Topic: Hormone Health
Understanding Hashimoto’s

Understanding Hashimoto’s

Understanding Hashimoto'sHashimoto's is also known as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis or Hashimoto's disease. It is categorized as an autoimmune condition. In this case, it affects the thyroid gland and occurs more frequently in women. According to the American Thyroid...

Different Types of PCOS

Different Types of PCOS

Different Types of PCOS  PCOS can be really complicated to manage and perhaps one of the biggest reasons why is there are a handful of underlying causes and subsequent "Types of PCOS" PCOS is not one disease but more of a set of symptoms & even the definition...

Low estrogen: what the signs and causes are

Low estrogen: what the signs and causes are

The symptoms and causes of low estrogen  When you think hot flashes you think Menopause, right? But did you know that low estrogen (which causes hot flashes) can actually happen to women at any point in their lives? I was shocked when running many DUTCH Hormone...

Is Estrogen Dominance Why You Feel Like Crap?

Is Estrogen Dominance Why You Feel Like Crap?

Women’s hormones fluctuate throughout their menstrual cycle. Sometimes estrogen is high, leading up to ovulation, and sometimes progesterone is high, like during the luteal phase. But when your estrogen levels are elevated compared to progesterone levels, even with this natural ebbs and flows in mind, it’s known as estrogen dominance.

Estrogen & Progesterone

Estrogen & Progesterone

If you are dealing with hormone imbalances chances are you may have too much estrogen and not enough progesterone. Although there are definitely other common hormone imbalances such as high Testosterone in the case of women with PCOS or Low Estrogen & low Progesterone when the body is suppressed or going through menopause, the MOST common hormone imbalance I currently see in my practice is too much Estrogen to not enough Progesterone.

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