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Dec 26 2023

How Do You Reset Female Hormones to Lose Weight?

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How and Why Your Female Hormones May be Sabotaging Your Weight Loss For many women, the journey to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight can be challenging. Despite putting in the effort through diet and exercise, some may find that their progress is slower or more difficult than expected. One important factor that often goes overlooked in the weight loss equation is the influence of female hormones. These complex chemicals play a significant role in regulating various bodily functions, including metabolism, appetite, and fat storage. Understanding how your female hormones may...

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Oct 27 2023

Understanding Hormonal Weight Gain

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by Gina Pastore

How Do You Fix Hormonal Weight Gain? Are you struggling with weight gain that just won't budge, no matter how hard you try? You're not alone. Hormonal weight gain can be a significant challenge, but there is hope. What is Hormonal Weight Gain? Hormonal weight gain occurs when imbalances in your body's hormones lead to increased fat storage. Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate various bodily functions, including metabolism, hunger, and fat storage. When these hormones get out of balance, it can result in weight gain. Hormones Responsible for Weight Regulation Hormones such as insulin,...

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Dec 28 2022

Are Compounded Hormones Better?

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by Gina Pastore

What is Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Hormone replacement therapy treats hormone deficiencies in both men and women. Estrogens, progesterone, and androgens, or testosterone, are hormones that may be given to treat deficiency. Forms of hormones are either considered synthetic or bioidentical. So what’s the difference, and why does it matter? Synthetic Hormones Synthetic hormones are hormones that are created or made in a lab setting. They may be look-alike replacements for your body’s natural hormones, but they are often not exact replicas. These hormones are chemically altered. An example is a commonly prescribed medication...

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Nov 29 2022

What is the Best Menopause Treatment?

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by Gina Pastore

What Is The Best Treatment For Menopause? Menopause is the period of a woman’s life when reproductive hormones experience a decline. This typically begins during the 40s. While often called “menopause,” this period leading up to menopause is the perimenopausal period. A woman is considered “in menopause” when they have not had a period for at least 12 months. Women usually experience menopause between 45-50 years old. If you’ve had surgery like a hysterectomy and your ovaries were removed, this will cause you to enter menopause immediately, regardless of age. Some women...

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Apr 16 2022

Perimenopausal Women and Estrogen Dominance

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by Gina Pastore

Changes in Hormone Levels and Estrogen Dominance in Perimenopausal Women Perimenopause is the time when a woman is transitioning to menopause. During the perimenopausal period, women can experience many symptoms. The process varies with the individual, and the perimenopausal period can last from two to ten years. What is perimenopause? Perimenopause is triggered by changes in the natural hormone levels. You may experience symptoms such as: Irregular periods. Periods can become unpredictable with the time between becoming shorter or longer. The period itself may also change, sometimes lighter, sometimes heavier. You may even...

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Feb 07 2022

Can Hormone Imbalance Cause Depression and Anxiety?

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by Gina Pastore

Hormone Imbalances and Depression Have you ever wondered if hormone imbalances contribute to feelings of depression and anxiety? Many factors that can impact depression and anxiety, and hormone imbalance may be a cause. An imbalance in cortisol, thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone can be a problem, especially if your depression or anxiety is new or suddenly worse than usual. What is depression? Depression is a mood disorder that affects how you think, feel, and act. Depression can vary from mild to severe. Symptoms of depression include: Feeling sad Loss of interest in activities...

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Jan 11 2021

How to Choose a Hormone Specialist

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by Gina Pastore

Why Choose a Hormone Specialist Over a Health Care Provider Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is a personalized approach to addressing hormone imbalances. Finding the right healthcare provider is essential to ensure effective treatment tailored to your unique needs. While many people first turn to their primary care physician or gynecologist, these professionals may not always have the specialized training required to diagnose and treat complex hormone issues comprehensively. Have you felt fatigued, gained weight, experienced headaches, muscle or joint pain, lack of sex drive? These are just the tip of...

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Feb 17 2020

Are Women’s Testosterone Levels Important?

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by Gina Pastore

How Women's Testosterone Levels can have Revitalizing Effects Day and night. Young or old. Testosterone versus estrogen… At face value, these comparisons may feel inherently oppositional to each other. As much as these examples feel like natural opposites, and as easy as it is to think of these comparisons as existing counter to each other, the fact remains that these aren't hard-coded binary absolutes. It may feel natural to hold these comparisons in one hand against the other to highlight their differences, but then we lose sight of their similarities. Women's...

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Feb 15 2020

Can the Keto Diet Affect Our Hormones?

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by Gina Pastore

How the Keto Diet Can Be Harmful to Natural Hormone Production The keto diet has risen in popularity in our current day and age as both men and women have embraced this fad diet as a solution to their weight loss goals. This specific diet heralds weight loss by altering the consumption and quantity of the macro-nutrient, carbohydrates. There are three primary macronutrients that have a variety of purposes within our bodies: fats, carbs, and proteins. Each has unique properties and effects on the healthy functioning of our biology. Within the...

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Jan 13 2020

What Is Male Hypogonadism?

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by Gina Pastore

Testosterone Deficiency, also known as Male Hypogonadism Male hypogonadism medically describes a testosterone deficiency in men resulting from the failure of their testes to produce adequate levels of testosterone, sperm, or both. The ramifications of such a condition have resounding impacts on the development of young prepubescent boys as well as towards the overall health and wellness of adult men. To better understand how the harmful symptoms of hypogonadism arise, the physiological pathway of testosterone production should illuminate how testosterone is delivered, regulated, and how the effects of disease or trauma...

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