[aliciabc93]

Hi Alicia,

Supplements: Fenugreek, Fennel, Red Clover, PM Phytogen Complex (Pueraria Mirifica, Biotin and Folic Acid), Female Hormone Blend SP-7C (Black Cohosh, Dong Quai, Passion Flower, Red Raspberry, Fenugreek, Licorice, Cramp Bark, Chamomile, Saw Palmetto, Wild Yam, Butternut, Kelp) and Neocell Powder 1&3 collagen.

5. Water Retention. Unfortunately I've been a little more bloated from water retention, but it may have also been due to PMS.

The water retention is from having way too many phytoestrogens (16 by my count) causing estro-dominance, increased triglycerides, also effecting menstrual irregularities, liver toxicity, mood, etc. I don't see omega 3's which reduce inflammation, a key comment in proper cell growth, and for NBE. What Ella was communicating was that taking numerous supplements is dangerous and unnecessary, she doesn't take GR anymore, and for good reason. Some of us learned the hard way that combining excess NBE supplements has dangerous interactions, also, taking high levels of phytoestrogens is also ineffective, just a word to the wise, please be careful.

Look into more protective herbs, (e.g. turmeric, green tea, DIM). Too much, or over expression estrogen receptor alpha (ER-a) increases the possibilities of proliferation (cancer).

Thank you for your input! However, I failed to list fish oil in my routine. I take 3 a day. As for the water retention, I just started my period and have a seen a great decrease in the water retention/mood swings. I think most of this was due to PMS. When you say menstral-irregularities, you may have misunderstood what I was saying as I'm actually having the opposite effect. My cycle has become more regular (with herbs), as in the past (with no herbs) I have had 40 day cycles and even skipping cycles altogether. This cycle was 29 days, which is more regular than I've ever been. I have been worried that I may be taking too many herbs, but I haven't had serious negative effects as of now and I think I'm going to wait for my period to end to see where I stand. Your concern means a lot to me and I will take it to heart! <3 My main goal with all of this was to balance myself out and slowly drop some of the estrogen based herbs from my routine. Any suggestion to as which ones seem less necessary?