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Why Hormone Imbalance Can Make It Hard to Lose Weight
When we want to lose weight, our first thought is usually to try a new diet or to exercise more. Sometimes, we do all the right things yet our weight doesn’t change—or worse, it continues to climb. This makes weight loss a frustrating and challenging experience for many women. Your hormones could be the culprit. […]
Can Toxins In Your Environment Affect Your Hormones?
If you are one of the many women struggling with hormone imbalance, it may feel like your hormones are out of your control. But what if there was an invisible source influencing them— something in your environment? Our environment is filled with toxins that can harm our health, and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are among […]
Lipotropic and B12 Injections Boost Your Diet Plan Results
Everyone wants the quickest and most efficient way to reach their weight loss goals. Many supplements and diet pills claim to produce impressive weight loss results, but often at the expense of your overall health. Also, once you stop taking these pills, you tend to gain the weight back quickly. Lipotropic and B12 injections can […]
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks of Hormone Pellets for Women
Experiencing a hormone imbalance can be difficult and frustrating. Hormone replacement therapy can help target unwanted symptoms. However, some treatment methods, like hormone pellets, may not deliver the results you need. In fact, they may even make the situation worse. Hormone pellets are made up of a mix of hormones, which may or may not […]
Do You Need a Probiotic During Menopause?
You have a natural balance of good and bad bacteria in your body that can be impacted by the physical and emotional stress of menopause symptoms. Symptoms such as hot flashes or irregular periods may come and go for months or even years, but incorporating probiotics into your daily women’s health care routine can make […]
Low Estrogen Can Increase Your Risk for High Blood Pressure
After age 45, women become much more susceptible to developing . This is directly linked to reduced levels of estrogen during perimenopause, a time when many women turn to hormone replacement. Estrogen helps promote blood flow through your body by keeping blood vessels open, so when your estrogen decreases, your blood vessels can constrict. Because your […]
Hormones and Weight Loss After Menopause
For many women, menopause slows down your metabolism, making it difficult to lose extra weight. Perhaps you’re feeling frustrated because your weight isn’t budging, even though you feel like you’re doing all the right things. Weight loss for women after menopause is possible, but it requires learning a new way to approach losing weight. By […]
Hormonal Imbalance in Younger Women is More Common Than You Think
Difficulty sleeping, irregular periods, mood swings, unexpected weight gain—if this sounds like you, it could be a hormonal imbalance. It might seem unlikely, but hormonal imbalance among young women is actually fairly common. Studies show that up to 80% of women experience hormonal imbalance in their lifetime. Because many of these imbalances are undiagnosed, some […]
Estrogen Replacement Therapy: Injections vs. Vaginal Creams
Are you a woman in the midst of menopause? If so, you may be considering estrogen replacement therapy to help alleviate symptoms. These medicines can help you enjoy life again and relieve uncomfortable menopause symptoms like hot flashes, weight gain, low sex drive, and vaginal dryness. However, it’s important to know that there are different […]
Low Estrogen: What is Estradiol?
Menopause is a natural, yet often overwhelming time in the life of women. It can cause physical and emotional changes that can be hard to adjust to and manage on your own. What many don’t realize is that symptoms like hot flashes and mood changes are due to low estrogen levels, particularly a type of […]