Today we’re continuing with our series on endo and period pain and their associations with low nutrient levels. And I was going to make today’s episode all about vitamins, but there are so many vitamins to cover, that I thought it would be less overwhelming to break them up, so today, we’re starting with vitamin E.

However, before we get into today’s episode, if you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series then you’ll be missing some of the essential science behind endo and period pain, which will help you to understand how vitamin E plays a role.

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Show notes

Endo, period pain and prostaglandins

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6790261/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7068519/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09513590.2011.588753

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4512562

Oxidative stress and vit E

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5625949/

https://www.clinicalnutritionespen.com/article/S2405-4577(22)00500-9/abstract

Vit E and endo risk

https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-023-01126-1

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8972862/

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/12/2773

Vit E supplementation for Endo

https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-023-01126-1

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/12/2773

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2021/5529741

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3484190/

Vit E supplementation for dysmenorrhea

https://www.clinicalnutritionespen.com/article/S2405-4577(22)00500-9/abstract

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/6/1308

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6856484

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

High antioxidant diet and endo

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/12/2773

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1477-7827-7-54

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