Is 200 mg of dim too much for a woman?

The usual dose of bioavailable, microencapsulated DIM for women is 100 to 200 mg per day taken with food. Postmenopausal women sometimes take just 50 or 75 mg per day.

What does dim do to estrogen?

Taking DIM in an absorbable formulation encourages active and healthy estrogen metabolism. DIM supports estrogen balance by increasing beneficial 2-hydroxy estrogens and reducing the unwanted 16-hydroxy variety. This improves estrogen metabolism and helps resolve all three forms of estrogen dominance.

What is dim Detox good for?

DIM Detox includes ingredients to support healthy detoxification, estrogen metabolism, and cell cycle activity: Glucosinolates in broccoli, including indole-3-carbinol and sulforaphane, help support healthy detoxification.

Does dim detox your body?

By “turning on” the Nrf2 switch, DIM increases the body’s expression of many drug metabolizing enzymes, detoxification-dependent transporters (necessary to get toxins out of the cell), and other antioxidant enzymes. The benefits of Nrf2 activation go beyond recovering from mycotoxin exposure and hormone balance.

What hormones help you lose weight?

Leptin, a related fat hormone, has been widely studied in recent years and has been shown in to produce weight loss in animals by decreasing appetite and increasing metabolism. Researchers say both fat hormones work through the same pathway in the brain to control body weight and blood sugar (glucose).

Does estrogen make your blood thicker?

Yet even though estrogen is produced naturally by your body, the synthetic form can pose a serious health threat to some women, raising their risk of blood clots.

How does estrogen increase thrombosis?

Estrogen, like many lipophilic hormones, affects the gene transcription of various proteins. Thus, estrogen increases plasma concentrations of these clotting factors by increasing gene transcription. Higher doses of estrogen appear to confer a greater risk of venous thrombus formation.

What does a blood clot feel like?

A blood clot in a leg vein may cause pain, warmth and tenderness in the affected area. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in your body, usually in your legs. Deep vein thrombosis can cause leg pain or swelling but also can occur with no symptoms.