Can eating a raw food diet correct hormone imbalance?
I fixed my problem periods using the raw food diet. My cycle was short, my actual period was long, I wasn’t good pre-menstrually, I was feeling a bit down and migraine frequency had increased. I had also developed acne on my neck. I had come off the contraceptive pill after many years and changed to using Implanon, the progesterone implant placed in the upper arm. However this made my skin alot worse so I stopped it. Consequently I developed the problems I initially mentioned. My Naturopath concluded my ongoing symptoms were due to estrogen dominance, due to progesterone deficiency, likely due to coming off the implant. Supplementation of progesterone boosting herbs were fantastic, however I became dependent on them. As soon as I tried to stop them, my issues would return. So I wondered about the role of raw food and hormone imbalance? I had already started to increase eating of raw, organic fruits, veggies and nuts and I decided to try 90-100% raw, to see if I could influence my hormo
