For women, do you struggle every time you get your period? If you are perimenopausal or menopausal, do you have fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, headaches, and brain fog? For men, are you more sluggish than usual and having difficulty recovering from exercise?
Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are important hormones for both men and women. These chemical messengers contribute to how you feel every day. When they are out of balance you can feel a range of symptoms from fatigue and moodiness to bloat and insomnia, to name just a few. Both women and men experience hormone changes throughout their lives.
Hormones are made from the foods we eat including protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Certain B vitamins and minerals are needed for hormones to function properly. Our nutrition plans for hormone balance help you obtain these needed macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Plus, our plans include support for digestion and absorption of these important nutrients.
Read below for information about nutrition plans for:
Are you dreading your period each month because it’s incredibly painful and heavy? Maybe the week before is no picnic either since you feel bloated and moody? Many women find themselves feeling like a different person during their period. This is not normal and you shouldn’t have to live with feeling terrible every month.
Hormones are largely influenced by diet, inflammation, and stress. Each woman is different, so the diet changes you need to reduce inflammation and balance your hormones are unique to you. We help you identify which foods will balance your hormones naturally. Plus, we include detoxification strategies in your plan because hormones need to be properly excreted through the liver and gut. We also help you manage stress and maximize sleep because lifestyle habits are crucial to balancing hormones in all stages of your life.
Food sensitivities, inflammatory foods, poor digestive function, stress, hormone imbalances, and imbalances in gut bacteria can all cause uncomfortable, embarrassing, and lifestyle-altering digestive symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, bloating, nausea, cramping, and heartburn. The good news is, you can reset your system and find relief. Download our free guide to learn how to reset your digestive system!
Are you perimenopausal or menopausal and feel like your body keeps changing and you’re no longer in control of it? Hormone changes during this period of your life can be drastic and leave you with symptoms that you never felt before. It can feel frustrating, we know!
Hormone balance at this stage of life also includes reducing inflammation and stress, getting good sleep, and detoxification. Additionally, we target specific nutrient repletion to support hormones while they are changing and decreasing. Certain foods and herbs can boost your estrogen and progesterone naturally to smooth out the transition. We also focus on adrenal health as your adrenals make the building blocks for your hormones.
Men experience hormone changes, too. Certain foods and alcohol can lead to decreases in testosterone and increases in estrogen causing an imbalance. These hormone changes can also occur from inflammation, stress, poor sleep and blood sugar imbalances. Nutrition, diet, and lifestyle support can greatly influence men’s hormone balance.
Nutrition for hormone balance includes maximizing foods that support hormone production and function while reducing inflammatory foods.
Stress management and sleep support since hormones function best in a calm, rested body.
Specialized hormone tests to see what is out of balance.
Through diet changes, gut health, and gentle detoxification.
Absorption of your needed nutrients and reduction of inflammation happen in the gut.
To maintain balance, hormones must be broken down and excreted properly through the liver and gut.
Hormones need protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals to function properly.
Together we create a customized plan specific to your needs and lifestyle. We believe that hormone balance is possible and look forward to helping you.
Nutrition therapy is not intended as a diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or cure for any disease, or as a substitute for medical care. Our nutrition therapists are not licensed medical providers. Nutrition plans are not intended as a substitution for traditional medical care, nor should be interpreted as medical advice, but instead is an adjunctive and supportive therapy.
For hormone testing we offer the DUTCH test for a comprehensive look at your estrogen, progesterone, DHEA, testosterone, melatonin, cortisol and cortisone levels. This test also measures your estrogen metabolites to determine how well you are detoxifying your estrogen which is an important part of hormone balance. The DUTCH test also measures nutrient levels, neurotransmitters, and oxidative stress. It is a convenient at-home urine collection. More information about our testing options here.
