Women’s Hormone Life Cycles: Post-Menopause
What is Post-Menopause? Post-menopause is the lifecycle that starts after menopause is complete. It can be further divided into three stages: Post-menopausal women continue to have hormone health issues because some hormones are still circulating within their bodies. Since there is no longer any ovulation, progesterone production drops to zero. The ovaries may not be […]
Women’s Hormone Life Cycles: Menopause
What is Menopause? Menopause, famously known as the change marks the end of the reproductive years. A woman is officially in menopause when: The average age of women entering their Menopause phase in the United States is 51. The pituitary gland and the hypothalamus continue to produce hormones during menopause, but the ovaries are no […]
Women’s Hormone Life Cycles: Perimenopause
What is Perimenopause? The perimenopause or, around menopause life cycle is a transitional phase in a woman’s life that typically occurs in her forties to fifties, usually lasting anywhere from two to eight years. Your ovaries are still producing eggs, although ovulation may be occurring irregularly. Since this is also called your late reproductive stage, conceiving is still possible. Occasionally, you […]
Women’s Hormone Lifecycles: Pre-Menopause
What is Pre-Menopause Many women (and most medical professionals) are unaware that hormone imbalances typically begin during a woman’s early 30s. Often, symptoms of Pre-Menopause, or pre-menopause, are misdiagnosed and mistreated. Progesterone, sometimes called the feel-good hormone, is usually the first to decline. As progesterone begins to decline and estrogen becomes more dominant, symptoms such as […]
Women’s Hormone Lifecycles
What are Hormone Lifecycles? Throughout your lifetime, your hormones have your body on remote control. Hormones act as chemical messengers communicating to all the tissues in your body, including your brain, bone, heart, skin, and more. When hormone production is optimal, and levels are balanced, you feel great, have plenty of energy, easily maintain a […]
4 Truths About Hormone Balance that Everyone Should Know
If you are suffering from fatigue, depression, low sex drive, weight gain, or any type of PMS or menopause symptoms, you know that hormone imbalance can turn your world upside down. Feeling better may seem impossible! Your hormones are your body’s most potent chemical messengers, so when they are out of whack, your whole system […]
3 Ways Hormones Can Sabotage Weight Loss – And What To Do!
People think that losing weight is just a matter of following the classic approach: eat less + exercise more = lose weight. However, that equation doesn’t factor in the most important influence on your body’s metabolism and energy-processing system: your hormones! This is one key to weight loss that you won’t find in your meal […]