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Yes, the scale #’s go up!
The cholesterol #’s go up!
The energy goes down!
The muscle tone disappears!
The libido is lost! xoxoxoxox
Sleep never invited you back! ZZZzzzzzz
Wrinkles invite themselves in your pictures!
Memory has a mind of its own?
Vision needs magnified assistance!!
The symptoms you’re noticing can be age related, but your hormones are becoming deficient and defiant.
Hormones were RAGING when we were in our
TEEN years ….
They were controlled until our mid 30’s … .
They started to evacuate in our early 40’s ….
They went missing in our early 50’s …
Hormones are a symphony and when restored
either by supplement support {Glandular”s) or “bioidentically”
it creates Harmony in one’s health and wellbeing.
They call it mid-life crisis…. NEWS FLASH!! It is happening to younger men and woman even before they reach middle age. This has a lot to do with our environment and the hormones they pump into products and our foods.
Ever look around and see young children developing and going thru puberty by 10 years old? Just hang on to your hats in a few years’ children will be going to kindergarten with a lunch box and a training bra.! Sad but it’s fact.
Hormone 101
Estrogen – Protects against osteoporosis, heart disease, memory loss, colon cancer, incontinence and tooth loss – Enhances sleep, emotional well-being, mental acuity and focus. memory, attention span, communication ability, vision, hearing, taste, touch, small digestion, libido and skin tone – Relieves menopausal symptoms and depression – Increases tolerance to pain – Maintains vascular health and blood pressure.
Progesterone – Has a calming effect and enhances mood – Regulates fluid balance – Increases blood sugar. Relieves menopausal symptoms – Decreases risk of endometrial cancer and may help protect against breast cancer and fibrocystic breast disease – Protects against osteoporosis and heart disease – Helps sleep and libido.
Testosterone – Improves memory and mood – Builds muscles and promotes muscle tone – therapeutic levels can help prevent heart disease. Increases energy and libido – Enhances sense of wellbeing – Helps strengthen bones – Helps gait and balance – Is anti-inflammatory.
Thyroid – Enhances mood, relieves depression – Critical in memory and focus, retention – Involved in energy and metabolism (weight) – Helps fatigue – Regulates heart and body temperature – Helps maintain cholesterol balance – Helps quality hair, nails and skin – Helps constipation, bowel regularity – Helps myopathies – muscle or joint related symptoms.
DHEA – Helps protect against heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, cancer, memory loss, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis enhance energy, libido, memory and immunity – Protects against the effects of stress – Aids weight loss and healing of burns – Helps to prevent wrinkles and dry eyes – Is anti-inflammatory.
Cortisol – Is secreted by the adrenal glands which are 2 small glands that rest above the kidneys, but these glands for most are over worked and fatigues. The adrenals are involved in the following functions.
Proper glucose metabolism
Regulation of blood pressure *Insulin release for
blood sugar maintenance
Immune function
Inflammatory response
Insulin release for blood sugar maintenance
Immune function
Inflammatory response
Small increases of cortisol have some positive effects
A quick burst of energy for survival reasons
Heightened memory functions
A burst of increased immunity
Lower sensitivity to pain
Helps maintain homeostasis in the body
High levels of cortisol and its best friend STRESS!!!!
While cortisol is an important and helpful part of the body’s response to stress, it’s important that the body’s relaxation response to be activated so the body’s functions can return to normal following a stressful event. Unfortunately, we live in a gotta get it done yesterday. Eat while we work, play makeup artist in the car, unmanaged a 36-hour day in 24 hours the body’s stress response is activated so often that the body doesn’t always have a chance to return to normal, resulting in a state of chronic stress.
Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (like those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:
. Impaired cognitive performance
. Suppressed thyroid function… note that most thyroid dysfunctions are caused by stress, poor nutrition and mineral deficiencies.
. Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia
. Get your previous healthy self out of witness protection and get back to the healthy age you once were!!!
Remember you are the CEO OF YOU!!!
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10201 Arcos Avenue Suite #202, Estero, Fl 33928
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