Hormone Balance Programs:
Simple Changes to Escape the Hormone Trap
Try a natural approach that addresses the causes of hormone imbalance, not just the symptoms. Addressing the underlying issues of hormone imbalance is where most conventional approaches fall short. Instead of focusing on supporting the body's natural metabolic processes, many conventional approaches merely add more hormones into the body.
Lifestyle, environmental exposures, genetics, and past health history can all influence estrogens in various ways. Estrogens influence different activities in the body at the cellular level and are later broken down (detoxified) and excreted. Diet, physical activity, stress level, and chemical exposures can affect the way the body detoxifies estrogen. This may increase or decrease their hormonal strength and lead to a variety of symptoms-such as abdominal discomfort, joint/muscle pain and stiffness, breast tenderness, bloating, irritability, sadness, water retention, and weight gain.
A natural strategy should attempt to provide nutritional support for the body's production, use, and excretion of various hormones-particularly estrogen. This goal can be achieved by:
- Simple dietary changes. Because diet affects estrogen detoxification, eating the right kinds of foods can enhance the success of a hormone balance program.
- Targeted nutritional support. Phytoestrogens, curcumin, NAC, and certain vitamins and minerals nutritionally support important metabolic processes essential to maintaining a proper balance of hormones.
- Phytoestrogens-such as soy isoflavones and isoflavones from kudzu and lignans from flax-modify the effects of circulating estrogens.
- Curcumin-an active component of turmeric that has been shown to play a role in detoxification.
- N-acetylcysteine (NAC)-an amino acid used for the synthesis of glutathione, thus supporting the glutathione conjugation detoxification pathway. Also supports Phase II sulfation-an important step in estrogen detoxification.
- Targeted vitamins and minerals:
- Magnesium, calcium, and vitamin E. Associated with significant improvements in premenstrual symptoms.
- Choline, trimethylglycine, folic acid, and vitamins B2, B6 & B12. Support healthy methylation pathways that are important to the health of estrogen-sensitive tissues and overall wellness.
- Vitamin B6-Low B6 levels can lead to a prolonged and increased estrogenic response, whereas high levels have shown an attenuated increased estrogenic response in vitro.
Estrium medical food offers a safer, natural approach with non-soy phytoestrogens and other key nutrients detailed above-along with a complementary dietary plan, to promote healthy estrogen metabolism and hormone balance throughout all phases of a woman's adult life. Estrium is scientifically formulated to support women experiencing symptoms related to their hormone cycles. The efficacy of the Estrium program is supported by human research, case study investigations and clinical use by healthcare practitioners worldwide.
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