How the levels of progesterone affect the hormonal balance in the body of a woman? What is the main cause of low levels of progesterone and how to increase its production? Can you improve your hormonal balance with food? If yes, which foods to eat to increase your progesterone levels? Why do thyroid issues occur more and more often and how they are linked to the levels of the reproductive hormones like estrogen and progesterone? What other methods can you use that are safe and effective?
The production of progesterone plays a key role for the health of a female body. While the main cause for low progesterone is estrogen dominance, it leads to other hormonal issues like thyroid problems, low levels of luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormones.
Why my progesterone is too low?The cause of low progesterone is complex. It happens slowly but then is hard to restore the balance. Nowadays more and more women of different ages experience low progesterone. The main factor is estrogen dominance. There are two main causes of high estrogen and these are stress and liver malfunction. Too many stressful situation and you might find yourself in distress. This means that your body constantly produces cortisol.
The production of any hormone takes energy, so when the body prioritizes cortisol, the reproductive hormones like progesterone are put on hold. Unlike progesterone which is mainly produced in the ovaries, estrogen is produced also by other organs and even in the fat cells. Great quantities of it are coming also from the outside with food and water – meat with hormones, hormone replacement therapy and plastic. Plastic containers, especially the one-time-use ones contain xenoestrogens. They mimic the estrogen but it is even harder for the liver to eliminate them, so they are stay in the body. When the liver cannot keep up with the estrogen elimination, the condition called estrogen dominance is formed.
So, how to increase the levels of progesterone? First of all, try managing the feeling of distress as it disrupts the hormonal balance. Then check your diet and make the necessary changes. Support the work of your liver and start a healing protocol as it is the place where the excess estrogen is eliminated. Check out our Hormone Health Protocol - Special offer: $47.00!! This gives you a great foundational understanding of how the hormones work and how you can control them with diet and lifestyle changes.
Grab this Hormone Balance Guide HERE. Come on in and join me in the Facebook Group - July Theme is HORMONE IMBALANCES IN MIDLIFE. I will be talking about progesterone this week, last week the Masterclass was all about Estrogen Dominance and towards the end of July I will be talking about the Thyroid and finishing off the Month's Theme with Adrenals. Arm yourself with knowledge and take charge of your own HOLISTIC HEALTH!! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Holistic Hugs,
Michelle x