Finally, about two months later, I am wrapping up my series on certain vitamins and minerals and their association with period/endo pain when low.

Now, just to recap and highlight, the key nutrients we see associated with more severe menstrual or endo pain when low, or shown to improve menstrual/endo pain are:

• Vitamin A

• Vitamins B1, B6 and B12 (for those of you wondering, folate - otherwise known as B9 - hasn’t been associated with menstrual pain, but does improve ovulation and hormonal health)

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin E

• Calcium

• Zinc

• Magnesium

• Omega 3 fatty acids

So today, we’re focusing on the last one in the series, and that’s vitamin D.

Show notes

Endo, vit D, inflammatory pathways, menstrual pain research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2666571922000202

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

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7834752/#b31-ogs-20205

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

Vit D and chronic pain

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10260782/

Calcium and vitamin D interaction for period pain

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

Supplementation for period pain

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30044160/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29447494/

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dtfd/article/480596

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27147120/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36973702/

Reduced pain medication

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salem-Alsuwaidan-2/publication/344129773_Vitamin_D_Supplements_as_Adjunctive_Therapy_with_Analgesics_for_Primary_Dysmenorrhea_A_Randomized_Clinical_Trial_-/links/5f53c636299bf13a31a315e0/Vitamin-D-Supplements-as-Adjunctive-Therapy-with-Analgesics-for-Primary-Dysmenorrhea-A-Randomized-Clinical-Trial.pdf

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-023-02284-5

Vit D studied doses examples

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dtfd/article/480596

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29447494/

Endo and vit D supplementation

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33508990/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9795583/

Previous episodes in this series

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b12

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b6

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-b1

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-c

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/endo-pain-low-vitamin-e

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/fatty-acid-deficiency-period-pain-endo

https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/mineral-deficiency-period-pain-endo

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