From the best surgery to natural therapies, This EndoLife Podcast empowers you to live and thrive with endometriosis and its co-conditions through a holistic, functional medicine approach.
I’m covering all the topics that often aren’t discussed in the doctor’s office, whether that’s how to eat well for endometriosis, how to treat the endo belly or just what exactly is SIBO? Come join myself (and my guests!) as we dive into anti-inflammatory nutrition, gut health, hormones, pain science, mental health, sex, energy and living life well with endo.
From the best surgery to natural therapies, This EndoLife Podcast empowers you to live and thrive with endometriosis and its co-conditions through a holistic, functional medicine approach.
I’m covering all the topics that often aren’t discussed in the doctor’s office, whether that’s how to eat well for endometriosis, how to treat the endo belly or just what exactly is SIBO? Come join myself (and my guests!) as we dive into anti-inflammatory nutrition, gut health, hormones, pain science, mental health, sex, energy and living life well with endo.
Today we’re continuing our Study Spotlight Series on the study: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain.
And today, we’re looking at the effects of peppermint supplementation. So first, let’s look at what this study found, that out of those who tried peppermint supplementation, roughly 26% experienced a reduction in pain.
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References
Study Spotlight
https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/new-endo-survey-study-review
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2831953
Peppermint and menstrual pain
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397219004_The_Effects_of_Peppermint_on_Menstrual_Disorders_A_Systematic_Review_of_Randomized_Controlled_Trials
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20163324108
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27563318/
https://www.scielo.br/j/cta/a/jVbCJJcPpj8DJTS5qp6qwyh/
Peppermint and IBS
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2409-0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2409-0/tables/3
IBS and SIBO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv8LjTgpmP0
https://www.ibssmart.com/sibo-symptoms-and-diagnosis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05933-1
https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/15048
SIBO and endometriosis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39959963/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9660426/
IBS and endometriosis
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9357916/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11668458/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18715239/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28303579/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18715239/
How peppermint improves pain
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2409-0
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2693127/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22728166/
Doses
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26319955/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2409-0
Produced by Chris Robson