THREE YEARS ago Linda Clements was depress-
ed, hostile and suicidal.

By BARRETT FISHER

For eight: years the West
Vancouver woman suffered
from headaches, anxiety at-
tacks, panic, fear, loss of
contro}, loss of judgment,
crying, fluid retention and
swelling.

Her marriage almost end-
ed ia divorce, and though
she had waited until her 30s

enjoying them the way she
knew she should be.
Clements was plagued by
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome.
Now 42, Clements has her
problem under control and
has her own clinic in West

to have children, she wasn’t

PRE-MENSTRUAL SYNDROME

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Vancouver where she
counsels other women with
the problem.

She says Pre-Menstrual
Syndrome (PMS) affects
about 40 per.cent of
childbearing women, and 10
per cent of those suffer

_ severe symptoms.

Clements, a registered
nurse, says the severity of
PMS symptoms increases
with age and with any major
hormonal shunts, such as

pregnancies, miscarriages
and the use of birth control
pills.

Clements first found relief
for her condition when her
husband sent her to a doctor
who treated various pro-
blems through diet correc-
tion.

The doctor corrected diets
in hyper-active children,
people suffering from
migraine headaches,
alcoholism and

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schizophrenia, which Cle-
ments says are caused by the
same physical disorder.

These maladies are in-
fluenced by a build-up of
toxins, Clements believes,
created by non-utilized
amines and sugars in the
body. A low amnio oxidase
level in a person makes it
more difficult to metabolize
amine-rich food, Clements
says. The toxins in turn at-
tack areas in the body, such
as the nervous system caus-
ing migraines, or hormones
causing an imbalance.

Foods rich in amines,
Clements says, include wine,
beer, cheese, soya, sour
cream, bananas, avocados
and walnuts. Other foods to
avoid, she says, are those
high in refined sugars.

Clements says she noticed
immediate improvement
after she corrected her diet,
eliminating amines and
sugars and supplementing
with vitamins, to keep her
sodium/potassium, calci-
um/magnesium, chromium
and other vitamin and min-
eral levels in balance.

“T went on the program,
and within three weeks |] was
a different woman. Within
three months, 1 was even
better. [ had a complete tur-
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attest to that. But it took
about a year before he
would trust me again. It
took time to heal problems
in the relationship.”

Because she felt the diet
theory her doctor used ap-
plied to PMS, although he
didn’t deal specifically with
the hormonal imbalance,
Clements decided to open
her own clinic.

The clinic is located on
Clyde Avenue in West Van-
couver, and Clements’
workshops include a slide
presentation, information on
symptoms, physiology,
vitamins, diet and pro-
gesterone therapy. Personal
analyses are done, and Cle-
ments gives sufferers advice
on how to cope with symp-
toms and shows them how to
cook without certain ingre-
dients.

“Some PMS sufferers go
to psychiatrists, take valiums
and diuretics or visit a neu-
rologist, but that’s not the
answer,’' Clements says. '‘l
think the fact that we're a
pill generation, we’re seeing
(PMS) more.”’

Three to four-hour
workshops with six clients
costs $40 per person. Private
counselling is $25 an hour.
For further information call
Linda Clements at 926-0252.

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