Heavy periods are a health risk over the long term that most women do not realize can frequently be resolved with dietary intervention. Try this approach first before resorting to surgery or drugs to address the problem!
Heavy periods, or menorrhagia, is a common problem for women particularly as they approach menopause. It is also a problem for women with endometriosis.
This problem has also emerged as a common side effect of vaccination for coronavirus. Post-menopausal women are even experiencing breakthrough bleeding. (1)
Excess estrogen can frequently be a cause too. Estrogen dominance is a real threat in our modern environment loaded with estrogen-mimicking chemicals like BPA and pesticides seemingly everywhere.
In addition, estrogenic foods like soy are an ingredient in a majority of processed foods.
Be aware that soy protein and soya milk can trigger similar effects as edamame or other whole forms of soy.
Heavy periods put a woman at risk for anemia, infertility, weakness, and persistent fatigue if not corrected.
Unfortunately, conventional treatments for this condition involve only drugs and surgery. Options include the birth control pill, hormone-releasing IUDs, hysterectomy, or a more recent technique called endometrial ablation.
I know several women who have undergone endometrial ablation in recent months to combat heavy periods.
This surgical technique involves the destruction of the uterine lining either with a laser, radiofrequency or microwaves, or heated water.
The ladies I know who have had this procedure swear by it and were very happy with the results. However, this approach is not an option for younger women who want to have children.
It is also best to avoid a surgical procedure unless absolutely necessary. Complications are always possible such as infection of the bladder or damage to the womb or large intestine.
Nutritional Intervention for Menorrhagia
The good news is that heavy and/or irregular periods frequently respond well to simple nutritional support.
This approach also helps significantly with cramping. Heavy cycles are frequently painful ones as well.
Natural Vitamin A
Vitamin A is known to help with excess estrogen so a simple increase in the amount of natural Vitamin A in the diet can help reduce heavy cyclical bleeding.
The Vitamin A must be natural and not synthetic. Excess intake of synthetic Vitamin A can produce deleterious effects.
In fact, some researchers believe that synthetic vitamin A interferes with the proper utilization of natural vitamin A from food. Thus, avoidance of the many synthetically fortified foods on the market is important as well. (2)
Plant-based Sources Ineffective
It is important to note that beta carotene will not help here! The source must be true vitamin A best found in ideal doses in high vitamin cod liver oil.
According to a case study written about in the book Eat Fat, Lose Fat, 2 tablespoons of high vitamin cod liver oil per day supplying about 60,000 IU of Vitamin A for 3 days in a row eliminated this debilitating problem for one woman who had been suffering from what she called a “never-ending period” for 4 years. (3)
Ongoing Supplementation
Note that a daily maintenance dose of high vitamin unheated cod liver oil (1 tsp per day) after that was sufficient to keep the problem of heavy periods from returning.
This brand is what my family takes.
Cod Liver Oil for Heavy Periods Before Drugs or Surgery
Do you suffer from heavy periods and have reached the end of your rope? If you are considering surgery, why not try this simple remedy to see if it might work for you?
Be sure to use ONLY high vitamin cod liver oil that contains natural Vitamin A. I recommend Dropi cod liver oil.
Most of the brands on the market today use synthetic Vitamin A instead of the real thing.
Worse, it is not clearly labeled.
Using cod liver oil with synthetic A or supplements containing beta carotene will not be helpful for resolving heavy periods.
For vetted and tested sources of high vitamin cod liver oil that use only natural Vitamin A and no synthetics, check my Resources page.
References
(1) Post-vaccine menorrhagia, metrorrhagia or postmenopausal bleeding
(2) Vitamin A Saga
(2) Eat Fat, Lose Fat
It is important to note that the labeled dosage should be followed. Vitamine A does not process through the body like other vitamines and it is easiy to over do it. So yes, this is a GREAT! product, just be cautiouse not to do ‘too-much’ of a good thing.
Thank you so much for this article…really really helpful!
Homeopathic Sabina worked for me… Never happened again. I too had been recommended to have an endometrial ablation, so glad I trusted my gut.
is it vitamin e oil?
Thank you for this article. Endometrial ablation was recently recommended to me for this exact reason. I’ve been reassured that it’s safe, but I’ve had reservations about it b/c I don’t want to have surgery unless absolutely necessary. I’ll be considering this info thoroughly before making my decision. Thanks again.
I always spent my half an hour to read this website’s articles every day along with a cup of coffee.
I too have menorrhagia. I’ve dealt with this debilitating medical condition all my life. I guess I’ve finally decided that enough is enough. Was considering ablation until I came across this article. I am willing to try anything. Where are directions for taking this or did I miss that?
This stuff really works! As posted above at least it did for me. I am on day 4 now and all is still well, 🙂 but can you please tell me do I continue taking the clo/vit. A on a daily basis from now on, and if so how much? I’m just praying now for continued body normacy again 🙂
Thank you sooooo much!
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ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! Wow I can’t even believe how easy the clo/w vitamin A works!
I’ve never had nonstop bleeding before and was going into week 3 and getting pretty scared. It makes you wonder what the heck is happening to your body and if you’re ok
Anyway, I started taking the cod liver oil with vit. A. and the bleeding started slacking off almost immediately and then in exactly 3 days, just as stated in this site, the bleeding stopped. I purchased the pills and took two a day which amounted to approx. 60,000 IU of vit. A after calculating the nutritional facts. I’m not sure yet how much to take from this point yet. However I am very pleased so far with the results. There was a little light cramping on the 3rd day for me, but that didn’t last long thankfully and didn’t get in the way of normal daily activities. I am more than grateful for this site and oh so happy to have found it! Thanks!!!!
I am currently having a period every 14 days!! Heavy, but not need for surgery thankfully! I have always had easy light cycles, now it’s too often , too heavy, and I’m an emotional wreck! What can I do? I have horrible food allergies, milk, eggs, gluten, and most fruits and nuts. I know gaps and also clo, but I just don’t think I can take the gel! I make my boys, but I just can’t! Any tips or advice?!? I’m a very busy mom who really needs help!!
6boys, sounds like you already know what to do, GAPS to address food allergies and clo. Please note surgery is routinely done for heavy bleeding, so if you don’t have a recommendation now, it could come in the future if you don’t get a handle on this situation. Please review the GAPS posts and the post on how to take clo on this blog.