Last week we talked about what estrogen is and what it does.  This week we dive into what happens when estrogen levels are low. Low estrogen (and for the purposes of this post we’re talking exclusively about estradiol) normally does not affect the majority of women until

We are coming to the end of our series on excess estrogen … what is it, what happens when estrogen is too high, nutritional support and supplementation. Today is all about choices. There are many choices that we can make throughout the day that will either help

The past couple of weeks we’ve been discussing estrogen and what it does, what happens when it gets too high (estrogen dominance) and what to eat to help balance the estrogen to progesterone ratio. Today … it’s all about getting a little help. As I’ve mentioned before,

There are two main reasons why high estrogen can become an issue when it dominates progesterone and takes the lead. One reason is simply that we’re getting older and no longer in prime reproductive land and progesterone levels can naturally drop.  This still needs to be addressed

Our darling diva hormone.  She’s the main female hormone responsible for our dominant female traits such as hips, breasts and overall voluptuousness.  In fact, estrogen consists of 3 subtypes … estrone, estradiol and estriol.  Estrone is produced mostly in body fat which is one reason why anorexic

During the past few weeks, we’ve talked about what progesterone is, what happens when it gets unbalanced,  what to eat to help improve progesterone levels and what supplements help. Today we’ll talk about what lifestyle changes you can make to help improve your progesterone level.  As with any lifestyle

While progesterone replacement therapy (even bio-identical or natural hormones) is certainly an option for balancing progesterone levels that are really out of whack, I highly recommend that you take a more natural approach first. What we eat has a profound effect on our health and many of

Last week we spoke about what progesterone is and what it does. This week we discuss what happens when progesterone is too low.  Essentially we become unbalanced, both physically and emotionally. Common symptoms to low progesterone include PMS, fibroids, painful periods and fluctuating mood swings. Four other,

Progesterone and Estrogen are the two major sex hormones that affect women.  How we look, how we feel, how we act even.  Progesterone is the key hormone during pregnancy and affects everything from PMS to sleepless nights. Estrogen and Progesterone are always engaged in a dance of

I hope you’ve enjoyed this series as we’ve explored what cortisol is, what it does, what happens when it goes bad and what to eat and supplement to get you back on track. Today we’re talking about lifestyle changes that you can make to help with the

I’m a nutritionist.  My main focus is on food.  But sometimes food alone is not enough to obtain some sort of equilibrium when cortisol levels are severely unbalanced. Disclaimer…. I am not a naturopath or medical doctor and therefore do not have the right to diagnose anyone

As a holistic nutritionist, I am primarily concerned with how your food intake is affecting your body. What are you eating? Why? Do you have cravings? How do you feel before you eat?  After you eat? I don’t use the word diet because it’s gotten such a

Cortisol  itself isn’t a bad thing as I mentioned last week.   Cortisol can become too high, too low or it can swing wildly from too high to too low. There are three stages to the stress response…alarm, resistance and exhaustion.   The initial response to stress is

This is how life makes us feel sometimes. Stress.  It can be our best friend or our worst enemy.  In moderation it can give us a boost of energy to accomplish miracles.  But when it’s unrelenting, chronic, never ending … it can wear us down and create

When I graduated from nutrition school, I was so excited and I was ready to help everyone and take on the world and quit my job to focus on helping others.  And then life got in the way. The 15 months following graduation were some of the