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Having hormonal imbalance can be quite a nuisance to our health. Hormones such as estrogen, testosterone, adrenaline and insulin are secreted by various glands and organs. They are the important part in our endocrine system as each work together harmoniously in order to keep the levels of hormones in control throughout our body. This means, if one or more hormone is imbalanced, it will give dominoes effect to the other hormones causing our body system to throw off giving major health problem.
What are the factors that cause Hormonal Imbalance?
Hormonal imbalance can stem from many factors. It is closely connected to our lifestyle such as food that we eat, the amount of exercise that we do, the stress levels that we have to tolerate, and even the toxins we absorb. The combinations of these factors can impact our overall hormones to fluctuate. Getting our body’s health back on track should be a priority, both for men and women, especially as we age.
How do we get our Hormone level back on track?
There are many myths and facts out there when it comes to re-balancing hormone level such as many would try to avoid taking any medications fearing of their side-effects. We’ve learned the most natural ways to re-balance our hormones is to restart a healthy lifestyle. Acquiring good food nutrition is the first step to take. Consuming fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats such avocado and high quality protein including limiting sugar and bad carbohydrates such as white rice, potatoes in our everyday meal is one of the best ways we can offer to our health.
Managing your stress levels is another important factor. Fortunately, it is a common knowledge that exercising is considered vital in maintaining mental fitness and stress reduction. Physical activities stimulate brains to produce a type of chemical that act as natural painkillers, Endorphins, which relaxes our body and mind.
Aerobic exercise is proven to be the best result in stabilizing our mood, decrease stress or tension level, improve our sleep and best of all, improve our self-esteem!
Fixing our lifestyle is one way to help our hormones back on the line. But it is important to discuss with your doctor on what is the optimum solution in dealing with hormonal imbalance. You might find, despite exercising and eating right, there might be some underlying cause to your hormone imbalance, such as thyroid condition. Thus, it is imperative to rule out any other possible cause first with your doctor before you start googling and self-medicating yourself!
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