The diet change was probably the most difficult thing i went through in the journey.
From "I eat everything", I went to a stage where "lemme check if I can eat that!"
I wanted to remove estrogen intake as much as possible....
So here's a list of what I don't take; the "NO NO LIST" :
- No fried food
- No fast food/ processed food (sausages, ham etc)
- No chocolate, sweets, dessert, ice cream
- No cold drinks/ soft drinks
- No soy
- No coffee
- No spicy food (curry, chilli etc)
- No beef, no lamb, no duck
- No alcohol
- No pumpkin, potato, cucumber, eggplant, papaya...
- No dairy products
- No pasta
- No chick peas
- Less seafood or non if possible (crab, prawn, cuttlefish, mussels etc)
Well, the first few months was the most painful, as there were so many things that I restricted myself from eating, and I was so angry all the time with the diet change & hormonal changes (from the injection that stimulate menopause)
End up, I realized it's much easier to list down what I can eat:
- Steam/ fry food only
- Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, carrot
- Green leafy vegetables
- Eggs
- Honeydew, grapes, strawberry, pear, orange, Kiwi, blueberry, apricot
- Fish (especially salmon)
- Pork (sparingly)
- Chicken (No chicken wing)
- Ginger Tea, Green Tea
- Almond Milk for calcium
During the initial stage, I was having steam minced meat with rice/ fish noodle soup almost everyday, as I got so angry/ frustrated thinking about what I could eat ( we didn't cook much then)
Things got better now after 2 years.
I spoke to my current doctors (both Gyn and TCM), and they advised me not to cut down too much on food, since I'm already on the injection.
I should be focusing on getting the proper nutrients, and having healthy/ organic food instead.
Thus, I have loosened up a bit on my diet, but the food in the "No No" list, I kept most of it in that list..
There are many confusing sites on the internet, where I have seem some pages quoting Apple as rich in estrogen.
So far from what I read, Apples are rich in Phytoestrogen (plant estrogen). The hormone stimulating effect is much weaker and can have a self regulatory effect if eaten together with the natural estrogen blockers.
But the website (written by a doctor) did mention if there are problems with estrogen dominance, it would be advisable to omit or limit these plant estrogen rich food.
- The examples of rich plant estrogen food: Soy, chick peas, apple, plum, tomato, cherry, carrot, eggplant, sweet potato, wheat, barley, beer, rice etc
- Diary & Beef contain man-made estrogen that have been mixed into the cow feed... if possible, opt for organic fed pork/ beef etc?
- Estrogen blockers: Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, tumeric, passionflower etc
I guess it's not possible to not exclude all the food that has plant estrogen, at least for Asian context, it's really hard not to take rice.
Especially for the fact that you will still need estrogen, and can't block it out completely.
So, I think so long as you keep in mind what you eat, and minimize, it should be fine.
It's just that my case was so serious, and I wanted to see results fast, that I took such a drastic change.
So I guess Moderate is the key, and to take more of the blockers!
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