Many women battle with their hormones, whether it be because of weight, energy, their cycle, skin issues, or fertility, menopause, hormones are a complex bag of tricks. And the worst part is they all connect and affect each other, so where do you start? The good news is, you don’t have to figure out this puzzle alone!

Using primarily diet and lifestyle with herbs, vitamins, supplements, and acupuncture to support where needed, naturopathic medicine is amazing at regulating cycles, balancing hormones, and revitalizing energy. Analyzing symptoms, family history, supported by testing when indicated, we can find your patterns, imbalances, and genetic predispositions, and work toward improving them.

Hormone issues can be diagnoses of PCOS, thyroid conditions, endometriosis, fertility issues, and many more, but it can also be just feeling off. If you have irregular periods, painful periods, acne, hair growth, stubborn weight gain or loss, mood issues, low libido, or migraines, your hormones may need some work.

Get connected with the right health care practitioner for you to help start teasing out your hormone imbalances!

Possible factors involved in hormonal imbalances:

  • Genetic predisposition: a family history of autoimmune diseases or hormone related issues may indicate genetic polymorphisms that affect hormone metabolism or risk of autoimmune disease (like hypothyroidism).
  • Impaired elimination of hormones: this is affected by your genes, gut, and liver health. If your digestion is off your the detox pathways of your liver aren’t working optimally, your hormones are going to be off balance.
  • Environmental influences: many compounds we are exposed to in our everyday lives can influence our hormone levels by increasing them, impairing elimination, or impairing your body’s ability to use them.
  • Diet and digestion: if you don’t have the correct building blocks for hormones and enzymatic reactions, all systems in your body are going to be off. Including your hormones! And your diet is only as good as your gut. You can have the best diet in the world but it means nothing if you can’t absorb food.
  • Stress: Sympathetic nervous system activation and cortisol levels affect everything in the body, but especially hormones. Your sympathetic nervous system is the evolutionary “running away from a tiger” system, and if you’re running away from a tiger the last thing your body wants to do is support the reproductive system.

The good news is that there are so many things that can be done for each of these possible factors! The first step is identifying the hormonal imbalance and the potential sources of those imbalances, then the best first steps can be taken to bring you back into functioning and feeling well! Getting supportive, collaborative care can make all the difference in the world!