• Introduction
• The secret lies in the real cause of PMS
• How does the NHAS programme work?

Introduction
Through our efforts at the Natural Health Advisory Service over the last 17 years we have helped literally tens of thousands of women over their symptoms of PMS.
The treatment approach that we have pioneered has become more and more effective as time has passed by. We have now reached the point where we can honestly say that for the vast majority of women there is no longer any need to suffer with premenstrual syndrome. Each year or two we make an assessment of our clinical results and we now know from repeated studies that between 90 - 95% (depending on the study) of women are completely over their symptoms within four months.

The successful NHAS programme, which is based on published medical facts, specifically addresses the causes of PMS and consists of:

The secret lies in the real cause of PMS
To this day the medical profession still argue about the real cause of PMS. Whilst some doctors vehemently believe that the symptoms are caused by a hormone imbalance, others argue that it is a psychological condition - in other words it is all in the mind. Our research shows that whilst both theories have a part to play in the symptoms of PMS, the underlying cause is much more fundamental. Sadly PMS does not have the physical characteristics of an abscess or an ingrown toenail. Neither does it show up under a microscope like a diseased cell. The agony and the anguish suffered, not to mention the misery and the mental torture, cannot easily be measured.

Perhaps because PMS is relatively difficult for an outsider to detect or quantify the condition has taken far longer than it should have done to become recognised, and still longer to be treated effectively without the use of drugs. As a result, women have had to go on suffering unnecessarily. We discovered years ago that many PMS sufferers have nutritional deficiencies that disturb both brain chemical metabolism and hormone function, which when corrected restore normal balance in the body and symptoms disappear.

From the studies we have conducted we have established that between 50- 80% of women (again depending on the study) with PMS have low levels of a very important mineral called magnesium. This elevates magnesium into the position of being the most commonly deficient nutrient in women with PMS. Apart from other functions in the body, magnesium is necessary for normal brain chemical metabolism, and the brain chemistry may be compared to the equivalent of a conductor in an orchestra in that it is responsible for orchestrating the workings of the body. Magnesium is also responsible for normal hormone function and for smooth muscle control - and both the gut and the uterus are smooth muscles. When a deficiency of magnesium exists it is likely that both physical and psychological symptoms arrive on the scene, plus it also contributes to bowel disorders like diarrhoea and constipation and painful periods. That is a large responsibility for a single nutrient.

Additionally other nutrients may be in short supply. Iron levels are low in approximately 25% of women of childbearing age, B Vitamins are often in short supply too, and sometimes levels of other important nutrients like zinc and essential fatty acids may also be lacking.

Although many young women suffer with PMS in their teens and early twenties, the majority of women who contact us for help have had one or more children. Many of them only experienced mild PMS symptoms, if any, prior to having their children, which fits in with our theory about nutritional deficiencies. During pregnancy the nutrient demands placed upon a woman's body are far greater than at other times in her life; except whilst breastfeeding, when the demands are greater still.

A report published by the NHAS "Social Implications of Premenstrual Syndrome - 11 years on" is a follow-up to a survey carried out in 1996 which compares and contrasts the symptoms of 500 women suffering with PMS.

The latest survey reveals:

Sufferers were plagued with "mental symptoms"

How does the NHAS programme work?
The NHAS programme aims to redress the balance by putting the nutrients back into the body that time, nature and lack of education have denied us. Restoring the correct nutrient balance in the body has a normalising effect on both brain chemistry and hormone levels; and within a four month period most symptoms disappear. It's a bit like turning the factory lights back on again!

Unfortunately our programme does not provide an overnight solution, instead it takes several months to see the full results. Many women, however, do experience considerable relief within the first few months, but there are some who wait three or four months to see the results. The research definitely shows that it can take four months to influence both brain chemistry and hormone levels, so an element of patience and determination is required. Having a supportive partner, family member or friend will aid your progress, and so too will sharing the stories of some of our wonderful case histories, who have been willing to 'tell all' after treatment in the hope that they can help others in return for the help that they themselves received from the NHAS.

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