The Best Diet for Fibroids

The same diet that helps regulate hormones in women may also reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting pollutants.

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[sonja]

I have a family history of fibroid tumor sufferers, many of whom have had full hysterectomies. I was diagnosed several yrs ago. I was having horrible periods, lots of clots, lots of pain & heavy bleeding between periods too. Asked 2 doctors if changing my diet would help, they both said no... Birth control, wait & see, then eventually surgery was what they prescribed.

I did months of research, and then started changing my diet. The more plant based I went, the less pain & bleeding. The less meat & dairy, the better it got. Eventually it got to the point where my periods were shorter than ever, I barely noticed they were there, no pain meds, no bleeding between periods. It's been awesome.

The doctors say "what ever you're doing, keep it up, " but they don't care to know what that is.

[Veganforlife-npqj]

As a vegan I've still had terrible menstrual pain and heavy bleeding. But when I changed my diet to a low fat, low processed, high raw diet my pain is like incredibly better- by at least 90%. I've gone from having a day or two moaning in pain in bed to being just slightly uncomfortable and able to even do light exercise. Lots of fresh fruit and greens for the win!

[kelby]

I went to boarding school in Africa and when we ate meat, it was the size of a grape. Yup, very tiny piece. Same for fish and milk was 50% soy and 50% powdered cow's milk, egg was twice a month. We ate plenty of rice, beans, potatoes, okra soup, peanut soup with greens in it, pineapple etc and most girls started menstruating between the ages of 13 and 15 and were all very lean. But in USA, many start between 9-11. What a difference.

[fatal]

Thank you for this wonderful research summary. I just want to concur by saying that I have experienced better health as a result of dietary changes.
My fibroids shrunk after cutting out all processed sugars and animal products. (Occasional fish and dark chocolate, but now I will cut out all fish as well.)
My periods are back to being light again and my breasts are no longer tender. Doctors are impressed too.

[itswednesdayscrewironing]

So grateful for this info thx.

4:55 foods mentioned: broccoli, cabbage, tomatoes, apples

[secondact]

This length of video was great. More in-depth and complete than many of the other videos.

[JenDoe]

My mother had fibroids the size of grapefruits and she had to have a hysterectomy. This is fantastic - thank you so very much for this video!! No one talks about this massive problem. I’m on the vegetables so I’m hoping I’ll be okay. Many thanks Dr. Greger and team! 🙏🌱🌱

[mLify]

It's amazing to me now that I used to work in labs that studied cancer, precocious puberty and ovarian disorders, but diet was never discussed in any of those labs. It's not considered by the biological sciences in general. Nutrition was not on the course list when I was getting my Biology degree. Kudos to the labs in the video for trying.

[MrSuperbluesky]

Bacon eggs cheese breakfast followed by chicken for lunch and salmon for dinner and cancer walkathon on weekends that serve meat and sugar and dairy foods at events

[Sarah_e_me]

I’ve been vegan for 17 years, but was raised eating meat and got my period at 10. I’ve had a myomectomy for a grapefruit sized fibroid, and now have two around 2” and some smaller ones. Implementing green tea and more cabbage. I do love kale and broccoli so I eat those already, but maybe more would help.

[janslovi]

Okay, since I discovered this channel I've been binge watching the videos like it's the next season of the Game of Thrones. Great stuff! Quick question though. My mom has very unpleasant heat flashes. Any particular study dealing with this?

[dysprosium]

Thanks for putting forward the research. So many OBGYN really have no clue on diet/lifestyle effects on things like fibroids. It's nice to get a coles notes overview of all the research that is out there so we can make informed choices in our lives for our health. Thanks for doing these educational videos. Truly appreciated.

[eelkeaptroot]

Yeah, think I've met a person in the past who suffered from this, you just explained why in her case it was extra bad, cause her way of dealing with PMS was cramming in nothing but pork chops....

[shackte]

Thank you for this information. It is very helpful. One more great reason to stay plant based.

[michelebrown]

Well daang! Who would have thought seafood would be a culprit for this disease? Wow! Thank you Dr. G.

[lindabohannon]

Thank you so much- finally someone is addressing this estrogen factors- and glad i did my research since a fibroid was removed in February- I've lost 27lbs- refused to have more surgery (hysterectomy) and now menopause finally helping- Still progressing but feel on the right track

[allisonchainz]

I was raised macrobiotic and never ate meat more than once or twice in my life, I did eat fish however. I never even touched dairy until I was around 18-20 it was so gross to me. I ate dairy and eggs for a few years in my twenties but stopped, I'm 41 now and I have a 13 cm fibroid. I am vegan. It keeps growing. I've had four iron infusions the past year. I am having surgery so I don't die.

[michelledepon]

Wheat and barley products it's ok to shrinking fibroids ?

[drew]

Once again great info Dr Greger. Would it be possible to post links to the papers cited?

[chananurridin]

Thank you, I just started to have problems with mine and I needed this.