4 KEY AREAS THAT AFFECT HORMONE IMBALANCE - ESTROGEN

4 KEY AREAS THAT AFFECT HORMONE IMBALANCE - ESTROGEN

ESTROGEN is what is made in our ovaries during menstruation and it is also made in our adrenal glands.  When we reach menopause our adrenal glands take over from the ovaries in the production of estrogen.

Estrogen is manufactured from cholesterol by a woman’s ovaries each month, circulates in the blood and passes easily in and out of all organs and tissues.  It is eventually metabolised by enzymes in the liver. 

THERE ARE 3 ESTROGENS:-

ESTRONE (E1):  The main form of estrogen produced during menopause.  Toxins such as xenoestrogens, heavy metals, and other pollutants can directly affect hormone levels stored in your liver and fat cells.  Women with higher levels of toxicity have altered and contaminated forms of estrone.

ESTRADIOL (E2) – This is the estrogen that gives us our womanly curves and is the main estrogen present during menstruation years before menopause.  It plays a big role in energy, sleep, pleasure, sex drive, skin, hair and bone health.  It provides moisture for your lips, skin, eyes, GI tract and vagina.  This is the estrogen that is used for hormone replacement therapy.

ESTRIOL:  (E3):  This estrogen is made by the placenta during pregnancy.  It is suggested that this form of estrogen is a key regulator in determining which cells are turned on or off to estrogen.

  

Estrogen is present in the first two weeks of the menstruation cycle when your body is getting ready for ovulation.  Progesterone is high after ovulation in the second half of the month and the corpus luteum keeps progesterone high to nourish the womb ready for the egg to be fertilized. 

After the age of 35, our hormones begin to fluctuate with subtle signs at first.  The menstruation cycle begins to slow down and we can start to be more aware of some symptoms appearing when this happens.  This time in a womans life is known as perimenopause and is the years leading up to menopause.  Menopause is when you have gone a full 12 months without a period.  After the age of 35 our periods will begin to get less and less and you will begin to skip a month or two of periods which is a completely normal part of ageing leading up to menopause when our ovaries are slowing down and hormone levels fluctuate.

Hormones are chemical messengers in the body  There are receptor sites all over the body for estrogen.  Think about estrogen as being the fuel and the receptor site as being the machine or even that the estrogen receptor site is the lock and estrogen is the key.

ESTROGEN CAN INFLUENCE:-

Body fat

Muscle mass

Bone health

Heart health

During perimenopause you can have symptoms of low estrogen and estrogen dominance at the same time. 

SYMPTOMS OF HIGH ESTROGEN

HEAVY PERIODS

WEIGHT GAIN

BLOATING

PMS

MOOD SWINGS

This can put you at risk of developing fibroids, cysts, endometriosis or breast/ovarian cancer.  This can be brought on by stress, diet or the liver may not be detoxing the bad estrogens well from the body.  

SYMPTOMS OF LOW ESTROGEN

HOT FLASHES

MEMORY LOSS

WRINKLES

LOW LIBIDO

DEPRESSION

VAGINAL DRYNESS

When you are experiencing stress, it can affect your adrenal glands and this can then affect levels of serotonin which will give you symptoms of low estrogen levels as above.  It is so important to reduce your stress levels and to keep your adrenal glands nourished to stop the estrogen deficiency from happening.  This can put you at risk of osteoperosis, heart disease, cognitive decline.

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