Estrogen
Estrogen is a sex hormone produced by both sexes.
It is essential for both experience wellbeing and feel good.
Many issues arise if not enough estrogen is produced and similarly, too much estrogen is not good either.
Estrogen Deficiency
When people don’t produced enough estrogen they may experience:
Anxiety and a feeling of unrest
Dry skin, or dry vagina
Flushes or flashes
Poor memory
Weak bones
Poor cardiac health
Estrogen Excess or Estrogen Dominance
When people are exposed to false estrogens (xenoestrogens), injest them (foods, oral contraceptive pill), have issues metabolising them (liver) or issues excreting it (gut), they may experience:
Weight gain, cellulite
Weight that won’t go
Flushes or flashes
Anxiety, depression or mood changes
Obsessive thoughts
Acne
Headaches, migraines
Endometriosis
Heavy periods, PMS
Reproductive cancers, eg breast, cervical, endometrial, ovarian cancers
For Men : depression, weight gain, prostate issues, fertility issues
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