Pregnancy slows or stops endometriosis and the pain. But you don't have to become pregnant to stop endometriosis. Progesterone levels go high during pregnancy so many MD's give Natural Progesterone to fool your body into thinking it is pregnant. If you body thinks it is pregnant by taking progesterone, then the endometriosis will stop. Estrogen stimulates endometriosis to grow. The problem is many of the chemicals and herbs in our cosmetics and toiletries can mimic estrogen. These estrogens mimics will ALSO stimulate the endometriosis to grow. Cosmetics and toiletries are absorbed into the body just like nicotine patches and estrogen patches. A booklet is provided to enable you to avoid these land mines by avoiding these estrogen mimics in your cosmetics and toiletries. Iodine causes the body to decrease estradiol (strong estrogen) and increase estriol (weak estrogen) levels in the body according to Jonathan Wright, MD of the Tahoma Clinic. Less estradiol means less stimulation of endometriosis. More estriol means weak estrogen will block estrogen mimics at the estrogen receptor. Estrogen mimics will now affect you less, and your endometriosis and pain will become less also.
