What is estrogen dominance?
Estrogen dominance is a condition where a woman has excessive levels of estrogen relative to progesterone. This hormonal imbalance can cause various symptoms like weight gain, bloating, mood swings, and irregular periods. Some key facts about estrogen dominance:
- It is often caused by environmental estrogens from plastics, pesticides, hormones in foods, and more. Our bodies aren't adapted to handle the high amounts of estrogen from modern life. - Birth control pills can contribute to it since they contain estrogen and lower natural progesterone. - Perimenopause and menopause causes shifts in hormones that allow estrogen to dominate. - Stress and poor diet hurts the liver so it doesn't properly metabolize estrogen.
*Some signs and symptoms of estrogen dominance include:*
- Weight gain, especially around the hips and thighs - Bloating and water retention - Fibroids or ovarian cysts - Heavy, irregular or painful periods - PMS, breast tenderness and mood swings - Foggy thinking and memory lapses - High copper and low zinc levels - Slow thyroid function - Fatigue and low libido
So what can you do about estrogen dominance?
- Eat cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cauliflower regularly - they help metabolize excess estrogen. - Try to avoid xenoestrogens - substances that act like estrogen - in plastics, beauty products, etc. - Manage stress through yoga, meditation, massage. Chronic stress disrupts hormones. - Exercise regularly to improve estrogen metabolism. - Consider bioidentical progesterone treatment to help rebalance hormones. - Detox your liver to improve estrogen breakdown.
At Hormone Harmony Clinic, we specialize in customized bioidentical hormone therapy to help women rebalance their estrogen levels. Our compassionate doctors will thoroughly assess your hormones and symptoms, then create a personalized treatment plan to get your hormones back in harmony naturally. We also provide nutritional support and lifestyle coaching.
Feel like your hormones have gotten off track? Contact us today to schedule a consultation. Our experts will get to the root cause of your estrogen dominance and help you take back control of your health. You deserve balanced hormones and renewed vitality!