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Natural Alternatives to Fertility Drugs
Trying to conceive is an extremely emotional and stressful process, especially when things don’t progress as easily as planned, or hoped for. The pressure put on women from diagnostic tests, prescriptions, and monitoring can sometimes be too much to bear. Whatever your reason for seeking natural alternatives to fertility drugs, I hope that this…
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5 Ways to Balance Your Hormones, Naturally
Hormonal balance is a buzzword in today’s wellness culture. For about $50, you can subscribe to anything from a “hormone balancing” workout, to a juice cleanse, to an expensive regime of supplements. But the only thing you can be sure about with these sorts of programs is that they usually over-promise. That’s because hormone…
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Understanding Hormones for Women
One of my favorite aspects of studying, teaching and writing about hormones for women is the way our bodies have a natural rhythm and an internal sense of regulation. After decades of learning about the human body through research and education, I am astounded by how little emphasis is placed on understanding hormones for…
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How to Balance Hormones Naturally (Understanding the HPATG Axis)
Have you ever wondered why stress can make you miss your period, or why you’re totally exhausted after busy seasons at work? Well, you can thank your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-thyroid-gonadal axis for those things, along with quite a few of the other physiological phenomena we experience in this life. “Okay, okay, hypothalamo-whatta-whatta?“ If that’s what you’re…
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The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism
One of the most common questions I get as a functional medicine doctor is how to treat hypothyroidism naturally. This question is understandable because for one, hypothyroidism is becoming extremely common. And for those affected by it, unfortunately the only option offered from a primary care doctor is synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, levothyroxine…
