GAINING WEIGHT DESPITE ADEQUATE DIET AND EXERCISE ?
Are you irritable, moody, exhausted all the time, and have trouble sleeping? Gaining weight despite adequate diet and exercise. This all may be due to your disturbed estrogen balance.
What is Estrogen imbalance?
In simple terms not having enough progesterone and having too much of estrogen, is termed as estrogen dominance.
It’s a common misbelief that the hormone estrogen is associated with females, however, it is an important hormone for both men and women. Though estrogen dominance is one of the most common hormone imbalance problems faced by the majority of women nowadays.
These imbalances can be caused by ingestion of dairy items, products with a high glycemic index, saturated and trans-fatty acids, food packed in plastic containers, processed food, and heated in the microwave, and consumption of alcohol.
It plays a significant role in the body’s vital functions like bone metabolism, aging, glucose homeostasis, important brain function, memory, lipid homeostasis.
The imbalanced hormones can widely impact sugar metabolism, fat build-up and breakdown, energy levels, and neurotransmitter production leading to anxiety and depression and many more leading to the following symptoms:
Poor digestion
Adrenal fatigue
Chronic stress and anxiety
PMS
Hair loss
Leaky gut
Weight gain
Stress and anxiety
Sleep disturbances
Mood swings
Autoimmune disease
Thyroid dysfunction
It is very important to get yourself tested, and know the root cause. This can be done by undergoing several comprehensive tests advised by your functional medicine doctor.
- Stool comprehensive test.
- Dutch complete for advanced hormones report.
- Several blood tests