PMS

Premenstrual syndrome or PMS is an all too common complaint of pre-menopausal women. Approximately 90 percent of all women in the United States have at least some type of menstrual complaint. The most common PMS complaints include; bloating and water retention (and the resulting weight gain), breast tenderness and lumpiness, headaches, backaches, cramps, depression, fatigue, irritability, mood swings, and anxiety. Interestingly enough these complaints are also symptoms of estrogen dominance. Not all PMS symptoms can be blamed on estrogen dominance, but it is certainly a major factor. Stress, diet and environmental toxins can influence PMS complaints by contributing to estrogen dominance. If this were not bad enough, the effects of your mother's exposure to damaging environmental toxins both before and during her pregnancy are capable of being passed along to you, and may well continue to affect you throughout your adult life. This onslaught of xenohormone exposure cannot be countered by lifestyle changes alone.