This week I want to highlight three key minerals that when you’re low in, can cause you more period pain. These have all been associated with endo in the research too, and of course, as a classic symptom of endo is horrific period pain, replenishing these minerals could help you improve your experience of your period with endometriosis,

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Show notes

Magnesium

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2675496/

https://www.ijwhr.net/pdf/pdf_IJWHR_624.pdf

https://ijwhr.net/pdf/pdf_IJWHR_195.pdf

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3626048

https://www.jle.com/fr/revues/mrh/e-docs/magnesium_in_the_gynecological_practice_a_literature_review_309489/article.phtml

Calcium

https://ijwhr.net/pdf/pdf_IJWHR_195.pdf

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7834752

https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)11191-7

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3626048

https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(34)90970-4/abstract

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1924661/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10763903/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2000.10718920

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6221107

https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/food-sources-calcium

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23607686/

https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199909)79:12<1596::AID-JSFA406>3.0.CO;2-A

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/calcium/

https://www.peteandgerrys.com/blogs/field-notes/diy-eggshell-calcium-powder

Zinc

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10184220/

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17289285/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35226276/

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