets to import overseas produce sprayed with dangerous chemicals, or for food manufacturers to use these fruits and vegetables as ingredients for their packaged foods.

Packaged foods, especially those that are not organic are likely to contain xenoestrogens, this is due to the food preservatives, artificial colourings, flavorings and other additives put in the foods.  They’re also stored for several weeks in plastic containers, and since many packaged foods have a high fat content, you’re likely to consume estrogenic chemicals that have melted into the fats.

Food Storage & Preparation

Plastics are a major source of xenoestrogens, particularly when you  store your food and water in plastic.  The worst type is the soft platic wraps like clingfilm or saran wrap, which is more likely to leak xenoestrogens into your foods.  Xenoestrogens, as with most chemicals, are fat-soluble, so wrapping fatty foods in plastic will almost guarantee that these chemicals will get into your food. 

Similarly, heating your food in plastics, especially in the microwave, and keeping plastic boottles of water in the sun or near heat, can dissolve xenoestrogens into your food and water.  

But that’s not all!  In the next article, I’m going to tell you which products in your home are causing your fibroids to grow out of control.

Researchers have linked uterine fibroids with xenoestrogens, which are estrogen mimickers - artificial chemicals that can fit into estrogen receptors, and can cause 

Contaminated water is a prime source of xenoestrogens, as lakes and rivers near chemical processing plants where waste products are dumped, have been noted to have an extraordinary effect on the wildlife that live in the water. 

Researchers at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans have linked estrogenic toxins in the environment to uterine diseases such as fibroids and endometriosis.

They found that male fish, turtles and frogs in detergent-contaminated water started to develop female characteristics, such as ovaries, and decided to see whether the contaminated water affected mammals.

The researchers found that polar bears exposed to the contaminated water gave birth to hermaphrodite offspring (this means they are neither male nor female), and female seals developed an excess number of uterine fibroids.

When they started to research the effect of these chemicals on human females, the results were the same.  Women exposed to estrogenic toxins tended to develop more fibroids and endometriosis than women who were not exposed to the substances.

If you’re drinking this water, even if it’s been refined, or you eat plants or animals that have been farmed with this waster, then you are more likely to be affected by xenoestrogens. 

Contaminated water is just one source of xenoestrogens.  Your fibroids can grow from:

• Foods that cause fibroids to grow
• Substances that cause fibroids to grow

Don’t freak out when you read these two articles… I’ll show you how to reverse the damage in a few days time.  Just keep reading to find out more about how to get rid of your fibroids!

What makes fibroids grow, and how can you stop fibroids from growing?

It’s been well documented in the scientific community that estrogen makes fibroids grow.  I just cracked open some academic journals and looked up a few findings:

• Gynaecologists at the University of Athens, Athens, Greece reported that estrogens increased fibroid growth.
• Doctors at the West China Hospital also reported that estrogens increased fibroid growth.
• Gynaecologists at the University of Siena Policlinico identified uterine fibroids as a hormone-dependent gynaecological disorder.
• Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan also reported that high concentration of estrogen could promote fibroid growth.

Women who have other estrogen-related disorders such as endometriosis or endometrial hyperplasia tend to suffer more from fibroids than women who don’t have these conditions.

I’ve created a few articles that explain which substances cause fibroids.  These include:

• Estrogen and Fibroids
• Xenoestrogens And Fibroids
• (More to follow)

Xenoestrogens are environmental estrogens, artificially created as a by-product to the chemical industry.  In the past 10 years, there have been a lot of studies that have linked xenoestrogens to conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, lowered sperm counts and cancer. 

They are found in pesticides, PCBs, plastics, the lacquer that lines the inside of cans used for storing food, and many common foods and household products.

Xenoestrogens are recognised by estrogen receptors, but have a stronger effect on the cells than other types of estrogen.  Some of the most deadly xenoestrogens are PCBs.

PCBs were used in industry decades ago, but were banned in the 1970’s.   Although these substances are no longer in use, they have accumulated in water, soil and in the fat of animals and humans.  Scientists have even found the substances secreted in human breast milk!

Because they’re a mix of synthetic chemicals, they’re not very biodegradable, this means it’s difficult for the environment, and human body to break them down. 

It can take hundreds of years for these substances to be broken down in the environment, and in our bodies as they are unnatural substances that nature does not have processes or tools to deal with. 

Estrogen is a hormone.  It is produced by the ovaries, and it’s the hormone responsible for the development of the female reproductive system during puberty.  It also stimulates the growth of the muscles of the uterus, and the thickening of the endometrial lining.

Hormones are essentially chemical messengers that travel from one organ to another, via the blood stream and instruct organs to perform specific actions at a cellular level.

Hormones affect the organs that have receptor sides.  Receptor sites are a group of cells that respond only to a specific hormone.  The cell will have receptors attached to it – receptors are microscopic structures that take a specific shape or configuration that match only the chemical composition of the hormone.  It works in a similar way to a key and a lock, if you imagine that hormones are keys, and receptors are locks.

When the hormone connects with the receptor, this gives the cells and the tissues that the cells make up, specific instructions, e.g. estrogen can tell the endometrial lining to thicken, and unfortunately, it can also tell fibroids to grow.

The more estrogen you have in your body, the more estrogen receptors you develop.  And the more estrogen receptors you develop, the more your body makes use of estrogen.

There are actually several types of estrogen:

• The estrogen your ovaries produce naturally

• Phytoestrogens – which are estrogens that occur naturally in plants, and are used by herbalists to help women who are going through menopause, and to help to block the effects of more powerful estrogens in women with estrogen-dependent disorders.

• Mycoestrogens – estrogens that are produced by fungi.  They mostly affect livestock and poultry, but you can find them growing on mouldy crops, such as rice, oats and wheat.

• Xenoestrogens – man-made chemicals that mimick the effect of estrogen in your body