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In my research I found that the right foods can offset and nourish the hormonal ratios present in each phase of the menstrual cycle. Fermented, organic, unprocessed soy is tempeh, miso, and tamari. Processed soy is anything that substitutes like soy milk, soy meat, soy cheese, soy yogurt. Soy (the processed kind found in so many packaged foods) is terrible for women with estrogen-dominance hormonal imbalance conditions because of the phytoestrogens it contains. Caffeine also depletes essential micronutrients and minerals that we need for happy hormones. Caffeine messes with your blood sugar and cortisol levels, and your body won’t be able reset until you go to sleep and wake up the next morning. Just one coffee in the morning will throw off your whole endocrine system for an entire 24 hours. If you have insulin-resistant PCOS then having excess glucose in your bloodstream will cause inflammation, which leads to many chronic health issues. This hormonal imbalance is a root cause of common issues like PMS, cramps, irregular cycles, acne, along with PCOS and infertility issues. The more sugar you eat, the more fat cells you create, and the more estrogen they secrete. Over time, this disrupts ovulation and causes a hormonal imbalance and leads your fat cells to secrete estrogen. When you eat a lot of sugar or carbs and there’s a ton of glucose in your system, your body sends out lots of insulin to deal with this. Sugar is the number one enemy when it comes to hormonal harmony. Of course, much of our hormonal dysfunction stems from eating the wrong foods. Foods like leafy greens, complex carbohydrates, and colorful, vibrant veggies can completely rehabilitate an imbalanced endocrine system.

#ALISA VITTI HOW TO#

Luckily, knowing how to eat and live in a hormonally-supportive way can help you avoid the toxins that lead to estrogen dominance and the subsequent issues that result from it.Ī post shared by Founded By Alisa Vitti on at 4:22pm PDTįood is everything when it comes to hormonal health! The right foods can help support the thyroid, the adrenals, and the metabolization of estrogen through your elimination organs. It can be very hard to completely avoid estrogen excess, because we are surrounded by endocrine disruptors. This can be a direct result of the foods we eat, the products we use, stress, disrupted gut microbiome, micronutrient deficiencies, poor sleep, and other environmental factors. It happens when there’s just too much estrogen in the body in relation to progesterone.

causes of hormonal imbalanceĮstrogen dominance is at the root of countless conditions like hormonal acne, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, fibroids, PCOS, and more. You can check to see what your hormone levels might be by answering 7 questions on this period-evaluation tool. The major signs women tend to ignore are often written off as “ PMS.” Here’s the big secret: PMS is not normal! If you’re feeling bloated, fatigued, irritable, anxious, moody at one time of the month or another, you’re not living in what I call ‘FLO’, and you’ve got to fix that issue with the right lifestyle tools. But period problems can take a lot of different forms: irregular periods, painful periods, heavy bleeding, no bleeding… All of these variations are indications that something is wrong with your hormones. In fact, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently declared the menstrual cycle as the fifth vital sign in determining your overall health. On the more obvious physical front: period problems are absolutely an indication that something is off with the endocrine system.

There are so many signs that women don’t know to look for! Moreover, the symptoms are often sneaky.

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