Endometriosis
December 20, 2003 by Linda Lazarides
Filed under Health issues
Some causative factors
- Environmental pollution by dioxins
- Possibly nutritional deficiencies.
16 monkeys were fed dioxin in their diet for 4 years. 71% of those who had been fed the highest levels of dioxin were found to have endometriosis 6 to 10 years later. 3 of these animals died from the disease. Reported in Gibbons A: Dioxin tied to endometriosis. Science 262(5138):1373(1), 1993.
Information compiled by Linda Lazarides
Naturopathic Nutritionist, Author, Educator
Linda Lazarides is Course Director of the School of Modern Naturopathy and author of eight books on health, nutrition and naturopathy.
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