Estrogen Dominance - Painful/heavy periods, low mood, weight gain, poor sleep
Painful/heavy periods, low mood, weight gain, poor sleep - what does estrogen have to do with it? ✨
As women, our hormones levels are always in flux – over our lifetime, monthly and even throughout the day. It's no wonder that when our hormone levels get out of whack we totally notice it.⠀⠀
'Estrogen Dominance' is a higher-than-normal ratio of estrogen to progesterone in the body. ⠀⠀
Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance can include:⠀ ⠀⠀⠀
▫️Mid-Section Weight Gain⠀⠀⠀
▫️Low Mood or Anxiety ⠀⠀⠀
▫️Bloating⠀⠀⠀
▫️Headaches/Migraines (esp. around your period)⠀⠀⠀
▫️Painful/Heavy Periods⠀⠀⠀
▫️Fibroids⠀⠀⠀
▫️Painful/Fibrocystic Breasts⠀⠀⠀
▫️Acne⠀⠀⠀
▫️Poor Sleep⠀⠀⠀
Estrogen Dominance can occur when:
you overproduce estrogen
you're not metabolizing estrogen well
you underproduce progesterone (due to PCOS, stress, not eating well etc).⠀⠀
How can a Naturopathic Doctor help?⠀⠀⠀
Requisition for lab work and DIG DEEPER and uncover the reason why you're experience a hormonal imbalance
Work together to implement a specific plan to help treat the ROOT CAUSE of your hormonal imbalance instead of just the symptoms. As ND's we focus on a holistic approach including a research-based diet, supplements, botanicals and lifestyle plan to optimize hormones.
Focus on maintaining a healthy hormonal balance to meet your LONG-TERM GOALS (pregnancy, managing PMS/PCOS, weight loss, mood etc)
