Understanding Holistic Female Hormonal Health

Women's hormonal health is controlled by multiple factors at multiple levels. Our genetics, internal and external environment, our interpersonal relationships, demands made by others and ourselves, our diets and our self-analysis, to name a few, all contribute to our overall health.

Dr. Royal Lee, founder of Standard Process, said, "The whole nutrient complex is greater than the sum of its parts."  The same may be said for women's hormonal health:  it's so much greater than simply looking at a few symptoms such as weight gain, irritability or hot flashes.

Those of us alternative care doctors who work with women's special health issues, realize that hormonal care necessitates a triple approach:  chemical, physical and mental/emotional.  Within this triad, is each woman's epigenetic environment.  We know that our DNA can be altered.  About 20% of our DNA is encoded and unchangeable while 80% is alterable. What exactly are these components?

1.  Chemical.  This is crucial to our success with hormonal imbalances.   Diet, environmental factors, gut health, and other stressors have to be addressed in order to provide nutritional support for a healthy female endocrine system.

2.  Physical.  Here, we have to address digestive health.  This is not simply how you assimilate nutrients, but how healthy your immune system is, which affects your endocrine system....all parts of your endocrine system.  This is the primary reason that I evaluate sugar handling, thyroid function, adrenal function as well as ovarian health.  Additionally, many women need a safe, effective detoxification program provided for them to ensure optimal digestive health.

3.  Mental. Stress, relationship problems, work issues and financial issues are some of the challenges that occur on a daily basis.  These factors can lead to physical and chemical hurdles that can negate or derail any progress.  Women have been programmed to take care of everyone else, first, and if there's anything left over, that's about all they get....leftovers.  Add to this, the fact that women usually are the last ones to bed and the first to get up, we now see sleep loss and exhaustion added to the mix of problems. 

Lucille Ball once said, "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.  You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

Women are the backbone upon which our family structure is built.  We women set the emotional tone of the family.  We deserve to be heard, valued, respected and given the best and most complete hormonal care available.  I consider it part of my calling to help provide that care.

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