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How to Naturally Increase Fertility
If you’re wondering how to naturally increase fertility, the most important thing you should know is that fertility isn’t just about the reproductive organs—it’s a whole-body indicator of health. As a functional medicine doctor, I’ve helped countless patients learn how to naturally increase fertility by addressing imbalances across all systems of the body. If…
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Functional Medicine PCOS Treatment
PCOS is one of the most common concerns shared by my patients when we start talking about hormones and reproductive health. PCOS—or polycystic ovarian syndrome—is one of the most common endocrine disorders, and so it makes sense that so many women have concerns about it (and that they are looking for functional medicine PCOS…
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Risk of Blood Clots and Other Dangers of Hormonal Birth Control
Before I dive into the details of this post, I want to make very clear that this post is not meant to judge or shame anyone for their contraceptive choice. This is a very personal topic, and my goal is simply to present some of the less-talked-about health risks created by hormonal birth control.…
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Estrogen Deficiency In Young women: It’s More Than Just Menopause
Estrogen is a key hormone in women’s health, playing a critical role in the regulation of reproductive health, mood, metabolism, and bone density. While estrogen deficiency is commonly associated with menopause, it can also develop in pre-menopausal women. Estrogen levels may decline prematurely or become imbalanced due to various factors, including stress, irregular eating…
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How to Fix Estrogen Dominance with Functional Medicine
Estrogen dominance is a buzz word in natural health circles. With it popping up in conversations everywhere, you might be wondering what it is, whether you need to worry about it, and how to fix estrogen dominance naturally through functional medicine. If that’s you, you’re in the right place. Women’s health concerns tend to…
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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…
