SUGAR and Hormonal Imbalance!!

We are all guilty of using the phrase, "Not tonight, I have a headache.”

The most common headache triggers are hormonal imbalance and blood sugar fluctuation — not to mention food allergies, caffeine, lack of sleep, extreme weather conditions, medications and stress.

Understanding the role of estrogen in the body:

Estrogen dominance is a term coined by Dr. Lee in his first book on natural progesterone. It describes a condition in which a woman can have deficient, normal or excessive estrogen, but has little or no progesterone to balance its effects in the body. Even a woman with low estrogen levels can have estrogen dominance symptoms if she doesn't have any progesterone.

Here are a few things to remember about estrogen dominance. Read more

Comments

[Jacqueline]

Okay, I couldn't sit here laughing at that cartoon and not post something. Here's a link to a quiz to see if you have a hormonal imbalance (other really great articles about menopause there too): http://www.womentowomen.com/healthassessment/default.aspx

Thanks for brightening my day!

[Jacqueline]

Okay, I couldn't sit here laughing at that cartoon and not post something. Here's a link to a quiz to see if you have a hormonal imbalance (other really great articles about menopause there too): http://www.womentowomen.com/healthassessment/default.aspx

Thanks for brightening my day!