Every woman is different — including her periods. Some happen like clockwork. Others are hit or miss and unpredictable. On average, a woman gets her period every 24 to 38 days. A period usually lasts about 2 to 8 days. Is your period irregular — and if so, does it need treatment? What’s Irregular You…
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Chronic Stress Puts Your Hormones At Risk
Your body is hard-wired to react to stress in ways meant to protect you against threats from predators and other aggressors. Such threats are rare today, but that doesn’t mean that life is free of stress. On the contrary, you undoubtedly face multiple demands each day, such as taking on a huge workload, paying the…
How Hormones Play a Role in Anxiety
Did you know that that hormones and anxiety are related in certain ways, such that your hormones may have a relation to how anxious you feel? When hormone levels are too high or too low, this can influence neurotransmitters, resulting in problems such as increased anxiety. People who live with social anxiety disorder (SAD) may…
Natural Remedies For Hormonal Acne
What does it mean to have hormonal acne? Hormonal acne is exactly what it sounds like — acne tied to fluctuations in your hormones. Although it’s typically associated with hormone fluctuations during puberty, hormonal acne can affect adults of any age. It’s especially common in women. A number of factors may contribute to this, including…
The "Hormone Reset Diet" Can Help You Lose Stubborn Belly Fat
Here’s a mind-bender: Being overweight often has nothing to do with calories or exercise. For a huge number of us, the problem is instead about misfiring hormones. Research is still catching up with this paradigm shift, which has yet to be comprehensively studied. But seeing how this revelation has helped my patients and I slim…