ESSENTIALS 1: HORMONAL HEALTH
#1.5 Quick reference guide to your hormonal health section
- Hormones are chemical messengers that are influenced by our thoughts, actions, lifestyle & natural reproductive life
- Hormonal changes can trigger symptoms in our menopausal years but so can stress, sleep disruption andpoor lifestyle choices
- Hormonal balance can be achieved by improving sleep, reducing stress, taking the right types of exercise, improving gut health & nutritional choices and making better lifestyle choices
- Menopausal symptoms can be alleviated without necessarily resorting to HRT. It takes work but doesn’t anything worth having?!!
- HRT can help if really needed but should be used alongside addressing everything mentioned in 2 above
- Hormone therapy is best explored by gaining a full hormonal profile so that the correct hormones are given to you
- Sex hormones are not the only hormones we should be considering at this time of life
- Oestrogen dominance is not uncommon and can bring unwanted symptoms. Mostly driven by things we can control and manage
Useful sections;
- What are my hormones doing to me?
- Healthy hormone quiz
- Is your thyroid gland in good shape?
- Oestrogen dominance
- Hormone imbalance
- Alternatives & complimentary methods
- Herbs & plants
- Alleviating menopausal symptoms toolbox