4 Steps to Balancing Female Hormones

Balancing hormones can be challenging, so here are some helpful hints.

Your endocrine system uses chemicals called hormones that affect numerous functions in your body. Most hormones cause slow changes at the cellular level.

These effects keep your body working properly, but when imbalanced they can lead to health problems.

Some hormone related diseases are adrenal insufficiency, PMS, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, infertility, and unpleasant menopause symptoms.

Hormone imbalances can also affect the cardiovascular system, blood sugar control, energy levels and aging.

You don’t have to live with hormonally related health problems.

The interplay of hormones is important. Balance is key.

To keep your hormone levels appropriate, there are feedback mechanisms that help your body orchestrate this chemical dance. We can either help or hinder this balance by the choices we make and how we approach keeping ourselves hormonally balanced.

Step One

Avoid exposure to xenohormones.

Xenohormones are endocrine disruptors. Sometimes they are also called xenoestrogens. These are chemicals in our world that mimic hormones, namely estrogen.

These synthetic chemicals can be found in pesticides, plastics and in industrial compounds such as PCB’s and PVC’s. Another source of harmful synthetic hormones is from pharmaceuticals such as birth control pills, HRT, fertility drugs and synthetic hormones given to livestock. There are also xenohormones in personal care products like lotions, cosmetics, soaps and hair products.

Xenoestrogens have been associated with increased rates of cancer, birth defects, uterine fibroids, depression and anxiety disorders. Learn more about xenohormones and begin step by step to eliminate them from your world.

Step Two

Get a proper assessment.

Testing a woman’s hormone levels through a single blood test rarely gives meaningful information.

Since hormones rise and fall throughout a woman’s cycle, to get the full story it’s better to take a series of samples throughout the month.

One of the best ways to do this is with saliva testing. This can detect subtle imbalances. There are specific saliva tests for peri-menopausal, menopausal and post-menopausal women.

Step Three

When you get a proper assessment and begin to outline a plan for yourself, remember that effectively treating hormone issues requires looking at your WHOLE self and your unique story.

You want to help your body restore its ability to self regulate hormonal production.

You’ll find help with dietary and nutritional adjustments, physical activities, detoxification, and some herbal remedies.

Because mood, emotions and spiritual feelings have such an immense impact on your physical body and hormone health, part of your plan should focus on nurturing these parts of yourself.

Step Four

Commit to following a new course of action.

The challenges you face are the result of actions that have accumulated over years and they may take some time to reverse.

When you address the foundations of health by eating better and nourishing your organs and systems, you’ll restore hormone balance and achieve a new level of health! This will motivate you to stay the course!

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