Having too much estrogen can be a very common condition, despite knowing the symptoms and signs of the condition, knowing what to do if you suffer from it can be very useful.
Here are 10 of the most common symptoms of “Estrogen Dominance”. After you will learn them we will reveal one simple and effective protocol to help you to balance your hormones.
- Fatigue
- Brain Fog
- Hair loss
- Having trouble sleeping
- Weight gain (mostly hips and abs)
- Low libido
- Abnormal menstrual periods
- Bad PMS (breast tenderness/swelling, mood swings, and headaches)
- Sluggish metabolism
- Thyroid dysfunction
To restore healthy hormonal balance in your body you need to follow these steps in order.
Step 1 Eliminate Xenoestrogens
These days, we are being constantly exposed to different kinds of chemicals, and one of them is Xenoestrogen, which can imitate estrogen in the body. You should avoid using these following top offenders in order to avoid these adverse effects.
- Soy protein isolate
- BPA cans
- Plastic water bottles
- Plastic Tupperware
- Tap water
- Non-organic dairy, produce
- Birth control pill
- Cosmetics, makeup, and toiletries
- Dryer sheets
Step 2 Efficient Elimination
This step is essential to our goal as it will remove the estrogen and also prevent it to re enter into the bloodstream in case of chronic constipation. So make sure you are having bowel movement every day. If you don’t, this is what you need to do:
- To promote bowel movements, supplement with magnesium citrate of Triphala
- Increase the intake of fiber rich foods
- Drink 2-3 liters of water daily
- Consume probiotics such as yogurt, kefir, tempeh and miso
- Increase the intake of vegetables with every meal
- In order to help the removal of waste and toxins from your body, you also need to:
- Breathe deeply to support the lungs
- Use a dry skin brush to eliminate dead skin cells
- Exercise or go to sauna to stimulate sweeting
- In order to help the removal of waste and toxins from the body you should also:
- Massage your body to support the lymph
- Breathe deeply to support lungs
- Exercise or go to sauna to stimulate sweeting
- Use a dry skin brush to get rid of dead skin cells.
Step 3 Improve Liver Health and Estrogen Detoxification
Well functional liver is essential for the removal of Estrogen. In the first stage the harmful Estrogen is turned into milder, weaker form of Estrogen, by the liver. And in the second stage it converts it into water soluble form, so we can eliminate it through the stool or urine.
Know this, the liver won’t be able to fulfill its function if the body is overburdened with chemicals accumulated by using processed food, alcohol and drugs or the body is lack of important nutrients.
Support the function of the liver by:
- Do not drink alcohol
- Avoid over eating
- Drink lots of filtrated water
- Each a real, whole foods based diet
Eat foods that support liver health such as dandelion greens, kale, eggs, beets, garlic, onions, artichoke, dark leafy greens, leeks, broccoli, cabbage, shallots, Brussels supports.
Take B- Vitamins (Folic acid, B6, B12 in particular) as well as some hormone balancing formula that contains one or all of the following: Calcium D Glucarate, indole 3 Carbinol, Sulforaphane, DIM
Consume botanicals that improve the function of the liver like: burdock, red clover, rosemary, barberry, milk thistle, Oregon grape root, gentian, wild yam, ginger, licorice, dandelion root.
In order to kick start the metabolism and improve your overall heath by energizing and detox the body, you need to try some effective detox programs, using medicinal herbs that are made by using 100 percent USDA organic ingredients and also laxative free, such as matcha (to energize the body). Yerba mate, milk thistle seed (to improve the detox of the liver) and dandelion root.