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Letters From Women who Stopped the Period

I have known many instances on which menstruation ceased in

three to eight months after an improvement in diet. The following

letters are representative of some new experiences for females on raw

food diet.

Menstrual Period it is never painful, but oftentimes I simply

don't have them. So I'm wondering whether it is normal for women to

have menstrual periods? And what has been the experience of other

women on raw food diets? (I'm 27 years old.) I remember Ehret talked

of women ceasing to have periods. And another woman who lived for

years on a raw fruit diet said she only menstruated once every 6

months. Donna W., Berkley, Feb. 72.

Dear Viktoras:I wrote to you some time ago; at that time I was

alarmed because I had missed three months " menstrual and had only

been eating basically raw foods for exactly that period of time. I

have still not menstruated once since commencing this regime, I feel

no monthly discomfort, physical or mental, to speak of and in general

I can attest to the fact that MISSING PERIODS IS NO LESS THAN A JOY.

However, I still wonder how easily I should accept this phenomenon,

whether I am going to experience some unforseeable malady in the long

run. These are all things which my friends when hearing about my

condition become alarmed over. I myself generally have belief that my

body is doing better than ever but occasionally the words of these

friends make me question again this peculiar diet.

After so much anxiety and urging, I finally went to a doctor of

obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford Medical Center in Palo

Alto. There I had a kind of review with a Dr. L. to whom I mentioned

the Hippocrates Health Institute and Professor Ehret. Having seen

several other women with cases much like mine, and as he was in the

process of writing a paper on the phenomenon.he was reasonably

interested in my case. He either has written or will write to your

Institute in Boston for further information. Of course in diagnosing

me, he felt my diet was lopsided; but he also seemed to believe that

I was in fine shape and there at least has been no damage incurred in

the short run. Well, I could have told him that. He urged me to begin

eating high protein foods and that if I did so I would most likely

begin Menstruating again, although spottedly at first. It was a

harmless visit but I didn't really learn too much. What I think I

want to hear more than ever is that other women perform (or react) as

I am and that I may still be able to reproduce. I have heard you say

that you know women whose flow ceased and that is mostly the reason

why I am not very worried about all this. I'll be interested to hear

from you when your time permits. Sincerely, Mary R. Aromas,

Calif., Dec. 1971

Dear Viktoras: Finally received a copy of Love Your Body. The

book inspired me to get back to raw foods.

every day I freak out with one of your delicious recipes. It makes it

so easy to stay on this " strange " diet. I have moved again and have

new friends. They're into yoga and meditation. I join them several

times a week. They have seen your book (L.Y.B.) and were so delighted

that someone can make the subject of nutrition so simple. I have been

preparing some of your sauces with sprouts at the ashram. Now

everyone wants your book. So cash enclosed, rush me two dozen copies.

Life is one of change. WHILE WORKING AT THE INSTITUTE, I had

withdrawn from dexamil and other stimulants after 8 years of being

hooked. I found that the raw food and juices provided me with more

energy without the 5 p.m. letdown. Also MY MENSES REDUCED TO A CLEAR,

SCANTY FLOW, LASTING ONLY FEW HOURS WITH HARDLY ANY BLOOD LOSS. Those

five months with you at Hippocrates were some of my most memorable

moments into body and spirit awareness.

After returning to secretarial work, I SLIPPED BACK TO EATING

WHATEVER WAS AVAILABLE - generally one meal a day, using dairy

products, fruit and vegetables and occasionally meat, plus lots of

coffee and cigarettes. The loss of energy brought me back to the

occasional use of dexamil. MY MENSTRUAL PERIOD BECAME DIFFICULT,

LASTING 4 TO 7 DAYS.

Five months ago, I took your advice and replaced dexamil and

coffee with several cups of Ginseng tea. The results were marvelous -

feeling high without letdown. Now I have even given up the use of

the tea, except for special occasions.

Since I returned to the raw life, I feel the new me. Presently,

I'm preparing a photo portfolio - I think I'm ready for the fashion

world. Summer is here and the raw food is easy. My period has

practically disappeared. I hope I will be able the handle the diet in

winter. Thank you for your kindness. Love A.K.

 

Results from considerable research do answer the questions these

young women have asked: Is monthly bleeding natural? Can non-

menstruating women become pregnant? Is cessation of menses due to

good health or extreme poor health? How may menses be eliminated?

The beginning of the menstrual flow occurs actually at the end

of the menstrual cycle. It represents the climax of twenty-eight

days, plus or minus, of preparation of the body for conception.

The menstrual cycle is governed by hormones produced by the

pituitary glands and the ovaries. Estrogen and progesterone are the

substances that the ovaries naturally manufacture under the direction

of the master gland, the pituitary. With ordinary amounts of these

hormones in the bloodstream, the pituitary gland signals the ovaries

to release an ovum every month at the midpoint between the menstrual

periods. When hormone levels are a little higher, as in pregnancy,

the pituitary does not direct ovulation.

Undomesticated animals do not menstruate, but they have periodic

mating seasons known as heat, rut or estrus which usually occurs

several times a year, generally in spring and autumn. In the normal

state, during ovulation, the genital organs of females of lower

animals are slightly congested and are moistened with mucus.

However, after the non-menstruating animal is captured, the

estrus becomes transformed into a bloody flow, manifesting as the

menstrual hemorrhage, This results from an unnatural diet and

artificial living conditions. This occurs with the cow, donkey, mare,

bear, pig, cat, rabbit, dog and monkey. Monkeys menstruate five times

a year. This has very little to do with fertility, since they rut

only twice. The cow has a discharge, sometimes quite bloody, every

three weeks; yet it ruts only once a year.

 

 

Monkey Menses

Dr. Rhodes, professor of obstetrics ot the University of London,

discusses the difference between menstruation and estrus.

" The lining of the uterus is the endometrium, which is under the

control of the hormones of the ovary. Since these are produced in

waxing and waning cycles the endometrium waxes and wanes in time with

the hormone secretions from the ovary. THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL MAMMALS,

BUT ONLY IN THE PRIMATES IS THE PHENOMENON OF MENSTRUATION SEEN. This

is the periodic shedding of the endometrium from the uterus which is

seen as a bloody discharge from the vaginal orifice...the

physiological significance of menstruation is not known...

" In the lower animals estrus occurs in regular cycles depending

on the species and its environment. The vaginal bleeding which is

seen in the animals at estrus is not comparable to menstruation as

bleediing is associated with ovulation in the estrus cycle, but the

vaginal bleeding of menstruation occurs only after the death of the

corpus luteum approximately fourteen days after ovulation. EVEN AMONG

THE PRIMATES MENSTRUATION IS NOT UNIVERSAL AND IN THE NEW WORLD

MONKEYS OCCURS ONLY SPORADICALLY, BUT IN THE OLD WORLD MONKEYS AND

THE ANTHROPOIDEA MENSTRUATION IS THE RULE. "

A probable explanation for the difference in menstrual pattern

of the Old and New World monkeys is that the monkey of the Old world

(Europ, Asia and Africa) has been contaminated with processed food

through many years contact with these civilized countries. The New

World monkeys have had very little contact with factory-made food.

Even now, the New World is far more uncivilized and primitive than

the Old World.

Menstrual bleeding in Old World monkeys is associated with

congestion in the arterioles located in the uterus lining. New World

monkeys (Cebus, Ateles, etc.) have periodic cycle of bleeding,

microscopic in nature and associated with minimal tissue loss.

Goodman, Wislocki and Kaiser have pointed out that THERE ARE NO

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