This Endolife

Today I want to talk about alcohol and the holiday season. I think most of us listening will be increasing alcohol intake over the new few weeks, and the reality is, alcohol does have an impact on our hormones and inflammation levels, setting the stage for lower progesterone levels, increased oestrogen levels and more inflammation. These can all result in more PMS, more oestrogen dominant symptoms like heavy and clotty periods and sore breasts, and lastly, higher inflammation levels equals more pain. Now, I am not a big drinker – I did a lot of binge drinking in my late teens and early twenties and it massively affected my hormones and my endo, so now, I stick to a couple of glasses across the year, and for me, I find that quite easy to do. But I appreciate that I don’t work in an office so I don’t have Christmas parties to attend to, I don’t come from a family who drink a lot at gatherings and I don’t see my friends regularly, so it’s a lot easier for me to do this and I appreciate that. Read more. Show No