5 Ways to Balance Hormones with endometriosis natural treatment:
- Improve thyroid function (3)
- Lower cholesterol naturally
- Reduce anxiety and depression (4)
- Reduce brain cell degeneration
- Stabilize blood sugar and insulin levels (5)
- Support adrenal gland functions (6)
3. Eliminate Toxic Kitchen, Beauty and Body Care Products:Another way to eliminate toxins in your body is to avoid conventional body care products that are made with potentially-harmful chemicals including DEA, parabens, propylene glycol and sodium lauryl sulfate. A better alternative is to use natural products made with ingredients like essential oils, coconut oil, shea butter and castor oil. The Environmental Working Group evaluated over 72,000 products and ranked them in an easy-to-understand guide to make sure you have a resource to keep your family safe. Check out EWG’s “Skin Deep Cosmetic Database” today for recommendations for which products to use and avoid.
4. Reduce Stress & Get More Sleep:Unless you get 7-8 hours of sleep every night, you’re doing your body no favors. A Lack of sleep or disturbing your natural circadian rhythm can be one of the worst habits contributing to a hormone imbalance. How so? Because your hormones work on a schedule! Case in point: Cortisol, the primary “stress hormone”, is regulated at midnight. Therefore, people who go to bed late never truly get a break from their sympathetic flight/fight stress response.
5. Back Off Birth Control Pills
- Breakthrough bleeding between cycles
- Increased risk of breast cancer
- Increased risk of uterine bleeding, blood clotting, heart attack and stroke
- Migraines
- Increased blood pressure
- Weight gain
- Back pains
- Mood changes
- Nausea
- Benign liver tumors
- Breast tenderness