Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 14

Antioxidant Supplementation Reduces Endometriosis Related Pelvic Pain in Humans Abstract We had previously suggested that women with endometriosis have increased oxidative stress in the peritoneal cavity. In order to assess whether antioxidant supplementation would ameliorate endometriosis associated symptoms, we performed a randomized, placebo controlled trial of antioxidant vitamins (Vitamin E and C) in women with pelvic pain and endomet...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 13

A prospective cohort study of Vitamins B, C, E, and multivitamin intake and endometriosis Abstract Purpose—Diet is a potentially modifiable risk factor for endometriosis. It has been hypothesized that vitamins C, E, and the B vitamins may influence factors involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, such as oxidative stress and steroid hormone metabolism. In this large, prospective cohort study, we examined the relation between intake ...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 12

The Impact of Endometriosis across the Lifespan of Women: Foreseeable Research and Therapeutic Prospects Introduction Although a number of causal or exacerbatory pathological mechanisms seem to underlie initiation and persistence or progression of endometriosis [1–12] there is no debate that this disease features a chronic inflammatory state within the peritoneal cavity [9, 10]. The extent to which this disease process impacts the health ...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 11

Polyphenols as a Diet Therapy Concept for Endometriosis—Current Opinion and Future Perspectives Abstract: Endometriosis represents an often painful, estrogen-dependent gynecological disorder, defined by the existence of endometrial glands and stroma exterior to the uterine cavity. The disease provides a wide range of symptoms and affects women’s quality of life and reproductive functions. Despite research efforts and extensive investiga...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 10

Self-management and psychological-sexological interventions in patients with endometriosis: strategies, outcomes, and integration into clinical care Abstract: Endometriosis has a multifactorial etiology. The onset and progression of the disease are believed to be related to different pathogenic mechanisms. Among them, the environment and lifestyle may play significant roles. Diet, dietary supplements, physical exercise, osteopathy, massage, ...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 9

Mediterranean diet and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis of three italian case-control studies Background: Some components of the Mediterranean diet have favourable effects on endometrial cancer, and the Mediterranean diet as a whole has been shown to have a beneficial role on various neoplasms. Methods: We analysed this issue pooling data from three case-control studies carried out between 1983 and 2006 in various Italian areas ...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 8

A prospective study of dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk Background: Endometriosis is a prevalent but enigmatic gynecologic disorder for which few modifiable risk factors have been identified. Fish oil consumption has been associated with symptom improvement in studies of women with primary dysmenorrhea and with decreased endometriosis risk in autotransplantation animal studies. Methods: To investigate the relation between ...

Nutrição e Endometriose – Artigo 7

Endometriosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Clinical Management Abstract Purpose of review—Endometriosis is a disease of adolescents and reproductive-aged women characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity and commonly associated with chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Here we review the epidemiology of endometriosis as well as potential biomarkers for detection and with the goal of highlighting risk ...