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Hi Anna,

Did you find what was causing such high levels of prolactin for you?

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Anna

Greetings everyone! This post is related to Lara's post (https://www.larabriden.com/have-you-lost-your-period-to-a-low-carb-diet/) and Zarah's period loss story from the Period Repair Manual book. Hypothalamic amenorrhea / Irregular periods -> Undereating -> Low-carb diets chapter . Has anyone activ...

Hi Meagan, have you had any luck in recovering your periods? If you see my comment, please reply if you can.

Thank you.

Anna

Hmm, never knew about that connection before! Interesting. Hopefully someone here can advice.

Hello, I'm not Lara, however I just wanted to chime in and recommend you to try getting more DAO from natural sources. There's evidence that DAO supplements might be binding to your DNA cells and the other side effects are yet to be discovered. "Diamine oxidase is a Cu-containing enzyme which i...

Noticed my post got several views but no replies. :( If anyone has any thoughts, or research to share, I'd greatly appreciate. And def curious on Dr B's opinion if she's reading this! Extra Virgin Cod Liver Oil was recommended to me for EPA/DHA and Vits D & A. As better alt to potentially ranci...

Hi! I don't think parasites are a concern for cod fish oil because it's usually pasteurized as far as I know. But what I heard is that fish oil is not healthy to consume in supplement form, fish oil from supplements is really suspectable to oxidizing, because of how much PUFA they contain. Oxidized ...

A doctor (friend of my family) told me to take iron with juiced lemon on an empty stomach (a few hours after lunch or dinner). Vitamin C + acid boosts absorption, plus it soothes the way iron acts on your stomach.

My aunt had the same period problems as me, except for that she didn't lose any weight and didn't do low carb, but she had very low ferritin. She went to a doctor who prescribed her high iron, zinc and copper doses, and she got her period back in 5 months after starting supplementing and restoring f...

Just another thing I forgot to mention is that ~1 year ago I also started intermittent fasting (16/8). I stopped fasting only in May, and started eating 3-5 times a day, regularly. Before than from October to May I was only eating 2 times a day. I only now realize how damaging it could be to my fert...