Thyroid Health - Suspicious of your Thyroid?
Thyroid Health - Thyroid malfunction, slow thyroid, fast thyroid… thyroid, thyroid, thyroid. I think all of us have had someone suspect a funky thyroid function at one point in our lives when we ex...
How does Progesterone create a Dopaminergic Response?
Well, this is strange. How did a hormone and a neurotransmitter get into the same sentence? After all, one is in the brain and one is in the body? Heck, when we study anatomy and physiology, we lea...
Estrogen Dominance - 6 Signs of an Imbalance
Estrogen dominance and its awareness in the medical community is steadily on the incline. Consumers and physicians are becoming more attuned to this necessary hormone, which can turn destructive if...
Testosterone Decline - Through the Ages
Testosterone decline - What makes testosterone so important for our life span, and why does it decline? Testosterone is a critical hormone in both men and women, although predominantly higher in me...
Melatonin – Has it become a sleep crutch?
Melatonin is the sleep hormone or at least what we usually associate with the idea of sleep and our sleep and wake cycle, however, it does have quite the array of functions that we will discuss in ...
Estrogen - How does it Fluctuate as Women Age?
Estrogen fluctuates considerably as we age, that’s no secret – we know by early teens we are experiencing menstruation, and that continues on from there to pregnancy alterations of levels, and if w...
Dopamine – what is it and what does it do?
Dopamine – the ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitter, the reward chemical – highly sort after through many means by humans. So, what is it why does it make us feel so good? Dopamine is an organic chemical t...
Acne - The Variables, More Than Just a Skin Deep Issue!
Did you know that acne impacts up to 85% of people between the ages of 12 and 15 years of age and some, like us in the office enjoy the occasional/often breakout in our 30’s… yay! While acne looks ...
Testosterone - Testicle communication to the Brain and Gut
Testosterone and Testicle Health - We are all familiar with the Gut-Brain connection, but a colleague of mine recently sent me a study looking at the connection between gut bacteria and testosteron...
Morning Routine and the Cortisol Awakening Response
Cortisol Awakening Response - One of the best ways to support the health of our body and our mind each day is to prioritize our morning routine. Particularly now as we are all adapting to changes i...
Menopause - The hormone break down
The hormones of Menopause Menopause... Females have the ultimate privilege of creating new life. In preparation for this opportunity, there are multiple stages of hormonal changes such as puberty ...
Acne and Hormones
Acne is something that roughly 85% of young adults are subdued to, and the severity of the Acne depends on the type of scarring you may be left with as a grown adult. There are so many factors such...
Estrogen 101
What is Estrogen? Estrogen is a feminising hormone that both man and women have in the body (women just have more of). Estrogen is made out of testosterone and is important to maintaining healthy b...
