Hormones and Health: an Overview
Do you have trouble losing weight? Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep? Do you crave sweets or coffee? Are you depressed or anxious? Do you have trouble with concentration or memory? Is your energy less than you would like it to be? Do you get sick more frequently than you used to? Are your joints weaker than they used to be? Do you injure yourself more frequently than you used to? Do you get chilled easily? Is your hair thinning? Do you have hot flashes? Has your doctor told you that you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol?
For all of these questions, think hormones. Balanced hormones improve all aspects of your health. Unhealthy hormones cause all of the problems listed above, and more. This is true for both men and women. Conventional medicine usually treats individual problems like high blood pressure or high cholesterol and misses the underlying hormone problem.
This series of articles paints the big picture about hormones. It will help you understand how your health breaks down and how to get back on track. It outlines a natural approach for balancing hormones that puts you in charge and reduces your need for pharmaceutical drugs that have undesirable side effects.
I use simple, effective state-of-the-art tests to measure your hormone levels. Read Measure Your Hormones for more information.
Stress affects every hormone in your body. For more information read Stress and Your Hormones.
Hormones regulate your blood sugar. Sugar and refined carbohydrates in your diet stress your blood sugar and eventually lead to insulin resistance, a type of hormone imbalance associated with heart problems, brain problems, diabetes and much more. For more information read Manage Your Blood Sugar.
Your colon has a big effect on hormones. It affects thyroid function, estrogen, and adrenal function. Read about this in Your Colon and Your Health.
Most Thyroid problems are secondary to problems somewhere else in your body. Read about problems and solutions in Thyroid Health.
Your digestion affects your hormones and your hormones affect your digestion. Read Strengthen Your Digestion for more information.
Your liver has the job of clearing hormones from your blood stream, and disposing of them into your intestines for elimination from your body. If it isn’t clearing a hormone well, then the hormone can build to an unhealthy level in your body. Read about how the liver affects your hormones in Your Liver and Your Hormones.
Your pituitary gland coordinates the timing and amounts of many other hormones. It is an important treatment consideration at in many hormone conditions. Read The Pituitary Gland.
Read about premenstrual syndrome, menopause, and the vital importance of keeping hormones balanced after menopause in Female Hormones.
Hormone Replacement Therapy should not be the first step in a hormone treatment program. Read Female Hormones for more information.
Hormone balance affects every aspect of men’s health including mental concentration, emotions, cardiovascular health, and sexual function. One of the best predictors of whether a man will have a heart attack is his level of free testosterone. Read about this in Male Hormones.
Exercise can be helpful or it can be harmful in your efforts to improve your health. Read Healthy Exercise.
Diet has a very big effect on hormones. Read the following articles for more information.
· Fat-Burner or Sugar-Burner
· Basics of Healthy Eating
· Manage Your Blood Sugar
· Healthy Carbohydrate
· Healthy Protein
· Healthy Fat
· Essential Fatty Acids and Your Hormones
