Finally, about two months later, I am wrapping up my series on certain vitamins and minerals and their association with period/endo pain when low.
Now, just to recap and highlight, the key nutrients we see associated with more severe menstrual or endo pain when low, or shown to improve menstrual/endo pain are:
Vitamin A
Vitamins B1, B6 and B12 (for those of you wondering, folate - otherwise known as B9 - hasn’t been associated with menstrual pain, but does improve ovulation and hormonal health)
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Calcium
Zinc
Magnesium
Omega 3 fatty acids
So today, we’re focusing on the last one in the series, and that’s vitamin D.
Show notes
Endo, vit D, inflammatory pathways, menstrual pain research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2666571922000202
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4512562/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7834752/#b31-ogs-20205
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6790261/
Vit D and chronic pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10260782/
Calcium and vitamin D interaction for period pain
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7834752
Supplementation for period pain
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30044160/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29447494/
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dtfd/article/480596
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27147120/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36973702/
Reduced pain medication
https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-023-02284-5
Vit D studied doses examples
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dtfd/article/480596
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29447494/
Endo and vit D supplementation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33508990/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9795583/
Previous episodes in this series
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b12
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b6
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b1
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-c
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-e
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/fatty-acid-deficiency-period-pain-endo
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/mineral-deficiency-period-pain-endo
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