DIM (Diindolylmethane) helps maintain normal, healthy estrogen levels from everyday living. An indole plant nutrient, DIM is found in vegetables including broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower.

Although there is no replacement for a healthy plant based diet there are times when supplements can complement the healing process.  Estrogen dominance is one of those times.  I am not suggesting that Supplements can aid in the metabolism and detoxification process until the levels of estrogen closely pace that of progesterone (or, in the case of men, as androgens rebalance).

Unfortunately, estrogen disrupting compounds are everywhere, in our personal care products, household cleaners, pesticides on our fruits and vegetables, the overuse of soy ingredients in every packaged food on the market, and, quite possibly, even the genetic modifications done on soy, canola,  and many fruits and vegetables. Our caffeine intake, sugar ingestion and obesity (combined with insulin resistance) are not helping the problem and estrogen dominance is contributing to even more obesity. It also can be caused by drinking and absorbing tap water as estrogen from discarded HRT and birth control pills seep into landfills and are excreted in waste that makes it into our sewers and, inevitably, our water tables. Luckily, there are ways to minimize impact of estrogen disruptors and mimickers.

There are four channels for treatment of estrogen dominance.  Estrogen metabolism, which is responsible for helping the body metabolize and excrete excess estrogen through the colon; hormonal support where bio- identical progesterone can help women balance out estrogen levels when the progesterone levels drop which happens when patients are close to or in menopause (in premenopausal progesterone levels can drop up to 75%) or  are obese, insulin resistant, or chronic over eaters; detoxification ensures metabolic functions and processes impaired by unopposed estrogen are properly ‘moved’ through the liver, and digestive tract and allowed to be eliminated instead of reabsorbed and recirculated leading to an increase of estrogen dominance; and finally nutritional support to boost essential vitamins and trace minerals that can be deficient when estrogen levels are dominant.

Benefits

• Estrogen metabolism boosters, such as DIM, can help stubborn weight gain, uterine fibroids, thyroid and other glandular disorders, lowered libido and impotency in men, hair loss in men and women, prostate issues, and atherosclerosis.
• DIM is a phytonutrient naturally occurring in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.  
• DIM promotes metabolism of estrogen and aids in healthy hormonal balance.  It optimizes the ratio of crucial estrogen metabolites necessary in breast, uterine, cervical and prostate health.  
• DIM also acts as an aromatase inhibitor, often present in the drugs used to treat breast and ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women and those cancers that are estrogen dependent in premenopausal women.  Aromatase inhibitors reduce the overproduction of estrogen and allow testosterone to balance.
• DIM can boost both mood and libido.  
• DIM should be used as a supplement for estrogen dominance when there are insufficient cruciferous vegetables being eaten or there is significant estrogen imbalance.