The Dangers of Hormone Imbalances

Hormone balance is directly connected to the food we eat, the exercise we get, the toxins we absorb and internally produce, the weight we carry and the stress levels we put up with.  How these multiple factors impact the overall hormone picture is crucial, particularly at midlife when most hormone production is mediated by the adrenal glands.

I have previously spoken about the changes that prolonged mental/emotional stress can produce in the adrenal glands, resulting in symptoms that are associated with sympathetic hyper-stimulation syndrome...blood pressure problems, sleep disturbances, low testosterone production in women, depression, anxiety,  elevated cortisol production and immune system deficiencies, among the most significant.

The excess cortisol production affects total hormone production.  This forces the body to steal from its own supplies of available progesterone, to make more cortisol, thus depleting this key balancing hormone with obvious implications for estrogen dominance.  The symptoms of hair loss, cold extremities, dry skin and dry membranes that are typically associated with thyroid dysfunction, are actually primarily connected to adrenal imbalance. 

Prolonged stress tears up our bones, melts our muscles, robs us of strength and energy, lowers our libido and overwhelms our immunities, putting us at serious risk for chronic illness and autoimmune disease.

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