Adrenals often wrong target with chronic stress
When stress levels go too high, the first thing many in the alternative health do is support the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are two walnut-sized glands that sit atop [...]
Why Women Need to Understand How Cortisol Affects Their Health
Balance is the key element when it comes to cortisol, a hormone produced in your adrenal glands. Cortisol performs many vital functions, including: Reducing inflammation Regulating blood pressure Metabolizing glucose [...]
Why Women Might Have High Blood Pressure and Not Even Know It!
Could you have high blood pressure and not even know it? Here's how to find out and some natural ways to lower high blood pressure.
Hormones, Stress and Hashimoto’s
While stress alone, may not cause a thyroid disorder, it may contribute to your symptoms. Here's what you need to know about stress and Hashimoto's.
How stress really harms your health
Many cases of chronic disease such as Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism can be linked to stress, even if that stress is more physical than psychological. About two-thirds of doctor’s visits are for [...]
How stress harms the body when you have Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism
Did you know that approximately two-thirds of all doctor’s office visits are for stress-related complaints? Stress is the body’s reaction to any situation that is demanding or dangerous. When we experience stress, [...]
Got seasonal allergies? Fix your gut
When the sneezing, sniffling, and runny eyes of springtime kick in, most people grab for the allergy pills, antihistamines, and eye drops. But did you know you can greatly relieve [...]
Got hypothyroidism and PMS? Stress could be robbing your body of progesterone
It’s the time of the month that so many women dread, the PMS days. For some, premenstrual syndrome is simply an irritating inconvenience, but for others it is a cause [...]
An adrenal saliva test can measure Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism progress
It’s a constant refrain: We’re too stressed out. But how stressed out are we really? An adrenal saliva test can tell you whether your cortisol (the stress hormone) is too [...]
Could I have a food intolerance?
"I’m told food intolerances can affect my health. How can this be true when I don’t have any digestive symptoms?" Sometimes it’s difficult to connect a food we eat every [...]