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26 Feb 2016
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The #1 reason that hormones become inbalanced is because of stress – and I want to share with you how that happens and what you can do about it.
Stress literally steals your hormones. You’re probably under some degree of stress at work or home, and we are all inadvertently stressed from our environment (none of us live in a bubble) or from the food you’re eating.
Stress used to serve one purpose – that was to run from lions and tigers and bears. That used to happen occasionally. Now it happens ALL THE TIME. You know the feeling – anxiousness, restlessness, racing heart, trouble focusing, upset stomach and of course, hormonal imbalance.
We all make or take in cholesterol that gets converted into something called Pregnenolone – that goes on to form DHEA (our anti aging hormone), which goes on to make testosterone and estrogens – the primary hormones responsible for feeling sexy and energized.
What Pregnenolone also goes on to produce is progesterone, aldosterone and the most famous of all, CORTISOL – our major stress hormone.
But here’s the key thing – when we’re under tons of stress, something called the Pregnenolone steal happens. Cortisol literally steals pregnenolone from being converted to everything else so it can make more of itself. All your other hormones drop off the map but cortisol stays high.
Now it’s also important to note that after cortisol is high for a really long time, your adrenal glands (where cortisol is produced) basically tap out from exhaustion. Then you end up with something called Adrenal Fatigue or Insufficiency. That’s why it’s important to measure your cortisol and to find out where it’s at – you’ll want to bring it down if it is too high or bring it up if it is too low in order to feel your best.
Dr. Harmonie Eleveld, ND
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