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I just found this information in my mail from a doctor's newsletter that I read often. It si becoming clearer to me that Rebecca's diet has played a huge role in the imbalances that have occurred in her body. Now I don't want to mislead you and tell you that she was a junk food addict. No, rather it was the white flour pastas, the bagels, the crackers, 10% juices, sodas, etc that helped create this.
When Rebecca had her first seizure she had excessive estrogen. Did a doctor tell me this? No, I found this out by researching why she had spider veins on the inside of her thighs at the age of 14. I read that this was largely due to excess estrogen. Of course that first neurologist when asked specifically if hormones could play a role in her seizures told me, "No". How many months did I waste not following this path? Far too many. Had she been put on a low glycemic index diet or something similar we might have forgone two years of hell looking for a magic pill.
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When Rebecca had her first seizure she had excessive estrogen. Did a doctor tell me this? No, I found this out by researching why she had spider veins on the inside of her thighs at the age of 14. I read that this was largely due to excess estrogen. Of course that first neurologist when asked specifically if hormones could play a role in her seizures told me, "No". How many months did I waste not following this path? Far too many. Had she been put on a low glycemic index diet or something similar we might have forgone two years of hell looking for a magic pill.
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How do you create and maintain estrogen balance?
The first step is to overcome insulin resistance.
Insulin is the hormone released from your pancreas after a meal. It sends signals to your cells telling them to absorb sugar from your blood-which is a critically important job.
However, this finely orchestrated system is sent spiraling out of control by our modern diet. Sugar is the main culprit. When you eat too much of it, in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, highly-refined and processed carbohydrates, or the multitude of other forms it comes in, your body sends out more insulin than it can properly use and you develop insulin resistance.
What most people DON'T realize is that as your insulin levels increase your estrogen levels increase as well.