Endometriosis
From The Nutritional Health Bible by Linda Lazarides (1997). This free database is provided for interest only. Linda's later writings refer to more up-to-date research.
Some causative factors- Environmental pollution by dioxins
- Possibly nutritional deficiencies.
16 monkeys were fed dioxin in their diet for 4 years. 71% of those who had been fed the highest levels of dioxin were found to have endometriosis 6 to 10 years later. 3 of these animals died from the disease. Reported in Gibbons A: Dioxin tied to endometriosis. Science 262(5138):1373(1), 1993.