DIM, or diindolylmethane, is a plant indole—a plant molecule having health-promoting characteristics. All cruciferous veggies contain DIM and other plant indoles. Cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, and cabbage are examples of cruciferous vegetables.
When dim diindolylmethane raises the levels of ‘good’ estrogen metabolites, the levels of unwanted or “bad” estrogen metabolites decrease.
Diindolylmethane DIM improves metabolism in the most natural way possible by interacting with your hormones and modifying their function to avoid hormonal imbalance. DIM creates more ‘good’ estrogen metabolites, which fight with testosterone for protein binding, allowing for a little greater ‘free’ testosterone level to be maintained. Free testosterone is more active testosterone.
DIM promotes fat mobilization and a fat-burning metabolism by increasing ‘good’ estrogen metabolites and free testosterone.
DIM offers three major advantages:
•It has a natural aromatase inhibitor effect.
•It unbinds bound testosterone.
•Causes estrogen to be metabolized via the 2-hydroxy estrone pathway.
Despite being promoted as a dietary supplement, I3C (Indole-3-carbinol) is not active in your body until it is transformed into DIM. I3C is very unstable and can convert into a variety of different compounds with negative properties.
DIM, the most active dietary indole in cruciferous vegetables, is a favorable stimulant for estrogen metabolism in both men and women. Maintaining a good hormonal balance, regardless of age, improves your appearance and well-being. The simple reality is that estrogen may be a terrific support for long-term health, but only if it is digested safely and properly.
As part of aerobic metabolism, estrogen must be coupled with oxygen to be changed into its final forms for exit from the body. Estrogen necessitates a metabolic pathway similar to DIM and other natural indoles.
2-hydroxy estrogens are good metabolites. Many of the advantages associated with estrogen, such as its capacity to protect the heart and brain through antioxidant activity, are now understood to be derived from these beneficial metabolites. When DIM raises 2-hydroxy estrogens, it also decreases undesired, or harmful, estrogen metabolites. These include the 16-hydroxy and 4-hydroxy estrogens, both of which are not antioxidants and can increase the risk of cancer. Obesity and exposure to a variety of man-made environmental pollutants both encourage the increased synthesis of these harmful estrogens.
