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
Need more help or want to learn how to work with me?
Free resources:
This podcast!
Ways to work with me:
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Cardiac Cowboys
The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.