Hormone Balance
Hormones are part of a delicately balanced messaging system in your body, responding to both the inside and outside world. As women, we experience the cyclical dance of the sex hormone responses. Sometimes the signs of hormone change are subtle, and other times they can be like a punch in the guts!
If your monthly cycle is causing havoc, disrupting your life or the lives of those around you, you are not alone! Unfortunately pre-menstrual tension or syndrome and painful or heavy periods are more common than normal periods these days. The symptoms are clues that something is out of balance.
Additionally, it is believed that the female hormone oestrogen plays a role in influencing thyroid gland function and this is why hypothyroidism tends to appear around significant hormone changes in a woman’s life cycle such as during or after pregnancy, and around menopause.
Signs of Hormonal Imbalance
Irregular or absent periods
Painful periods
Significant cyclical mood changes
Excessive period loss
Hot flashes, night sweats
Breast tenderness or swelling
How to master your hormones naturally
There are more options than you may realise. The oral contraceptive pill or hormone replacement (HRT) is not the answer for everybody and you might want to try something more natural. Setting you up with healthy hormone foods in your diet, and the gentle help of herbal and nutritional medicines, you can discover a gentler way to go with the flow each month, balance your cycle, and transition with wisdom and grace through to the other side of menopause.
- Discover what is going on with your hormone cycle using the options of comprehensive salivary or urinary hormone testing.
- Take a look at the big picture when thyroid hormones are involved.
- Options for support with or without prescription medications from your doctor.
- Embrace the gifts of being woman!
