EPISODE 103: Balancing Your Hormones

Are you feeling constantly fatigued? Are your cravings out of whack and impossible to control? Have your mood swings been taking over lately, leading to more stress and anxiety than what is normal for you? If yes, it might be time to look at how balanced - or unbalanced - your hormones are. Their discrepancy likely has a lot more influence on our well-being than many of us realize. In this episode, Joel and Emily discussed what hormones are, how these imbalances can affect our bodies, and how we can balance them.

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SHOW NOTES:

1:50 - Part 1: Hormones 

3:20 - What are hormones? 

4:00 - Are hormones to blame? 

6:25 - How do you know if your hormones are imbalanced? 

No period or irregular period - heavy, light, intermittent, painful/PMS, etc.

Acne

Loss of hair

Energy dips or swings (low in AM, high in PM)

Low levels of bloodwork

Weight gain

Low libido/sex drive

Infertility on both sides

Lack of motivation

Anxious, depressed

Leaky gut or dysbiosis

10:12 - Part 2: Causes of Hormone Imbalance 

22:25 - Blood sugar imbalance 

10:45 - Chronic stress / HPA axis dysfunction / cortisol dysfunction

17:03 - Gut health issues

If you’re eating fast, nutrient-poor foods, seed oils, sugar, alcohol, exposed to parasites/fungi, antibiotics, infection

24:43 - Detoxification issues

26:03 - Imbalance of Fatty Acids

26:22 - Sleep - stress, gut health, blood sugar, etc!

27:15 - Movement - not too much, not too little - help with detox, blood sugar, etc.

29:55 - Part 3: How to balance your hormones? 

Manage blood sugar

Manage chronic stressors

Check and manage gut health - look at your poops, digestion, how often, microbiota diversity

Ensure clear detox pathways - healthy liver, gallbladder, and gut via hydration, movement, minimizing environmental toxins (foods/products), fibrous veggies

Fatty acids - eat cold-water fatty fish or supplements, minimize seed oils and excess omega-6’s in general

Sleep and movement/exercise fit into these as well!

43:13 - Part 4: What are the top 3 things to hone in on for hormone balance

Overall stress

Gut health - slow down, eat quality foods like fibrous veggies, and see a practitioner if it’s chronically inflamed

Fatty acids - get enough omega 3’s, reduce omega-6’s

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