Don’t Let Age-Related Hormone Changes Slow You Down

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At every stage of life, your hormones play an important role in controlling what happens in your body. Hormone levels have a profound impact on your health, and many physiologic functions require a delicate balance when it comes to hormone levels.

But, it’s said that time changes everything, and that certainly applies to hormones. In our youth, hormones often surge as we near adulthood. But the opposite happens as we age. Some hormone receptors become less sensitive, and the production of ...

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Confronting Common Hormone Disruptors

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Your hormones play a crucial role in maintaining the delicate balance that keeps your body functioning at its best. From regulating metabolism and mood to influencing reproductive health and immune function, these chemical messengers orchestrate various aspects of your well-being. However, achieving hormonal harmony can be a delicate dance, and numerous factors in our daily lives can tip the scales in unfavorable directions.

In the pursuit of optimum health, it’s essential to recognize that your efforts might be sabotaged by common ...

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Finding Balance: Bioidentical Hormone Therapy

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Few areas of health care are as plagued by competing claims and confusion as hormone therapy, but when approached with a holistic perspective under medical supervision, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can be life-changing.

Conventional hormone therapy has been the subject of several high-profile news stories, and more research needs to be done on its long-term effects. Bioidentical hormones offer an alternative to conventional hormone therapy. But, because our body’s responses to hormones vary widely, it’s important to always work with a ...

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Finding Hormone Balance Naturally

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Your well-being relies on a complex balance of many hormones, including testosterone, estrogen, adrenaline, insulin, and thyroid hormone. Each of these plays an important role in supporting your body’s functions, but even a slight imbalance in hormone levels can wreak havoc – often in unexpected ways.

Our hormones often become imbalanced in response to problems within the body. An effective approach addresses any issues that trigger imbalances. This holistic framework restores hormonal balance naturally, without side effects.

 

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What You Need to Know About Testosterone

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Testosterone plays a number of important roles in our health that may surprise you.

For instance, did you know that women produce testosterone, too? It is not just a male sex hormone, although women require only one tenth the amount of testosterone that men do.

We experience a spike in testosterone production during puberty, and beginning around age 30, it begins to decline. However, this process can be accelerated due to lifestyle factors, such as chronic stress or poor nutrition.

It is important ...

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Hormone Testing: Getting To The Root Cause Of Imbalances

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If you are noticing sudden changes in your weight, energy levels, skin, mood, or irregular menstrual cycles, your body is signaling to you that there is an imbalance. Your body communicates internally through the use of hormones which are chemical messengers that impact how our cells and organs function. They control a number of bodily functions, including our appetite, sleep, libido, and stress response.

Imbalances occur when there is too much or too little of a hormone in the bloodstream – ...

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Balancing Estrogen and Progesterone

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By: Molly Force, ND

Hormonal health is all about balance.  Achieving the right balance can be a challenge, particularly for women at midlife. One of the most striking examples of this dynamic is found in women whose estrogen and progesterone balance is off-kilter. The wide range of resulting symptoms can be debilitating, and women can find themselves battling heavy periods, disruptive PMS, fatigue, and many more symptoms.

How can balance be restored for optimum well-being? Let’s take a look at how hormones ...

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Maintain Healthy Cortisol Levels: What You Need to Know

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By: Molly Force, ND

Balance is the key element when it comes to cortisol, a hormone produced in your adrenal glands. Cortisol performs many vital functions, including:

  • Reducing inflammation
  • Regulating blood pressure
  • Metabolizing glucose
  • Assisting with circadian rhythm regulation
  • Formulating memories

Many of these tasks contribute to cortisol’s role in controlling the “flight or fight response.”  When your body senses danger, cortisol kicks in with the physiological responses that enable you to either flee the danger or fight it. Your heartbeat increases, blood flows to your major ...

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Are You Suffering from Hormonal Imbalance? Top 10 Signs

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By: Molly Force, ND

Hormones affect every aspect of your wellbeing, from your appetite to your zest for life. Despite their large impact on overall health, hormonal imbalances can be frustratingly difficult to recognize. That’s partly because our hormones must maintain a delicate balance and even a slight shift can have negative repercussions.

Key Players in Hormone Balance

Think of your ...

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