The holidays are upon us! Are the holidays a festive time for you or are those festivities mixed with a little stress? With less daylight during this season, we should be spending time inward, peacefully snuggled up at home with a good book by the fire. However the holidays call us out of our nest …
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When you think of hormonal imbalances you may not immediately think of digestion. But they are connected in a variety of ways. In fact many of your hormones are connected to your gut (thyroid, estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, insulin, and cortisol) but here we’re going to talk mostly about estrogen and your gut microbiome. An estrogen …
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If you’re like me you ate too much sugar over the holidays. And now you’re likely craving more. Sugar is addictive. Studies show that it’s actually more addictive than cocaine! Crazy, right? Both stimulate dopamine in your brain. That craving for something exciting or new is dopamine. You can also feel it from the constant …