The Root of it All
The hormone, he says, is in oversupply in the modern world. It’s found in everything from pesticides to commercial meat and dairy products to violence on television, which can affect the limbic system of the brain and change levels of the hormone in your body.
Deficient levels of vitamin B6 can also rob the body of magnesium, which also contributes to hormonal imbalance. And an increase in levels of the stress hormone cortisol can deplete progesterone. Eating too much sugar can lead to insulin resistance and, again, too much estrogen.
Warshowsky’s methods are not universally accepted within the mainstream medical community.
However, Palevsky believes.
The Curing Regimen
The 46-year-old first went to see Warshowsky two years ago after she had refused a hysterectomy.
Warshowsky put her on a regimen of supplements, including chaste berry and silymarin, and gave her a list of foods she could eat (chicken, meat, certain types of fish such as salmon and mackerel, grains, greens, berries) and foods she should stay away from (dairy, wheat, yeast, gluten). A 10 percent progesterone topical cream brought levels of that hormone up and had the added effect of eliminating any vestiges of PMS.
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Palevsky also used a castor oil pack – flannel soaked in castor oil placed on her abdomen with a heating pad on top — which drains toxins through the lymphatic system.
Within two months, Palevsky’s uterus was down to a 16-week pregnancy size.
Today, her uterus is at the 12-week pregnancy size and is virtually unnoticeable.
According to Warshowsky, the American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians guidelines say if the fibroids aren’t symptomatic, they don’t need to be removed.
“My first job is to remove symptoms, and the major symptom is usually bleeding,” Warshowsky says. “Once you reduce the bleeding, then you give yourself some time to work on growth [of the fibroids]. Usually, you can get them to stop growing and often if we have enough time – eight months or a year or longer – we can start seeing a reduction.”
The truth is there are many different options that range from natural remedies, non-invasive solutions, to surgical procedures. What is important is knowing your options. Young women of a certain age may still want to bare children after fibroid removal or may want to not opt for an early menopausal treatment to shrink them. Educating yourself on all treatments can benefit you in uncountable ways. Look to BlackDoctor.org’s fibroids page for more articles on this topic. Go to HealthandHealingNY.org for more information on the holistic treatments for fibroids.