Are your symptoms linked to Estrogen Dominance?

Have you heard the term Estrogen Dominance?  Do you feel like you experience symptoms like, acne on the jawline or body, breast tenderness, PMS, heavy or irregular cycles?  How about stubborn weight gain, mood swings or dark or long facial hair?  Chances are that you have Estrogen Dominance.

Estrogen Dominance is the accumulation of xenoestrogens which are estrogen mimicking toxins that resemble estrogen.  When the body accumulates these toxins, natural estrogen decreases.  With this decrease in estrogen, they become substantially lower than testosterone and progesterone leading to a hormonal imbalance. 

Hormonal imbalances lead to many symptoms, such as the ones listed above.  It’s important for hormones to be balanced to ensure that you have the proper Ying-Yang of estrogen to progesterone.  If one hormone is imbalanced, then the whole system is!

Estrogen is our happy hormone that stimulates mood and libido where it increases serotonin and dopamine and is the main player in the first half of our cycle.  Progesterone is our chill hormone and counteracts estrogen to allow you to feel calm, reduced anxiety and loving life in the second half of our cycle.  There are many other hormones that play a role, but these are important to note for Estrogen Dominance and cycles and follicular phase, ovulatory phase and luteal phase. 

It's important to note that the Estrogen in your pill is not natural estrogen.  It is a synthetic form of estrogen.  There for you do not get a normal period.  You get a withdrawal bleed.  When on birth control the communication from your brain to your ovaries is stopped and you do not ovulate, nor do you shed the uterine lining.  This also can create a hormonal imbalance. 

If you feel like you may experience Estrogen Dominance, be sure to look at the slides for managing Estrogen Dominance and implement as many as you can!  You can purchase Skin Defense Supplements and Hormone Balance Elixir at Wellness Within Skin to help remove the toxins and balance your body during the detox. 

Post for Educational advice, not diagnose.  Always consult your physician if you are using medications.   You can always get your hormones check by your Gynecologist or see a Functional Doctor to dig deeper!

Always remember to listen to your body!