Most of us are living life completely out of balance. ThatРІР‚в„ўs where Functional Medicine comes in: You treat the underlying cause(s), create balance, and symptoms get better. In other words, figure out what creates these imbalances РІР‚вЂњ and treat the underlying problem. If you find that you do need hormones, then you need to find the way to replace them that most aligns with your body РІР‚вЂњ low dose, topical, bio-identical, short duration. Instead of immediately resorting to a hormone replacement (which might be your conventional doctorРІР‚в„ўs first line of treatment), you need to figure out the РІР‚СљwhyРІР‚Сњ РІР‚вЂњ what is causing the symptoms. The truth is: Women do NOT need to suffer. Get your sex hormones back in balance, and these problems will usually disappear. Instead, they are treatable symptoms of underlying imbalance in one of the core systems in your body. They are not the result of mutant genes that destroy our sexual vitality as we age. Simply put, PMS, menopausal symptoms, and other problems are all signs of imbalances in your sex hormones. An 81-year-old female patient once told me, with a twinkle in her eye, about her new boyfriend and their wonderful love life! Thriving is possible at any age and it doesnРІР‚в„ўt always have to result from a pill. We now have endless examples of balance and thriving at any age. To think that women have to dwindle, shrivel, and lose emotional, physical, and sexual vitality is a burdensome, self-fulfilling prophecy. To think that 75 percent of women have a design flaw that gives them PMS and requires medical treatment is just absurd. It is not a result of bad luck itРІР‚в„ўs due to bad habits, such as drinking alcohol and smoking eating a high-sugar and refined-carbohydrate diet consuming dairy and often, gluten not exercising enough being exposed to environmental toxins and being chronically stressed. The suffering related to your reproductive life cycle is unnecessary. Why do sex hormone levels drop up to 90 percent during the aging process? Are women destined to suffer from impaired mood, muscle loss, poor sleep, memory difficulties, and sexual problems? Women suffer from mood and behavior swings resulting from the three PРІР‚в„ўs: Puberty, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and peri-menopause (the years leading up to and just after their final period), or the three MРІР‚в„ўs: menstrual cramps, menopause and mental anxiety!

You might never know this from conventional medicine, which seems to subscribe to the idea that women are destined to suffer throughout their reproductive life. While many things can cause an imbalance in our sex hormones, the good news is that many women can fix these imbalances without medications. There are many key players in this orchestra РІР‚вЂњ adrenals, thyroid, insulin РІР‚вЂњ but today, weРІР‚в„ўre focusing on womenРІР‚в„ўs sex hormones. All of them interact, so when one gets out of whack, others quickly follow. When talking about hormones, I want you to think of a symphony. Hormone imbalances are epidemic these days. Do I need to do hormone replacement to feel better, or is there a natural way to get my hormones in balance?РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўm tired of feeling crappy and terrible all the time. РІР‚СљMy hormones feel so out of balanceРІР‚Сњ a female patient will tell me.

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