H EAL T H
Let's dig deep but keep it simple. Oestrogen dominance is a result of your own body’s sex hormones being out of kilter. Too much oestrogen (think weight gain that is impossible to shift, irregular periods, anxiety, depression, ovulation pain and fertility issues) is often a result of other hormones in your body also finding themselves in the same kind of situation – everything is out of kilter. Quite simply, your body needs to metabolise oestrogen otherwise it will end up in your blood stream, resulting in too many freely-commanding weird things in your body. Let's face it, no woman wants facial hair (which is just one symptom of many)!
So, you see, if your liver can’t process properly, your hormones simply can’t be happy – and that’s not even including the load that the pill and other medications place on your liver too. Our poor livers end up like a punching bag, sitting there doing their very best to fulfil their job but continually being hounded.
I see the importance of a happy liver and let me say, you will feel the difference rapidly. Cleansing is something almost anybody can do in a
Factors that lead to excess oestrogen in your body include: stress, conventional (non-organic/unnatural) body products and household cleaning products (xenoestrogens), excess alcohol consumption and, of course, environmental influences such as unfiltered water or poor-quality foods. They all contain chemicals that mimic your body’s own oestrogen. When we continue to top up our bodies with these external oestrogen-like influences, our bodies’ own oestrogen levels continue to rise.
few easy steps:
To adequately deal with this abundance of oestrogen, our liver needs to work through a few stages to fully eliminate it.
fibre. The liver LOVES fibre + Increase – excess hormones can bind to
The first stage is called hydroxylation, which is the chemical process performed by your clever liver. The second phase of this process is called conjugation, another chemical process that ships oestrogen out via the bowels and urine. If hydroxylation can’t be carried out, it will lead to excess oestrogen roaming around in your blood, which over time can become carcinogenic – this may be the trigger to various cancers including breast, cervical and prostate cancer. The same goes for phase two, conjugation. Again, if oestrogen can’t be marched out, it will continue to recirculate and build. This is known as dyestrogenism – the name given to the condition when you have issues regulating your oestrogen.
one week only, eliminate all meat + For and dairy (much like we do at Easter). This will give the digestive system a rest and allows the liver to bunker down to flush things through.
it, allowing our bodies to ship out unwanted hormones. to two litres of + Commit water a day, and avoid tea and coffee for the week also. This allows the liver to eliminate anything that might be building and flushes the system.
Dr Nat Kringoudis
(TCM)
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