The power of broccoli

by Erin Roush

Women, do you find yourselves struggling with mood swings, anxiety, painful periods, sore breasts, hot flashes, night sweats, foggy thinking, low libido, PMS, or stubborn weight gain? Have you ever wondered why your husband or boyfriend can lose ten pounds of belly fat by simply cutting back his junk food consumption while your body hangs onto every molecule of fat that passes your lips? If you have inquired with your doctor, nurse practitioner or Freshlife Wellness Coach, you may already be familiar with the common cause of this unfair weight discrepancy—estrogen dominance.

Estrogen dominance is an imbalance of too much estrogen with corresponding lower levels of progesterone. In addition to inappropriate weight gain, estrogen dominance may increase a woman’s risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers, as well as cervical dysplasia.

All too often, women are told that prescription hormones are the best treatment for hormonally related health problems. Young women are given birth control pills for PMS, and menopausal women are told to take hormone replacement therapy for hot flashes. The Freshlife Wellness Coaches and Holly Lucille, ND, RN from Enzymatic Therapy would like to tell you that the answer isn’t always more hormones. Rather, the answer to these disturbing symptoms is the correct balance and metabolism of hormones with diindolylmethane (DIM for short.)

DIM is a powerful functional nutrient found in broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, and other cruciferous vegetables that has a direct effect on hormonal balance. DIM has been studied since the 1970’s for its estrogen balancing and anti-cancer properties. DIM has been safety tested in independent human trials, and over 40 studies are listed in the National Library of Medicine database.

Why take a supplement and not just eat more broccoli? You would have to consume at least two pounds of broccoli every day to obtain a therapeutic level of DIM. And you would be relying on the efficiency of your body’s digestive and absorptive processes to convert and absorb the DIM compound.

Enzymatic Therapy is happy to provide you with a stable and pure DIM dietary supplement with special absorption-enhancing properties. Through daily supplementation with Enzymatic Therapy’s Estrobalance, women can enjoy restored hormonal balance and reduction of the symptoms of estrogen dominance. Look for Estrobalance in the women’s health section of Freshlife’s supplement department.

Hormonal imbalance and estrogen dominance are not just women’s issues. A healthy ratio of testosterone-to-estrogen is necessary to maintain a man’s healthy sexual response, effective sexual function, strong bones and muscles, viable sperm, and a well-functioning prostate gland. At the age of fifty, this ratio may begin to change. Supplementation with Enzymatic Therapy’s Pure Rip with DIM increases testosterone production and helps to eliminate the unwanted conversion of testosterone into estrogen. Because of this testosterone increase, DIM may speed weight loss, reduce prostate gland enlargement, and help men over 50 feel stronger and leaner. Look for Pure Rip with DIM in the men’s health section at Freshlife.