(NaturalHealth365)  Doctors call uterine fibroids benign.  Routine.  Nothing to worry about.  They affect up to 80% of women by age 50, yet most women receive zero information about what these growths actually signal for their long-term health.

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association just revealed what Western medicine has been missing: women with fibroids face an 81% higher risk of heart disease over the next decade.  For women under 40, the risk jumps to 3.5 times higher – yet nobody’s discussing cardiovascular screening at gynecology appointments.

Twenty-six million American women currently have uterine fibroids.  The vast majority are reassured that these growths are common and harmless.  But, what they’re not being told could save their lives.

Numbers Western medicine can’t dismiss

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed records from over 2.7 million women spanning two decades.  They compared 450,177 women with fibroids to 2.25 million without, tracking who developed coronary artery disease, strokes, and peripheral artery disease.

Within one year of fibroid diagnosis, affected women showed 2.47 times the cardiovascular risk of matched controls.  By year 10, 5.42% of women with fibroids had suffered heart attacks, strokes, or other cardiovascular emergencies compared to just 3% without fibroids.

Every component showed an elevated risk.  Coronary disease, cerebrovascular events, and peripheral artery damage.  Women with fibroids were getting hit harder and earlier across the board.

Lead researcher Julia DiTosto noted the strength of the relationship was striking.  Yet gynecologists never mention cardiovascular screening after finding fibroids because Western medicine treats your uterus and your heart as if they exist in completely separate bodies.

Women diagnosed before 40 showed the most dramatic elevation, with a 3.5-fold higher risk at 10 years.  These are women in their 30s being told their fibroids are no big deal while their arteries are already taking damage.

The biological connection doctors rarely talk about

Fibroids and cardiovascular disease share identical biological pathways.  Both originate from smooth muscle cells gone rogue.  Both involve proliferation, fibrosis, and calcification – the same processes building arterial plaque and triggering heart attacks.

Fibroids pump out inflammatory proteins – interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, multiple chemokines – that flood into your bloodstream, creating chronic systemic inflammation that damages arterial walls and accelerates atherosclerosis throughout your vascular system.

Women with fibroids typically have insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and hypertension – the exact constellation driving cardiovascular disease.

Your gynecologist manages bleeding, and your primary care doctor checks cholesterol; meanwhile, nobody connects the dots or explains that your fibroids are an early warning that your entire metabolic system needs attention.

What you can do about it

If you have fibroids, you need cardiovascular protection now – not when you hit 50, and traditional risk calculators finally take you seriously.

Start with anti-inflammatory eating.  Your body is already dealing with chronic inflammation.  Focus on wild-caught fatty fish rich in omega-3s, organic berries that fight inflammation, dark leafy greens that support vascular health, and high-quality extra virgin olive oil with polyphenols your arteries need.  Eliminate processed foods, refined sugars, and refined seed oils.

Get strategic with cardiovascular nutrients.  CoQ10 supports energy production in heart cells and arterial tissue, and nattokinase helps maintain healthy blood flow.  Magnesium glycinate supports over 300 enzymatic reactions, helping keep your cardiovascular system functional.

Fix insulin resistance.  Both fibroids and heart disease are rooted in insulin dysfunction.  Stabilize blood sugar through balanced protein, fiber-rich vegetables, and healthy fats.  Be mindful of extreme fasting or severe calorie restriction, which can worsen hormonal imbalances in women.

Cut toxic exposures.  Environmental chemicals act as endocrine disruptors, fueling both fibroid growth and cardiovascular damage.  Minimize plastics, read labels on personal care products, and buy organic when possible.  Support your liver’s detoxification with cruciferous vegetables and adequate hydration.

Get comprehensive cardiovascular strategies

The fibroid-heart connection exposes how broken women’s healthcare is.  Gynecologists stay in their lane, and cardiologists wait for traditional risk factors.  Most conventionally trained physicians fail to look at the big picture until you’re already having symptoms that could have been prevented decades earlier.

Jonathan Landsman’s Cardiovascular Docu-Class brings together 22 leading cardiovascular experts who actually understand how women’s bodies work.  Discover advanced lab tests revealing arterial damage years before conventional screening catches anything, why women’s cardiovascular risk factors require completely different assessment approaches, the inflammatory pathways connecting reproductive conditions to heart disease that Western medicine ignores, and natural protocols for reversing vascular dysfunction instead of managing it with drugs.

Bottom line: If you have fibroids, your cardiovascular disease risk is 81% higher over the next decade – yet doctors treat your uterus and heart as unrelated.  The same inflammatory and metabolic dysfunction that drives fibroid growth also damages your arteries, yet Western medicine’s fragmented approach keeps gynecologists and cardiologists from connecting the dots.

Women with fibroids need comprehensive cardiovascular assessment and natural interventions targeting root causes now, not pharmaceutical band-aids applied decades later when arterial damage is already advanced.

Sources for this article include:

Ahajournals.org
Healthday.com