There are two main times in a woman or a man’s life that hormone imbalances may arise. For women, it happens during your menstruating years, and then at menopause. For men, before age 50 then at andropause.
Hormonal Imbalance Symptoms:
- weight issues
- insomnia
- anxiety
- irritability/anger
- hot flashes
- memory fog
- low libido
- irregular/heavy periods
- hair loss
- breast tenderness
The best way to determine a hormone imbalance is by performing a salivary hormone test. Saliva is more accurate than blood, especially because it is performed at a specific time in the cycle and therefore, the exact values are known. Hormone test investigates your levels of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA and cortisol.
Bio identical Hormones
Are naturally occurring hormones, like the ones already in our body. In menstruating women, a natural progesterone cream would help to correct a deficiency in progesterone or an excess in estrogen. During menopause, often a combination of estrogen/progesterone creams are required to offset the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone as they decrease.
Dr. Maria Papasodaro, ND
(905)451-3200
www.naturestouchnd.ca